Scornful attitudes to breast and bottlefeeders

[babyonboard]

I know this must have been discussed 1000 times, but, having been to the baby clinic more recently latly I am shocked by what goes on there.
It's always very busy, and a few weeks ago a woman was brestfeeding her baby,another woman and her partner sitting nearby were staring, then she said 'do you have to shove that in our faces' what the hell!?
she was very dignified and explained her baby was hungry and pointed out how many were taking bottles in the same room , but this prompted others to join in and four people were of the consensus she should go to the toilet to do it!?
This is at a baby health clinic..god knows what it's like in other environments..
i personally formula feed my baby and have had the same thing...
feding him in the waitng room the woman next to me was tutting and shaking her head, and after i'd ignored her for a while she came right out and said 'can't you be bothered to brestfeed then'
I always se women bickering or making snide comments..far from what I expected....
i find this kind of discrimintion towards others shocking. so what if they don't use your method of feeding!?grrr

When my first baby was just a few weeks old we went to a big family party and I followed advice to breastfeed in the wc.

There was only one cubicle so the queue was enormously long by the time I came out!

That was 11 years ago, shame some things don't change.

sorry, havn't read the whole thread, but im shocked, poor woman! if i'd have been there i would have defended her for sure! personally ive bf just about everywhere and nobody even seemed to notice, even in woolworths cafe with people eating their breakfast. what irritates the hell out of me is people makin comments about bottlefeeding.they're always full of assumptions.i wish people would keep their gobs shut. just as a point of interest, my brother in law was highly embarrassed at me bf, even though his own wife had done it with their child..he would dart out of the room blood red once he realised what was going on...ha ha!!!

perhaps we should all go to this clinic in our droves and sit there and feed our babies how we like and chat and laugh and intergrate with each other - show these other mums how to do it and lead by example!!

Must be a postcode lottery though, I live in North Dorset and they are very pro breastfeeding - they have a high number of mums who breastfeed and there are even pamphlets of local businesses who support breastfeeding. Was in one such establishment the other day had eaten my chocolate cake and drank my coffee already and the owner offered me a glass of water when she saw me breastfeeding - that was nice and the cake was pretty fantastic as well!

That said I've b'fed my lo at the same time as my friend who bottle feeds her lo in public and we're both waiting for someone to take exception to either one of us - if they did though we would both publically support each other very loudly. If they want to try and humiliate me - I would very loudly start humiliating them!

debs