Who thinks breast feeding in public is disgusting?

[MrsDoolittle]

And another thing while I am at it (thinking that is). Did anyone listen to Jeremy Vine discussing breast feeding last week? I was absolutely flabbergasted at the number of people that phoned in and said bf in public is disgusting. I think discussion was in response to talk of the Scottish Parliament banning restaurantuers from asking bfing mums to leave - please correct me if I am wrong.
This is not a breast feeding versus bottle feeding thread but I can't believe any man would feel like this in this day and age, let alone a woman!

I don't think it's digusting at all - it's lovely to see a baby being breastfed. People who think it's "disgusting" really should get over themselves!

This is in response to the original post by the way.

I agree with MrsD that providing the 'rooms' implies that it's not acceptable in the public areas and gives people an excuse to object to us doing it there.

I still think a law against banning bf is preferable to herding us all off into hiding.

I think it's lovely to see a baby being breastfed and it is usually done so discreetly ime that only a woman who has breastfed would notice. It brings a smile to my face

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I have breastfed all kinds of places and never had a problem tho I was always very discrete and had a sling which I used to cover me. I think that women should be allowed to bf wherever they see fit. I worked with a women who thougth bf was disgusting but then she didnt want to have kids either.

I think breastfeeding in public is OK as well as any extra "accidental" exposure, and I would stop going to a restaurant that don't accept BF, even when my Ds is not breast feed since ages ago.

Having said that, I have a friend that BF in public, which is OK, but what I found a bit too much is that she finishes BF, proceeds to burp baby and play with him all with her breast completely exposed: breast out, on view, not in use, for about 5-10min. She may be making a statement of how natural BF is, but to be honest... I guess this is the sort of behaviour that prompts some restaurants to ban it. Sorry.

I think the rooms are a good idea to encourage nervous mums to keep going, and provide a refuge when your more lively older baby starts pulling away mid-feed to wave at passers-by.
I agree that the John Lewis room was fine - big enough not to feel cheek-by-jowl with the changing area. The one in Bluewater didn't have any lavatories in the same area, I am sure of that. And the provision generally at Bluewater was excellent, well done them. My NCT Group practically lived there because of those rooms and all the cafes.
But I agree that the more women willing to breastfeed in public in a way they feel comfortable with, the better, as it passes on a constant message to society at large that there is nothing wrong or disgusting with breastfeeding. Good grief.

Whenever I tried to use Bluewaters rooms they were always taken so I would feed outside. For such a big shopping centre they could provide more rooms imo.

I know of a wonderful breastfeeding room.......but you can't get to it with a pushchair!!!!!!!!!!
SO, it is never, as far as I know, used!

I know of many more.....

Down stairs
Up stairs
Locked, so you have to press a bell and wait for a security guard to come and let you in.
Far far far away from where you are shopping, and so takes 20mins minimum to get there with screaming child
Too small to get into with a pushchair
Locked by a very embarressed B/F mum so unable to be used for a while.
Too small and cramped to sit in with 4 lively and also hungry kiddies!

SO because of all that, I sat wherever I wanted to feed my child in the way nature intended and gave short shrift to whomever dared to approach and comment.

There are ways to be discreet but, more importantly, any grown muture adult should be able to handle the sight of a nipple!!!

BTW. I like the idea of the rooms, as women who are not really keen to BF in public have at least a place where they could do it privately.

Breastfeeding in public is not disgusting. Those who are disgusted by it are total wallies (am toning down my language as DS approaches one ).

Breastfeeding rooms should be clean, have chairs without stupidly high rigid arms (Debenhams, take note!) and should be in a separate area from the changing room, if at all possible.

I breastfeed DS in public, which is interesting as he's quite a grown-up looking nearly one-year-old. It makes me smile if I see people looking offended - they're my boobs and if I want to share them with DS, who's to stop me?!

Noggermum couldn't help but at your post. Not feeding a hungry baby is the surest way of making sure it is both seen and heard. LOL.

Agree with Marina really.

Pinotmum - I think it helped that we were all there the first few months it opened (ds is five now). It was much less busy so we never had that problem

PF, did you have to say nipple?! I'm offended now...

I breastfed mainly in bloody loos, which was disgusting. I discreetly breastfed in front of family, until my SIL mentioned it could be embarrasing for my brother , which really made me uncomfortable, which although I tried to continue, DS would pick up on it, so I resorted to sitting in bedrooms by myself with DS.

I think also that it is lovely to see a baby breastfed and have openly encourage friends to - go ahead.

It's a mad world that permits smoking almost anywhere, but feeding a baby by breast - what a shocker.

nipplenipplenipple!!!!!!!!

Completely disgusting. Along with weeing in phone boxes and corners of tesco car park, dogs pooing all over the place, noseblowing on public transport, coughing (anywhere) and farting (ditto). In the same category. Obviously.

Seriously though, how can anyone think breastfeeding in public is disgusting?! Doesn't that mean that they think breastfeeding in itself is disgusting?

I really think 'they' do. Mad huh.

Cos boobies n nipples are mens objects to fawn over, not for feeding babies, and so that obviously sexualises tham and so they should be hidden at all times????

PF, you're determined to say nipple in each post aren't you? What are you, some kind of pervert?

I can't understand why people have a problem with bfeeding from a 'but boobs are for men' pov - weirdos.

Preggars-your SIL should be ashamed of herself!
I breastfed all 5 of my DSs as and when necessary. I must say though,I was rather taken aback when an (admittedly older)friend asked me how I managed to breastfeed my youngest DS with "all those older boys around"-meaning his brothers!

Am liking the shock effect

I really can't get it into my head tho just why people find it so wrong[confused head]