Do we really need all these breastfeeding photos/news articles?

[mooma3]

Do we really need to see all this all over the place?


It has gotten to the point where it is being shoved down our throats (no pun intended) and it is making bf quite unappealing on so many levels.

what happened to it being a loving,PRIVATE thing between mother and baby?

Do we really need to see it all over the place and boobs everywhere?

[Vatersay]

Ver1ty thanks for those lovely links. I would have been so encouraged to see those when I was struggling to breastfeed my twins.

[JugglingFromHereToThere]

Reminds me of when I got my beautiful young boobs out to feed my beautiful young daughter at a wedding one time - in my lovely front buttoning summer dress.
I hadn't really thought about taking any shawl or scarf with me for the occasion - it was quite a warm summer's day
I hope any observers were as happy as I was that afternoon - head over heels in love with my darling baby dd I was oblivious to all - just as it should be

[Ver1tyPushpram]

You're more than welcome Vatersay. Those pics seem to swing past my facebook feed every few months and I'm always glad to see them.

[SoupDragon]

Just so you know I bf all 3 of my children

Really...?

"FF 2nd baby and was back in smaller clothes within 10 days!"

[Writerwannabe83]

I'm genuinely shocked that this thread had been allowed to remain on this forum. Many women, especially new mothers, come here for advice and support regarding breast feeding and they shouldn't have to be faced with this shit with no purpose other than to offend women and disparage breast feeding.

It should have been removed a long time ago.

[SoupDragon]

I think it shows there is a lot of support for breastfeeding mothers. Wasn't everyone telling the Op she was an idiot?

[Writerwannabe83]

Definitely, and as great as that is, as someone who is BF'ing I still found her comments hard to read, upsetting and offensive. I just don't like to think how they would affect women in the early stages who are struggling - especially when it comes to their confidence breast feeding in public.

The OP is an idiot but her comments are still quite hurtful.

[LovelyFriend]

OP you sound strangely obsessed. But your dilemma is easily curable - just change "the media" that you are engaging with. It's all within your control.

I can go for weeks and months without seeing any photos at all of people BF. Sad really

[tiktok]

Do we really need to see women's legs all over the place?

It's got to the point where I can't open a newspaper or look at the web without seeing someone using their legs - it's making walking quite unappealing on so many levels.

What happened to trousers or an ankle length nice skirt or floral frock? I know people have to walk some of the time, but walking with legs you can actually see should be a private thing - I don't mind people walking in their own homes or gardens, but if I am out for a coffee, I don't want to see someone's legs on display.

One woman I know rolled up her trouser leg to walk from one side of the coffee shop to the other, because she said she wanted to normalise legs. I was so mortified.

[MovingOnUpMovingOnOut]

I want to know if Ilona pulled her t-shirt over her head then latched a baby on before high fiving the front row

[PolShelby]

Just wanted to add I think it's awful you posted this thread here OP. This board is a place where women should feel free from judgement on whatever feeding method they choose. I hate to think of women struggling to bf their newborn seeking advice, who stumble across this thread and end up feeling bad because of your judgemental opinions.

You should have posted in AIBU where you'd have received even more responses telling you how wrong you are.

[Roseotto]

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[AnxiousAggie]

Op, you say bf or ff who cares? But then go on to say you don't like seeing bf 'everywhere' So really gout mean bf or ff, but if you bf please do it at home or discreetly.

Are you Nigel Farage?

[AnxiousAggie]

Ver1ty I love those historical pictures. Particularly liked the 1920s one with the strapline 'I bet she was a flapper too'

[ShadowStar]

I completely disagree with the OP.

If anything, I think we don't have enough photos etc showing breastfeeding. Too many people in this country still view breastfeeding as abnormal and as something that should be hidden away. The fact that anyone bothers to write news articles about public breastfeeding shows that. Photos and news articles help to normalize breastfeeding, which IMO is only a positive thing.

[Writerwannabe83]

I would love to see more breast feeding on soaps. Some storylines imply a baby is being BF but I don't think I have ever seen it shown on the actual screen (I'm sure it would be quite easy to simulate breast feeding).

The notion of it being implied but not seen just deepens the misbelief that it is something that should be kept out of sight.

[squizita]

There are things called remote controls. Also fingers - you use them to go onto another page.

I don't like Grand Designs but it doesn't make having a house unappealing. What an odd link to make.