Do you feed wherever i.e. in front of grandads, uncles etc.

[dejags]

DC3 is due in 3 months.

DH's family think it's weird that people BF in public. I always say, what's the difference than if you bottle feed. It's not like my tits will be hanging out.

I think because all the women in DH's family hid away to feed their babies, DH secretly thinks this is the norm.

I know the aunts and uncles will be horrified if I whip me norks out to feed.

The question is, do I feed wherever and ignore, or do I go the educational route i.e. explain that it's natural blah blah.

Feed whenever you need to and don't worry about what anyone else might think.

I feed in front of relatives and friends and in public if necessary but I am always discreet (I've yet to see anyone just get em right out and feed!).

If baby needs feeding, baby needs feeding!

feed and ignore, feed and ignore.
tbh I think the "don't show anything" stuff is a bit of a red herring. I think some people are not comfortable with the whole notion of feeding with breasts. and that, my dear, is their problem and not your's and def not your baby's.
feed and be proud

I went for feed and ignore, but then my DB's partner (not English - German - I thought she'd have fewer hang-ups!) insisted on being very discreet when feeding DN.

So I ended up feeling as if I'd done something wrong .

Also a really close friend of mine would never breastfeed her DS when we met up - she came equipped with bottles of EBM and when they were finished, she wouldn't feed him no matter how much he fussed - so again, I ended up feeling quite odd about my own flasher tendencies!

Feed and ignore

I did tend to go somewhere private in the early stages, as I was having problems and needed to concentrate/strip off.

A friend mentioned yesterday that she fed her ds at the checkout in Tescos....better than the screaming newborn imo.

Feed and ignore

I did tend to go somewhere private in the early stages, as I was having problems and needed to concentrate/strip off.

A friend mentioned yesterday that she fed her ds at the checkout in Tescos....better than the screaming newborn imo.

rofl at dizzybint's fil taking off his glasses

feed and ignore
feed and ignore

above all, keep your place in the conversation; don't let people treat you as if you have had your off-switch flicked for the time being

'off switch'! That made me laugh. I had a friend come round yesterday who studiously avoided looking at me when I was bf-ing. As there was only me, her and ds there, I felt quite awkward. I had another friend who ordered her boyfriend out of the room when I was about to feed! I think she thought it was helpful. blimey some people...