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| I think breastfeeding is a wonderful and nautral thing, but at the same time, you have to think about exactly who can see while your in public. I wouldn't want my small child seeing this, since he would not yet be able to understand the concept. |
| posted by Tessa on 03/04/2008 10:12 PM |
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i feed my girl wherever whenever---but Never in a toilet-- i do not care who can see...it is completely natural and beautiful and Necessary!
i do not cover up. if breastfeeding babies and mamas disturbs some people i really see that as their problem and if they don't like it then stop looking at us.
i support all mamas and babies right to openly breastfeed in public and in peace. |
| posted by shakti mama on 03/19/2008 02:02 AM |
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| Yes it is natural, but I choose to cover up b/c there's some weirdos out there sometimes. |
| posted by Jamie on 04/18/2008 02:44 PM |
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| fully support breastfeeding in a public place. Does not bother me at all. |
| posted by Melinda on 04/21/2008 11:05 AM |
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| I think breasfeeding is wonderful for both mommy and baby but I also think that out of curtasy for yourself, your baby, and others who might bee offened a cover up is nice. |
| posted by Anne on 04/21/2008 11:42 AM |
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Urinating and defecating are natural process of the human being. However, if you whipped up your skirt and did your business in the middle of Target, many people would be offended-and you would be breaking the law for indecency.
Another example on the not-so-extreme side would be the social offense of picking your nose in public-another common and sometimes unavoidable natural human process. This is offensive to most that see it. Yet is a natural process. Watching an individual digging for gold can cause discomfort and even nausea to some. Regardless of the individual *right* to access their nostrils in public, it doesn’t make it right socially. I believe breastfeeding is a wonderful and necessary part of being a mother. However, I strongly feel that it is a natural process that can make others feel very uncomfortable and even nauseated. There are many more people in this fair nation that are not mothers. They are children, males, young single women, or older women without children. As a combined group, they out number the public breastfeeding mothers. Many may not be comfortable with the experience of a woman breastfeeding publicly-or even understand it. Knowing it is considered a social taboo, you do not break wind or pick your nose in public-two normal human processes. Why would you breastfeed in public?
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| posted by Ashley on 07/14/2008 12:50 PM |
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| Ashley-Omigosh, breastfeeding is on the level of picking your nose and defecating?? Yet its "a wonderful part of being a mother..?" Being able to call it a "wonderful part of being a mother" should tell you that it is not equivalent at all to the other things you describe here. You wouldn't call passing gas "wonderful" in private or otherwise. |
| posted by Augusta on 08/03/2008 11:19 PM |
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| I am 100% for breastfeeding. I don't feel it should be covered either. Men are allowed to walk around half dressed if they please if in good shape or not and we can choose to look or not right. To ask someone to excuse herself and take it to the ladies room I am sorry do you eat in a bathroom??? do you have to eat in you car, in a room alone??? isn't it discrimination. Like telling a larger person I am sorry sir you can't ride our plane because you are over 300 lbs. or I am sorry miss you too skinny to do this I am going to have to ask you to leave. |
| posted by Ruth on 08/13/2008 07:32 PM |
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| I breast feed both of my children. Of course I did it in public, I wasn't going to run home everytime to feed them! I did cover up though, because you never now what kind of creepy people would be watching. I really like it when places have an area where you can sit and be comfortable. |
| posted by Tina on 09/10/2008 10:09 AM |
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I don't a woman needs to walk around with her breast hanging out to feed their child so yes, modestly covering oneself would be nice.
Yes, breast feeding a beautiful and natural thing (in most cultures) but not necessarily so in ours. For decades, mainstream views on breast feeding was not to do it or if you do, hide. I did not grow up in a breast feeding friendly atmosphere nor did i know many women who breast fed. Therefore, breast feeding did not come natural to me and therefore my discomfort with breast feeding in public. No matter, i did what i could for my daughter when it was needed. If that meant feeding her in public and risking a flash here and there (which we all know will happen no matter how hard we try to cover up) so be it.
People have stopped to talk to me about breast feeding in public. They would praise me for doing right by my daughter. Not once did someone say a negative word nor did i ever notice anyone react badly towards my public display.
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| posted by Loda on 10/23/2008 10:14 AM |
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Women have the right to do it, period. Babies have the right to eat when they are hungry too.
Having said that, I'm the ultra-shy-modest type, so I have never been gutsy enough to do it. If I ever do, I'll have to be wearing a tent or something. |
| posted by Bethany on 10/25/2008 06:49 PM |
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| you can show it on tv and people pay to watch that. I nurse wherever I am whenever my childs wants to. |
| posted by Suzie on 11/04/2008 09:16 PM |
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| I would never dream of asking a bottle feeding mother to feed her child in a bathroom...and yet breastfeeding mothers are asked to do just that on a regular basis. Breastfeeding is completely natural and normal, unlike bottle feeding! Don't look if you don't want to see! |
| posted by chrissi on 11/05/2008 10:47 PM |
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| Ashley you have your right to your opinion but I would like to say that a bathroom is provided to the public for those bodily proccess that people find offending but not many places provide a breastfeeding room. So they give mothers no other option but to do so in public although I have no problem with covering up if someone is offended. If the "public" doesn't want to see it then special rooms need to be provided. |
| posted by Veronica on 11/12/2008 06:38 PM |
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| I agree with August, Ashley. You really are contradicting yourself. One cannot be so militantly opposed to something they find "beautiful and natural"... and it makes no sense for you to think this is so in just "some cultures". A rose is beautiful in every culture. This is an objective truth, just as breastfeeding is. What kind of a world do we live in where nursing a precious baby is offensive?! I know it might not be a choice for some who aren't able to for one reason or another (working, insufficent milk etc.) and I do not judge those people, but it is, without a doubt, the best thing for every baby regardless of whether they live in a 3rd or 1st world nation. Do some research and you'll see this is the case. I also agree with the others in that it should be done discreetly. Yes, it is true that men can bare their chests and we cannot because we live in a society where this is socially unacceptable. I will not get into "equal rights" because that is beside the point right now. I will just say that there is something good to be said about propriety, which can sometimes be misconstrued for unequality... Breastfeeding did not come "naturally" to me but I was determined to stick with it despite the pain and hardship. It is in these difficult times that we are united with all mothers throughout history. If Abraham Lincoln's mommy was able to do it, then so can we. And remember, the best things in life are those things we have worked hardest for. |
| posted by Rosie on 02/02/2009 05:14 PM |
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I think you have to assess the situation.
If I'm in the library's childrens' section in a secluded corner but people might still wander by I'm not too worried.
At a restaurant or something close and crowded I'd make more of an effort to cover up.
There's a lot of stuff you don't want to see out there (think people's underwear popping out of their pants, "muffin tops", the guy next door mowing in what you swear are just his boxer briefs and WAY too much cleavage), but there it is.
It's peoples right to show what they want of their bodies and parents job to explain that everyone's different in those choices.
I find "That's not the way we do it in our family" a great explanation if something someone else does makes you uncomfortable in front of your kids.
I just look away if I encounter something I find offensive. |
| posted by Lee on 02/05/2009 12:08 PM |
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| I think that if they are discreet and shawl or something covering their breast it is fine. |
| posted by Krista on 02/15/2009 10:39 PM |
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| WOW comparing breastfeeding to nosepicking and sh*ting in public!! Now thats repulsive!! |
| posted by Erica on 03/19/2009 12:53 PM |
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where i come from, it's done without covering up. Today and here in America people especially men get offended because it's always all about SEX. Men can't stand to see women's breast and not think about sex. That's all that is. otherwise i totally don't see any reason why it's offending.
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| posted by *Larissa on 08/05/2009 07:37 PM |
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| i believe this is suppose to be a free country so i dont know why people are making a big deal about breastfeeding they dont go on about prostitutes flippen it out for a f#%k so why should they bout something that is in need why does the baby have to starve to make others happy im one who if you dont like it either dont look or piss off away from me as my baby will always come before a stranger i say to all those mums out there who do it GO YOU BE PROUD maybe those who are offended should be starved until theres a decent place to eat there food see how they like to have to wait just for other people |
| posted by teneille on 11/21/2009 01:24 AM |
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| yes they have the right andi dont mind, but i myself wouldnt do it |
| posted by tiffany on 03/04/2010 11:46 AM |
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| Not only is it a beautiful thing but it is better to see a woman breastfeeding her baby than listening to a baby cry at the top of his lungs because he's hungry. These peolpe who feel offended should really get a reality check. |
| posted by Victoria on 04/12/2010 01:56 PM |
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| Feeding your child is not the real issue, by all means please feed your baby...just cover up, don't sit in your car or the bathroom just cover up...men can NOT walk around in public topless and a mother shouldn't as well...when was the last time you where in target and saw a topless man? can't think of when! but I can tell you I've seen enough "breastfeeding" in target to last me a life time and I'm not talking about the side of the breast with a baby attached, I mean the mom who is on her phone with the baby back in the shopping cart, who hasn't bothered to put her breast back in her shirt, or the one who is burbing the baby with the breast still out...feed your baby where ever and whenever just cover UP!!! |
| posted by jessica on 05/28/2010 12:57 PM |
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