what is your take on it?
2007-01-30 05:03:21 · 28 answers · asked by Jen-Jen 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
It's best and it's natural...I breastfeed...don't get me wrong it's not meant to be a nudie show, you can and should do it discreetly. But as for people freaking out, news flash this is what breasts are FOR. Our culture is so fixated on breasts as a sexual thing and not as the feeding tool they are designed to be. I also don't think mothers that breastfeed respectably should have to hide in a public restroom, I wouldn't take MY meals in there...
And it's attitudes like the person below me, who thumbed down everyone that breastfeeds, that is a PRUDE and buys the whole sexualized breast idea..I'm glad I'm not that ashamed of my body and what it was designed to do...
2007-01-30 05:09:38 · answer #1 · answered by Proud Mommy of 6 6 · 7⤊ 1⤋
From a former breastfeeding mother, I had no problem nursing in public. When my child was hungry I stopped everything no matter where I was and nursed. There is no reason that you need to find a quite place away from the public eye to nurse. My daughter was one of those babies that would not nurse if she was covered up, so I covered until she was latched on and then uncovered, you couldn't see anything but a baby attached to the breast. I had several encounter with rude people, and I just blew them off, normally making them feel ashamed of themselves.
I will be starting nursing again in May when my 3rd child is due and will nurse whenever and where ever I have to.
2007-01-30 13:15:47 · answer #2 · answered by sunflowerlizard 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I had trouble breastfeeding my son. I tried it for about 3 months before I gave it up. (Son had a recessed jaw and couldn't latch on properly.) I remember when I would go through the mall seeing someone breastfeeding their child, I would think "Show-off." That's really the only time I was against it. Mostly because I was so disappointed in myself for not being able to nurse my son as long as I wanted to. It was purely selfish reasons but that was my take on it. Now I'm ok with breastfeeding in public.
2007-01-30 13:18:36 · answer #3 · answered by rn4sicbabies 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's normal, healthy, and sometimes very necessary. I do think breastfeeding moms should use I lightweight cloth to cover up with for modesty reasons, I always did unless it was very hot and the baby was too overheated in which case I would try to find a cool more private area to nurse.
As to the post that says it's "completely unnecessary" to do it in public, I strongly disagree. I had difficulty pumping, so that was rarely an option for me. New babies get hungry frequently and often at inconvenient times. Should a mom have to leave her family and her meal at a restaurant to go sit alone in a car to nurse, just because someone might see her nursing discreetly at her table and be offended? That's ridiculous. Or maybe breastfeeding moms should just be locked in their homes until they decide to quit nursing? I feel as long as a mom is doing it modestly, other people should just mind their own business.
2007-01-30 13:10:32 · answer #4 · answered by April 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I have no problem with it. For my own personal privacy, I usually used a blanket to cover up if I was in public, but I think if a mother is comfortable without a blanket it's OK, too. I disagree with some who say mothers should go to a bathroom or dressing room to feed their baby. Would *they* want to have their meal brought to them in the bathroom of their favorite restaurant? I doubt it! So a baby and mother shouldn't be relegated to the bathroom just to make some nosy person more comfortable.
It's called a right (check it out!) if someone tried to stop me from exercising my right to vote there would be public outcry--it should be the same when a woman is denied the right to feed her baby in whatever manner she chooses wherever she is allowed to be.
2007-01-30 14:29:01 · answer #5 · answered by Lucie 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The united states is the only country in the western world that takes issue with breastfeeding women. In a society were skimply clad women are advertised every as sexual objects it is absurd that everybody has such a big problem when the see the female body performing one of it's most beautiful and natural functions-providing nutrients for babies.
2007-01-30 13:11:03 · answer #6 · answered by Kogetsu 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
1) The kid has to eat
2) It's the mom's right
3) The mom shouldn't have to be sheltered and stay locked away at home because she's breastfeeding
That being said, I do think that it makes others uncomfortable. Maybe she could cover up a little bit for the sake of others.
Personally, I don't really care one way or the other...and if the mom isn't shy about it then she should do whatever she wants! GO FOR IT!
2007-01-30 13:31:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's the most beautiful thing that I've ever seen and I'm jealous that I wasn't able to be one of those mothers. I tried breastfeeding and didn't have sense enough to get a breast pump. My daughter wasn't sucking hard enough.
2007-01-30 13:53:14 · answer #8 · answered by momoftwo 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Go for it. A baby has to eat right? There is nothing wrong with feeding your baby the way nature intended. People that think a mother should go feed her baby in the restroom are ridicoulous. There is no way in H*LL I would feed my baby in a germ infested, stinky, public restroom. That is disgusting. If they want to, they can go have there lunch in there. Those people need to get over the stigma american men have placeed on breasts as sexual objects.
2007-01-30 13:36:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I believe that mothers have the right to breast feed in public. The way I see it, it's the same as if you took out a jar of baby food and started feeding your baby. Why people think it's gross, I have no idea. It's a womderful part of the whole experience of becoming a mother.
2007-01-30 13:16:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋