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Marks and Spencers

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k74 · 25/09/2005 20:38

Just a whinge but have written to them so hopefully will get a result. In a store that sells literally 100s of diff bras, they only had 2 breastfeeding bras in limited sizes! Which is ironic, cos most people get their bras from Marks, but when it comes to using your boobs for their actual purpose there is hardly anything to facilitate this! Also had nightmare trying to feed baby - no dedicated space, helpful assistant let me use changing room, but this was desperate last resort so you can imagine the stress levels by this point. The second time I went back to change the badly fitting nursing bra, there was a massive queue for the changing rooms. Ended up feeding in the carpark. When going to marks and spencers becomes a stress fest it's enough to make you want to give up breastfeeding. btw, it's an out of town one so there is no main shopping centre. Having mastered breastfeeding for the second time , it's incidents like this that make you wonder why you bother. There is so little public support for breast feeding.

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milward · 25/09/2005 20:42

Do they have a cafe area? - I've bf & had a nice scone & drink at the same time. Agree about the bf bras - they should have more choice & sizes.

gingerbear · 25/09/2005 20:42

Bravado or Elle McPherson are the best feeding bras IMHO.
that M&S had no facilities though - I have fed DD in the cafe and in a breastfeeding area in M&S.

hunkermunker · 25/09/2005 20:45

M&S definitely do sell quite a large range of nursing bras - perhaps they need to sell them in more stores though!

Definitely write to them - you can do so on their website and their responses are written by humans(!) and are usually pretty decent and well-researched

Bravado are good feeding bras, but my norks are too big for the EM ones.

k74 · 25/09/2005 20:55

Thanks for recommendations. Just a stressy day! Tried to feed in cafe but snotty woman came and sat at same table ( it did have spare chair, admittedly) but felt too self conscious. Also couldn't manage buggy and tray with hot coffee in crowded cafe! I love breasfeeding my baby, but it does sometimes make you feel like some kind of social outcast...

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