Has anyone actually been challenged re BFing in public?

[Georgimama]

Was visiting family today and DN asked me whether anyone had ever had a go or commented negatively on me BFing in public. Maybe I have a particularly fuck off kind of look about me, but I have BF in museums, restaurants, shops, on park benches,in waiting rooms and basically up and down the country and no one has ever said a word. Does this actually happen?

Never. Have BF three DCs, although used < whisper > GF so after a while rarely needed to do it in public as routine was such that I could avoid it. And I avoided it as "in public" is much less comfy than at home.

Never had a comment or a loaded look. However I AM Mrs Scaryface-Lemonsucker so I doubt they'd dare. < Feels namechange coming on >

I didn't actually leave the house much for the 4 weeks I bf (mainly because ds and I couldn't make it work properly) but the first time I ff him in public a couple of days after I decided to give up bfing I had a knob concerned stranger exclaim that ds was "much too young to be feeding from a bottle"

Yeah, thanks love that's just what I needed to hear right then.

No and never had any comments (positive or negative) or looks that I noticed. I put that down to it being easier to be discrete when you've got small boobs!
I think people who have a problem with it are a very small minority.

Maryz I used to try and hide DS's formula under the buggy incase anyone saw it! When I was feeding him in public I wanted to say 'i cant bf, I am fostering him'.

I dont know why. I am not anti FF and its very rare to see someone bf where I live so hardly risked the wrath of militant bfers.

When I had DD those 'bodies' were all the rage. I used to hoik a boob out over the top and feed her. I didnt give it a second thought although that isnt my style of feeding now.

I was at a Hell's Angels kids birthday party and I got a lot of 'me next' comments but I ignored them because the men saying them were utter wankers.

Yes, I've been asked to move to a feeding room, with dd1, 14 years ago. Nothing with the two in between but with ds2 I have had 1 man and two ladies move tables when they realise on separate occasions. I have had loads of positive remarks including one lady who said every time a woman feeds in public it makes it more normal and easier for women to feed

i have, when ds1 was little and i fed him in a department store, a member of staff said that i should be sat 'behind a curtain' i politely told her that i was just fine thanks very much and continued feeding ds1.

I've fed on planes, trains and automobiles. I did pity the poor teenager who was sitting next to me on the plane while I was feeding DD1 at 9mo. He didn't know where to look and got out his maths homework to read!

People were more cross on the bus that I was taking up 2 seats than I was feeding, but DS was very big and liked to stretch out. It was a basically empty bus, so it wasn't like I was taking the only seats left.

The only negative comment I've had was in McDonalds where some "wit" holding a special brew can said "I'd be arrested if I did that in public." Oh how I laughed.

Mostly people have been really lovely, asking if I'd like a drink or just chatting about the day. I'm not a discrete feeder at all so I can't believe people don't know what I'm doing.

Nothing direct. A beer swilling hairy man at the beach spotted me wrestling with with a boob/baby/muslin (stupidly trying to be discrete and ended up flashing more than if hadn't bothered) and he ushered his family away from me, while giving me looks so deadly that my DH stood up to square up to him prepare for any bovver.

I pride myself now on feeding discretely, which did backfire when my FiL clearly didn't realise what was happening and bent over to kiss DS's head. It all happened rather fast and before I knew it, FiL had gone in for the peck, DS had whipped his head back to see what the commotion was and FiL narrowly avoided planting a smacker on my nipple

No, never. I still BF 3 yo DD1 in public too. I remember reading about a survey once where only 16% of people said they were bothered by NIP and I think those people are more likely to just mutter to themselves and comment on the Daily Mail website than they are to actually say anything to someone's face.

Oh, I did have to explain BF to my cousin's DD who was astounded (and a bit worried looking) that there was milk coming out of my body. It was hilarious and she seemed OK with the idea once we explained that a) her body wouldn't make milk yet and b) she was BF until she was a year old.