Embarrased to feed in public, boobs spray milk!

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My ds2 is 11 weeks old, had a rough start to bfing but is going ok at the moment

Problem is I feel too self concious to feed in public, I am happy to feed sat in our car or in the 'feedding/changing room' in Boots but haven't really fed in front of relatives or just out and about.

I have largish breasts (34ff) and it's difficult to be descrete when getting one out. I wear a stretchy vest under tops so I can pull that down then lift outer top up but still feel like I flash a lot of nipplr

I am totally for bfing whenever and wherever you like but don't seem to be able to do this myself. I would feel less embarrassed about a stranger catching a flash of my nip than a relative though why is that?!

The other problem I have is quite fast let down, somtimes ds struggles a bit at first and pulls of for a min to catch his breath, when he does this my breast sprays milk like a watering can . I have to have tissues to hand to soak it up, wouldn't feel comfortable if this happened out and about.

Any tips or advice/reassurance please?! I'm going to visit family in a week and will have to do lots of bf in front of other people unless I want to spend a weeks holiday hiding in peoples spare rooms like I do at pils house

You can stop the letdown by pressing your nipple in. Mine also sprays like watering can.

Morloth - Good to hear you've only had positive comments

I was all up for it at first but I think as i've been able to put it off i've built the public feeding thing up to be a big thing iyswim.

I forgot to mention, I have fed at bfing group twice but even then I went red and stayed flushed after I left just because of feeling nervous, I was fine once I did it though...

MumNW - I really am amazed that you can stop the letdown by pressing nipple, keep forgetting to try it, must give it a go!

I've enormous boobs (34L at the mo...yikes) and also feel rather self conscious when feeding in public, also more around people I know than those I don't, odd isn't it?

I always wear a vest top that i can unclip in the same way as I do my bra (can't be doing with those ones you try and poke a nipple out of, just feels like too much shenanigans to get the nipple out in the first place) under a top. And a voluminous cardigan is helpful I find too - you can sort of pull it round you and the baby so you can see what's going on but no one else can.

Hope that helps. Oh and mine stopped spraying copiously when DS2 got to about 12 weeks this time. Maybe yours will settle down soon too! Hope you enjoy your holiday.