Will I get into trouble as a teacher bfing in public

[Velvetcu]

I'm a teacher at a secondary school and was bfing my 5 week old daughter in a cafe when I wondered what the response would be if a student saw me doing it.

I'm not particularly discreet about bfing so I could make an effort to cover up more but even if I do I don't know if it would be grounds for parents complaining.

Uh?

Why would you?

Any woman regardless of their choice of career has the choice of how to feed their child.

If they did, I don't think they would have a leg to stand on, that and said parent or student would be being ridiculous.

Nope you're fine they would have no ground to stand on if they did complain.

No, you are fine. They wouldn't get very far with a complaint. You are within your rights entirely.

Oh gosh, no, of course not. I don't think it's really possible to be that indiscreet when breastfeeding anyway. I mean you're not standing on the table in the cafe shouting about it and shoving your boobs at any innocent passers-by, are you?

I bf both mine in school when popping it to visit and show off my babies. Admittedly it was after school hours, but students are often around then. It's perfectly natural and a great example to set to the parents of the future!

I'm a teacher and if in the unlikely event of student, parent or colleague commented on me feeding in public, I'd very politely tell them where to go. You are feeding your child, not ingulging in some lewd behaviour :)

I'm a teacher and when I was on mat leave I fed DS in public everywhere without even thinking about it - and fed him when I popped in school with him. In fact I was so used to feeding him in public that I did so in the school cafeteria surrounded by kids and it didn't occur to me until he was latched on that the kids might think it was weird/"rude". None of them batted an eyelid, except to come over and say how cute he was I'm very open with the kids about breastfeeding now I'm back at work - I even had a conversation with my sixth form class the other day about how I'm still feeding DS at nights and in the mornings! Like to think I'm doing my bit to educate the next generation

Not at all. I turned up at my local breastfeeding group a few weeks ago to find one of the parents there as a supporter. What exactly could anyone say? Don't worry and enjoy your new baby x

I feel really sad and angry that we live in a society where this thought has crossed your mind.
What makes you think this?

Thanks everyone. I work at a school where parents like to complain about everything but I hoped that you would all agree it was no grounds for complaint even if they did decide to!

I would love to feed at school but the majority of our students aren't mature enough to handle if and I would get a whole host of rude comments!

To lower the tone of the conversation, DD said (while rudely reading over my shoulder) "Only if it's not your child"