To breastfeed in public without cover?

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I have a 2mo whom I breastfeed everywhere without using a cover. I am usually wearing a special dress/ two shirts and/or covering with a muslin so most of the time the only thing ever uncovered is the nipple. However it is obvious I am feeding of course.

I am not English so recently i have been wondering if breastfeeding like this is a normal thing here. I received no reaction from anyone so far. However I also never see anyone else doing it in cafes and such. Some mums I know said they have to go somewhere private to feed. So I was just wondering if people are secretly shocked but not saying anything :)

It's fine yanbu

No way would you be unreasonable to feed your baby. I love to see a breastfeeding mum and try to give her a smile. I probably come across as some weird perv 😳

I never used a cover.

The woman in Costa who had her two friends drape a muslin over her baby's face was far more noticeable than me feeding my baby and reading a book!

(I fed like you btw, but lots of people will expose their entire breast. Personally I wouldn't feel comfortable with that but to each their own)

I think it really depends on where you live. I'm in London, and breastfed dd1 for two years without cover - on public transport, in Ikea, in cafes... Nobody ever turned a hair, not once.

I don't think it's like that everywhere, but I would say that if you haven't received any reaction so far you're probably fine

YANBU to do this. It's perfectly normal and needs to be seen as such.

Don't worry

YANBU. I fed my DD for 22 months and never once used a cover. I don't know anyone who uses a cover in real life, I think they look like more faff than they are worth, and I wouldn't want to have my face covered as I eat. Crack on!

Absolutely normal. i did the same with both of my children.

YANBU. We all gotta eat.

ketzele I'm in London also - I don't think people really go in for covers here at all. Baps out all over the place

Completely fine. Even if you got a negative reaction from someone it's still fine. I've never seen anyone eat their lunch with a cover over their face, it's bizarre anyone would expect a baby to.

I feed my DD wherever I am, if they don't like it they can look away x

YANBU OP, I'm another who never used a cover. I didn't see the point of the faff.

Covers are an enormous pain in the arse and don't help the cause much. No one should feel compelled to use them.

The 2 tops method is so much easier.

Sounds ok to me - I never used a cover. Maybe the other mums you've spoken to aren't comfortable feeding their babies in public, which is fine of course. But if you're happy with it I say go for it!

I never used a cover-and never had any reaction but smiles and praise and the occasional free cup of tea! Once you've had some practice practically nothing's visible except a little bobbing head, so no need to swathe yourself in yards of cover-which only serves to shout "LOOK!!!!!! Woman Breastfeeding Over Here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

YANBU. DD refused a cover after a certain age anyway.

yanbu

You have a right to breastfeed, so don't let anyone tell you to stop or cover up or go into a private room or toilets although some places may offer a private room if you prefer it, which is fine as long as it's genuinely a choice of what you prefer and you can say no you're fine where you are

Perfectly normal, I've always found that faffing with those massive covers draws more attention than simply feeding

YANBU. I never fed with a cover either.

YANBU, covers add a literal extra layer of faffing the twice I used it. DS wouldn't tolerate one now as it is, he's too busy trying to see everything that's going on and flashing my boob to the world .

YANBU. I never used a cover. And I'm nowhere near London.

@Isadora2007 haha I do this too. I remember once I was staring and smiling at a woman in the park breastfeeding and then realised that I probably wasn't giving off the right vibe at all.

DISCREET BREASTFEEDING COVER OVER HERE! NOTHING TO SEE! NO NEED TO BE OFFENDED!

Well that's the effect the have on me anyway

I wore feeding tops, mainly because I couldn't get my massive milky bazzoomers into any of my usual clothes, and they fitted and were easy to use. I went top up/ top down when the feeds spaced out and I dropped a couple of cup sizes.

Across two DCs who both fed for over a year, I never had a negative reaction. Plenty of smiles and the odd "good for you" type comment.

Covers tend to look awkward and faffy. I know some people will have their reasonable for using them, but they're not standard kit.

YANBU, I'm still breastfeeding my 15 month old and we've never used a cover. I'm in London and nobody gives a fuck at all.

I get my whole boob out. It's easier and I don't give a fuck.

I do occasionally get looks but no one has ever said anything.