Great story in the currant bun - breastfeeding in Mcdonalds!

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Dh spotted this fab story on The Sun website

breastfeeding mums demo in mcdonalds

*yes, yes, I know. He also reads the Times online and BBC news. He is just well-read

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have breastfed loads in ikea. thats how i found the lovely armchair i really really want this time before my baby arrives.

i have seen one.

she had her shirt completely unbuttoned and was showing both breasts. but she looked like a new-ish mum (teeny baby about a month old) and was at a NCT nearly new sale.

i would never get both of mine out, nobody would want to see them anyway lol.

"By iCod on Sat 19-Jul-08 09:33:41
no i owudl put the intersts of the majorities oevr YOur babies odd habit to haev to hae tow exposed tits "

You are assuming that you are in the majority. Who says that it's an odd habit either? It's quite normal in natural term fed babies. Just because you stopped your children from breastfeeding prematurely, doesnt mean that what others do is unnatural. Just means it's unusual in your experience.

And when men start whopping their testicles out for useful purpose in public, then I'll consider it a reasonable comparison.

I have never understood the "it is not hygenic" issue that people harp on about?
I have pictures in my living room of me b/feeding my dd when she was about a week old. You can hardly tell, there is nothing in display.

I didn't b/feed much in public - but that was my choice. Having said that, some women cannot win, they are criticised for b/feeding their hungry children, but also criticised when their babies are crying.

I find it hard to believe that other women are complaining about b/feeding in public, come on, it doesn't matter how you chose to feed your baby, but a bit of sister solidarity would be nice.

nope no bra. she had small breasts (cow! mine are too big to even go braless for more than 20mins when awake ). i couldnt trip over, i was eating cake and having a cup of tea whilst breastfeeding dd1 at the time. was a loooooooong time ago.

It was in the Telegraph too, with a lovely photo of the protest group: calmly feeding away. Sadly the photo isn't in the online version of the paper or I'd link to it. In fact, there was ne'er a boob showing and all the mothers and the babies looked happy and relaxed. Good advertisement for breastfeeding, I reckon.

Perhaps they need a strapline in the Sun saying: SAVES TAXPAYERS' MONEY AS BREASTFED BABIES ARE LESS LIKELY TO GET SICK.

fab article

I just posted asking why baby feeding from Mum's breast was considered disgusting but McDonalds customers feeding on milk from cow's breast that's been whipped up and served with a flake is ok. The Sun have rejected it! I'm more pissed off than I was before I posted!

myred - they rejected my comments about expressing too, not sure why! Unless i was a little too verbose?

Surely not!!

I breastfed, but I chose not to do it in public. That was my choice, and yet it wasn't respected by a number of people - my NCT teacher told me I was doing a disservice to other breastfeeding mothers by not feeding in public.

I applaud people who defend a mother's right to breastfeed in public, I think they do a wonderful job. However, I don't think this should undermine people's right to do it in private - this often isn't talked about, but it happens.

In Scotland it is now against the law to prevent a woman from breast feeding in public.

Due to some of the inane comments posted on the Sun web site they surely have to introduce the same law in England. No amount of educating is going to help some of the twats that posted.

How is it considered unhygenic? But it is hygenic to feed a baby milk that came out of a cows tit but not it's mothers breast? Bizarre.

Thisis - I'm sorry you felt marginalised by your NCT teacher but I can sort of see where she's coming from. When all's said and done though, if you didn't feel comfortable nursing in public then you certainly shouldn't have that choice brought into question.

Just out of curiosity, why didn't you want to nurse in public? Do you think legislation protecting your rights as a nursing mother would have helped you feel more comfortable?

Dryad - no, nothing to do with legislation, or rights. I just didn't want to do it in public, so I didn't.

Personally, I just wanted to be left alone to feed my child in the way I felt comfortable with. Not be beaten around the head with my "duty" to normalise breastfeeding. I had enough going on as a new mother without worrying about that kind of thing.

Thisis - I know what you mean! There's too much going on as a new mother, you can't take on other people's agendas as well! For me, I couldn't be bothered finding places to feed in public, or expressing milk to take out, so feeding in public was a necessity!

ah cod good to see you're living up to your feminist credentials...[i'm never ging to forget that article]