Breastfeeding in Public.

[GuesSAngel]

What are your thoughts on the subject? For me if I'm at a public place I'll feed my son. I don't care whos around, or who may find it offensive...they can always just turn their heads away. I could be at the mall or even in a nice restaurant.. If I'm at someones house I'll show the courtesy by asking them if they mind...they almost always say yes, but if they said no I would pack my things up and leave.

What are your thoughts on it? I want men and women opinions!

 

[Maulds]

I would probably look for a dressing room or something maybe, I would want some degree of privacy I suppose. Seeing how I'm a dude I can say it doesn't bother me if women do it in public I just don't look.

 

[COOL_BREEZE2]

Doesn't bother me. I think it's maternally natural and women would basically feed with the baby with a fair measure of cover anyhow.

I hardly believe that most women would just plunk out their breast whole and feed the baby as a big show so it's really no big deal as long as one is not a prude or a perv.

 

[charLIE2291]

It doesnt bother me when women breastfeed in public. Ive been around some that did without any warning at all. But i just tend not to look outta respect

 

[BreakfastSurreal]

what bothers me is that people have a problem with it. Come on, it's the 21st century and it's a freaking boob, people act like they've never seen them before. And most women cover, and those who don't usually have on special shirts that don't really let you see the whole boob anyways, I just don't see why people freak out about breastfeeding.

 

[iced_shrapnel]

I just know as a woman myself I would want some privacy too...I mean I know its natural and all, but you have to remember that its bothersome to people especially if they are trying to eat, or if they have small children who obnoxiously point it out, or that they might have to explain the situation to, and that may not be the time or place for such an explanation to occur. It is just courtesy to go to the bathroom, or a dressing room, or even your car to breast feed, if for nothing else but courteous discretion

 

[GuesSAngel]

I just know as a woman myself I would want some privacy too...I mean I know its natural and all, but you have to remember that its bothersome to people especially if they are trying to eat, or if they have small children who obnoxiously point it out, or that they might have to explain the situation to, and that may not be the time or place for such an explanation to occur. It is just courtesy to go to the bathroom, or a dressing room, or even your car to breast feed, if for nothing else but courteous discretion

my son is doing the same thing that they are doing, eating.

i usually don't eat my lunch/dinner in the bathroom or a dressing room, so i really don't feel that my son should either.

 

[BreakfastSurreal]

why would a mother owe anyone a courtesy?? Seriously, she needs to inconvenience herself to accomodate strangers?? It shouldn't be any type of uncomfortable explanation to anyone's kids either, if a kid gawked, or made a comment, his mother should explain to him that that is how babies eat. I don't really get why it's considered a good thing to shelter kids from the fact that they once ate from their mother's breasts. Oh wait...i know...it's because breasts are considered purely sexual objects in today's society. Who's fault is that, the mother????

 

[TheOriginalJames]

why would a mother owe anyone a courtesy??

Well if that's the way you feel, why the hell should I owe her a courtesy? Ok ok, if I ever see a woman breastfeeding her baby. I will no longer hold the door for her when she's leaving if I happen to be leaving at the same time.

I'll not be nice to her because she's super special due to having to breastfeed. There's a way around it you know. Get a breast pump. Pump the breast milk into some bottles for those times you are in public.

But I know what you mean, why should mothers be courteous to others just because they have a baby?

 

[BreakfastSurreal]

Well if that's the way you feel, why the hell should I owe her a courtesy? Ok ok, if I ever see a woman breastfeeding her baby. I will no longer hold the door for her when she's leaving if I happen to be leaving at the same time.

I'll not be nice to her because she's super special due to having to breastfeed. There's a way around it you know. Get a breast pump. Pump the breast milk into some bottles for those times you are in public.

But I know what you mean, why should mothers be courteous to others just because they have a baby?

some babies do not take bottles, and you can't just leave breast milk in a bottle...it doesn't stay good for a long time and after it's pumped it's normally frozen, and then warmed up before it's given to the baby...so as you see bottles aren't much less of a hassle than breastfeeding. No one asked anyone to hold the door for her by the way.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

some babies do not take bottles, and you can't just leave breast milk in a bottle...it doesn't stay good for a long time and after it's pumped it's normally frozen, and then warmed up before it's given to the baby...so as you see bottles aren't much less of a hassle than breastfeeding. No one asked anyone to hold the door for her by the way.

I hold doors for everyone, especially if they have their hands full. But now I know that they're better than me because their kid has a need.

Yes I know about breastmilk. My sister is still breastfeeding her new baby, and she took the time to go to the back room to do it.

 

[All Else Failed]

I can see how some people might get "offended" by it in public, but those people need to stop being so fucking sensitive.

 

[Tim]

I think there are two ways to breast feed in public...

1. you just whip your tit out and feed
2. you do it with a little modesty

I know that when Alicia breast feeds the baby in public, she pulls the side of her shirt up just enough to feed the baby. There is nothing to see... You would actually have to look hard to catch a peek of nipple just before the baby latches on.
I've seen where people will come up and talk to her and not even realize that she is feeding her child right away...

Hell, I just don't get people who think breasts are "dirty" and need to be covered for "the sake of the children"...
Hell, why do we allow women bottle feed in public? I mean the bottle has a nipple on it... isn't that what we are trying to shield the kids from in the first place? Evil nipples...

 

[Sparkey Duck]

I can see it from both sides. There are moralistic decency issues here I suppose, and then there are the more prudish people and the likes, add to that, the more liberal who find it fine. In the end it all comes down to what the majority of people think.

I believe that most people (that of the general masses) find it offensive/improper and therefore I imagine it will therefore remained to be frowned upon until that changes.

 

[debbie t]

i breast fed in public and had no problems ..i really resent having to feed a bloody baby in a closed off area or even ,heaven forbid in public ttoilets ..most women feed on demand ,so i always did that rather than have a tortured and screaming baby.

having said this ,i do live in england ,and i did model nude all through my pregnancy up to eight months so???it may just be me

 

[Tim]

How can breastfeeding be a moralistic decency issue? It is the most basic child care issue out there...

It's so strange to hear these arguments...

Do we really live in a society where it's more important to "not offend" than to care for a child?

Anyone can just whip out a bottle and stick it in a kids mouth, but it takes a lot of love and commitment to want to breastfeed your child. Especially in todays fast paced world...

I commend the mothers who breastfeed their children, and I will give them all the support I can to make it possible for them to continue.

 

[GuesSAngel]

Well if that's the way you feel, why the hell should I owe her a courtesy? Ok ok, if I ever see a woman breastfeeding her baby. I will no longer hold the door for her when she's leaving if I happen to be leaving at the same time.

I'll not be nice to her because she's super special due to having to breastfeed. There's a way around it you know. Get a breast pump. Pump the breast milk into some bottles for those times you are in public.

But I know what you mean, why should mothers be courteous to others just because they have a baby?

I know that before I leave the house I don't have time to pump my breast just so I can avoid someone giving me a nasty stare. I used to hold a blanket over my shoulder to cover up b/c at first I wasn't comfortable...but now I don't even do that. The baby and my shirt are a cover enough...and he can actually breathe when feeding. Being courteous to others has it's limits. When it comes to feeding my son, well then no I guess I'm not courteous in putting peoples other thoughts into consideration.

I hold doors for everyone, especially if they have their hands full. But now I know that they're better than me because their kid has a need.

Yes I know about breastmilk. My sister is still breastfeeding her new baby, and she took the time to go to the back room to do it.

For your sister to do that, that's her own opinion and how she feels. I on the other hand would feel like an outcast..like I better not show my face or stand in on a conversation b/c I have to go feed my son. I would just leave wherever I was at and go home. I was prepared to do that with my own sister, she chose to breastfeed in private, her decision. But that wasn't mine, so when I went to her house and it was time to feed I was ready to give her my .02 and leave when I thought she was going to say something...but she didn't.

 

[GuesSAngel]

i breast fed in public and had no problems ..i really resent having to feed a bloody baby in a closed off area or even ,heaven forbid in public ttoilets ..most women feed on demand ,so i always did that rather than have a tortured and screaming baby.

having said this ,i do live in england ,and i did model nude all through my pregnancy up to eight months so???it may just be me

Europe is sooo much different...I wish that were here .

 

[debbie t]

the problem with expressing ,other than abreast fed baby will be unlikely to take tyo apiece of rubber ,,is the temperature issue ..it comes out at the right temperature from mum.

i find it amazing that when ..the breast is best..slogan is pushed onto women ,we then expect women to bend over bloody backwards with regards to feeding a child because some idiot has an issue with breasts and nipples*shakes head*

 

[debbie t]

Europe is sooo much different...I wish that were here .

we mostly sunbathe topless here so why not do what is natural ie feed a baby?

we do have rooms for women who wnat peace and quiet and privacy ..but lets face it you can see very little of the breast when feeding.

im thinking of starting the nipple liberation front in america:24: