I expected this from biddies in the street but not.......

[staylucky]

My mother!

Didn't manage to bf past a week with dd (now 5) as there was justno support from my useless partner & midwife. This time round new partner (who is lovely!) and much nicer midwife have made things much easier. My son is 4 weeks old and apart from the shock of near constant feeding and sleep depravation All over again we're getting there.

My mum however is horrified by my bf my son. I just can't explain why she hasn't exactly been nasty about it but will leave the room if I start to feed him and just gets all embarressed and wierd. I could really do with her support right now I would kill for someone at the end of the phone to talk to but she's clearlynot going to be that person.

To be honest it starting to make me feel a bit shy about feeding in front of people I mean I've only had visitors at the house so far but really want to make a go of this so will need to bite the bullet and do it in public at sone point. If my own mums wierded out by it how on earth can I sit in the local park or go roun the shops bf?!

For the record she's 50 and of course bottle fed me and my brother.

Thanks fr this board by the way is great am getting loads of tips just lurking. X x x x

Sorry your mum is not more supportive but it's not her age.I fed all three of mine for around 12 months and although it was'nt the norm for my peers people did bf.

My daughter has just finished bf her toddler
and I have to say neither one of us has had much adverse comment which if you believe certain newspapers we could expect by the bucketful.

Just carry on in the belief that you are your own childexpert and your mum will eventually come round when she sees how well your baby is doing .
Incidently the only person to be hiding behind the newspaper when I fed was my dad but even he was proud of me.

My Nanna thinks Bf is...wait for it...'disgusting!' Silly old bat - she's 82. She said she was told in no oncertain terms by a very nasty MW that she MUST BF and that put ther off! To say it's disgusting though is just out of order...My mum had to 'break' it to her that I was BF and I had no intention of going and visiting her as I would of hand to disgustingly feed my newborn baby! Utter madness!

My Gran thinks breastfeeding in public is disgusting and inappropriate. I forgive her for this because when she grew up it was disgusting and inappropriate for anyone to eat in the street at all. I still feed in the street in front of her - she just clucks a bit at me and I ignore her - it's my choice after all!