why do i never see anybody else bf in public?

[hazeldog]

Where are people hiding to do it? Or is it really unusual to bf on demand and not express. I have oversupply so don't pump. Most days I find myself feeding in the car at garages or car parks or even more out in the open . Ds is 3mo and I have not seen a single other person doing it. Is there a network of secret hidey holes or something?

Well if you'd been in Marks and Spencers cafe 3 wks ago my bullet was on show for a good 5 minutes. I'd worn a stupid, stupid dress that I'd never bf in before, pulled it down, DS goes on, gets a mouthfull of black jersey and goes beserk. My mum is running round with a scarf... meanwhile I was sweating from every pore trying to be cool. Not good. Otherwise its been great :)

If you dont see it its probably because not many people do it.I am at minute but its prettt uncommon to see it.

Think I have seen it a handful of times in my lifetime and mainly that was in passing with a special breastfeeding group.

It depends where you go I suppose- I have a 4yo and a 2yo so I go to lots of kid-friendly places like soft play, parks, museums etc and often see BF mums. I guess more often than not the ones I see are 2nd time mums (hence hanging out with toddlers!) so tend to be a bit more open to BF in public. I very rarely BFed DD1 in public but with DD2 I got them out all over the place!

I see bf women all the time in cafes, including me (well I don't see me but you know what I mean...)

I dont think its where you go but more where you live.Never seen anyone do it at surestart, baby groups or soft play.Only actually heard of a few people ever doing it.Didnt even see many people do it in the maternity ward there was 1 out of 5 who I saw try it.

I never noticed before I had a baby - while I was breastfeeding I seemed to notice loads of other people. Since I have stopped I am oblivious again

I think it depends where you live though - I am in Bristol which seems to be very bf-friendly.

Also, the amount of people who need to feed in public is actually fairly small. Certainly although DS needed feeding all the time at first, often in public, by the time he was 5 months or so he could wait a little if we were near home, and as I only live a five-minute walk from town/supermarket, I hardly ever fed him out of the house except at baby group. I wasn't against doing it, but we were more comfortable at home as he was very wriggly by then. Then at 6 months of course he could have a rice cake or something to keep him going.

rubirosa I'm like 10 miles down the road from you but in the more rural area towards radstock. How odd. I do know lots of ladies from Bristol who bf all over the shop but our area its just not visible. I have done it quite a few times in our local farmyard and none of the farmers have blinked an eyelid. Well they do farm cows...they've seen it all before so its not like its taboo round here. Wonder what the breastfeeding "map" of Britain would look like.

I'm in SE London and there are def more FF than BF here but you do still see lots of women BF. In fact, in the very early weeks, I saw a women BF on a bench in the middle of my local shopping centre and I thought; cool, I'll try that, and I did.

I'm BF all over at the moment! My babe is 7 weeks old and I BF in an indian restaurant last night, my male friend sat opposite me didn't notice.

I've BF in pubs, cafes, sat in the car, benches, restaurants, and I've not noticed anyone taking any notice of me.

When I check with my friends they say I do it discreetly.

I have noticed a couple of women BF since I've had little one but I think around here bottle fed is more common anyway.

I think us women that BF should do it confidently in public and then I hope it will help make it less of a taboo, ( easier said than done though when babe is head butting boob instead of latching! Ha!)

I haven't noticed anyone where I live in the nw. I have fed in a pub lunch place, at a busstop and in Costa coffee but always look for somewhere private if possible.

I BF'd DD in Bracknell town centre. I'm pretty sure I've never seen anyone else do it there