NIP discreetly

[PhoenixN]

Hi ladies,

My DD was only BF for 5 weeks (due to PCOS and blood loss, I had issues with milk supply and she was supplemented with formula from day 3). By the end of the 5th week OH and I decided that as she was more satisfied after a bottle and I was a lot happier and therefore enjoying my time with her that we would give up BF.

I struggled with that decision for a long time but now don't regret it at all. My DD is beautiful, strong and healthy and I know I did what was best at the time.

Don't get me wrong, I strongly admire women who manage to BF long term and I fully intend to give it another go when baby no. 2 is born.

My plan is to start with BF and just see how things go.

Anyway, I was never comfortable with NIP and neither are either my family or OH's family (neither is OH come to think of it).

I see women BF all the time and if I didn't know any better I'd think they were just having a cuddle.

I wondered if anyone had any recommendations of scarves or covers that I could use in the early days whilst gaining my confidence?

 

[Palestrina]

Start NIP at home, meaning nurse when you have guests. At first you may want to nurse only in front of women but gradually you will start to feel more comfortable. I can't give advice on nursing covers because my LO hates nursing covered up and snatches the cover off. Good luck.

 

[Boony]

I was going to ask the same thing. I'm going to have to NIP next week and need to know the easiest way to get my Little girl to latch discreetly and the easiest way to stay covered.

Occasionally she unlatches mid-feed and she'd be showing me off to the whole world lol

 

[cat lover]

I find the Bebe au lait cover quite good xx

 

[PhoenixN]

I find the Bebe au lait cover quite good xx

They look huge to me, are they not so big they make it look even more obvious iyswim?

 

[tardiz]

I find two tops more descreet as I think covers etc attract more attention. I was so nervous the first time but it gets so much easier. My boy hates to be covered too

 

[cat lover]

Yes, I suppose you could say that - sorry I may have misunderstood, I thought you meant discreeet as in not having your breasts on show. I think other people use nice shawls but I'm not sure where they are from. In many ways the most discreet way is to not use anything as then there is nothing drawing peoples attention to it. TBH I only ever do it with nothing if I am in a corner or facing a wall, but many do so anywhere and good on them!

 

[moomin_troll]

i use this https://www.mothercare.com/Bebe-Au-...041&pf_rd_p=231490867&pf_rd_s=related-tab-3-5

yes people can tell what ur doing but ur covered up so people cant see a thing and i feel very comfortable feeding in public using this

 

[Boony]

The people that nurse wearing 2 tops do you have special nursing tops for that? What kind of tops is it easy to do it with?

 

[moomin_troll]

The people that nurse wearing 2 tops do you have special nursing tops for that? What kind of tops is it easy to do it with?

a vest top under any top thats easy to pull up

 

[sw888]

I used a breastfeeding cover similar to bebe au lait and thought it was fantastic, it came everywhere with me! a cheaper version than the bebe au lait but with same functionality is the Peekabooboo, you can see them online if you google

Peekabooboo breastfeeding

Some may feel that they're not very discrete but that's not the point of them, I wasn't ashamed to be bf (quite the opposite) I just didn't want to flash anything to anyone! The bf cover worked for me as there was no risk of exposing anything I didn't want to and people around me felt comfortable as there was no risk of them getting a glance of anything they didn't want to see! Often I'd use one sitting in the same room as others and nobody would even realise that I was bf! Also you don't need to bother with wearing expensive nursing tops or vests everyday if you're using a bf cover. Good luck, I hope it all goes well.