Real Moms, Real Opinions: Nurse in Private or Public

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  Posted by Lisa Crowe Wed Jul 2, 2008 7:14am PDT

  I can't believe we are still having this conversation!!! The rest of us do not eat in the privacy of our homes twenty-four seven! If the baby needs to eat, feed it. Breasts are for feeding babies!!!

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  Posted by Rachelle Wed Jul 2, 2008 7:17am PDT

  I totally agree with breastfeeding in public. There is no harm done and nothing to be ashamed of. It is much easier to start breastfeeding before the baby gets to the screaming stage. I like to start when I know the baby is getting ready to nurse and then usually no one knows what I'm doing. They think I'm just holding a sleeping child. I have even had some people want to look at my peaceful. sleeping, nursing child. One more thing about the bathroom, I have a totally germaphobia friend who is always talking about the germs in the bathroom, especially public bathrooms. It could be fatal to actually eat in one of those places, especially for a baby. SO to everyone who wants to, keep nursing where ever you want to, I plan to, and I'm going to have my 4th kid any day.

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  Posted by m@r!@ Wed Jul 2, 2008 7:32am PDT

  OF COURSE! When your baby is hungry you feed him! Use decorum, but feed your child anywhere and anytime. This country is f*cked up. There's blatant sexuality everywhere you look but a mother can't feed her own baby without criticism!

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  Posted by JosieM111 Wed Jul 2, 2008 7:51am PDT

  No one is asking mothers to breast feed in the bathroom, only not to whip it out in fine restaurants.

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  Posted by Caramel Cake Wed Jul 2, 2008 8:16am PDT

  I think nursing in public is a very natural thing. People who try to make it into something perverse are perverse themselves. Back in the early 1800s, women did it all the time in public; and back then you had gunslingers and cowboys walking around, and it didn't matter then! A mother sholud be able to sit comfortably where she is without having to get up and move out of sight. When a baby is hungry, it is not going to wait until mommy finds somewhere "appropriate" to go. We have a room in our churc that nursing mothers use and I can undrstand that in church; but if you can do it discretly, no one should bother you.

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  Posted by Vernita Wed Jul 2, 2008 8:39am PDT

  ALTHOUGH I AM NURSE BY CAREER, I FEEL THAT BREASTFEEDING IN PUBLIC SHOULD'NT BE DONE. IT MAKE THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. IT SHOULD BE KEPT PRIVATE.

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  Posted by v Wed Jul 2, 2008 8:40am PDT

  I think it is so ridiculous the things people find bothersome these days. Instead of concentrating on more important issues,, like gay marriages, and the breakdown of family, they are concerned about a natural form of sustenance

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  Posted by __A_YAHOO_USER__ Wed Jul 2, 2008 8:43am PDT

  Breasts are a natural thing, and feeding your baby is too. Women have had breasts for oh, about as long as humans have been around. ;-) Yes, there are perverts out there that like to stare and that's just sick, but just throw a blanket over your shoulder. When I have children I won't care if I have to whip out and feed my child right then and there. I have to agree with Beastie, "Like you're gonna wait to find a bathroom stall when baby is yowling and screaming his head off!!! Please, get a life. It's extremely normal to breastfeed and if it's inconvenient for others, don't look!! Simple." You have to be able to feed your child when they are hungry. I don't find it repulsive or inappropriate at all.

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  Posted by Mindy R Wed Jul 2, 2008 8:46am PDT

  With the breast pumps now, you can just plan ahead and have some ready for the day out. I don't care about breastfeading in public. It is the way God intended you to feed your baby.

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  Posted by MistressMinx Wed Jul 2, 2008 8:57am PDT

  I would never feed my baby in a bathroom stall. Gross! Would you eat your dinner sitting in there? I don't think so.

  Its a natural thing and I did it for the 2 years I nursed my daughter. Anywhere and everywhere from restaurants and malls to the zoo and parks. On a long trip, I even pulled over to the side of the road and fed her there.

  I don't understand how women can be practically naked on a billboard or on TV, completely naked in the movies and still we have a problem with some woman feeding her child. These people need to get their priorities straight.

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