Is breastfeeding in public wrong??

Just curious, do think it's wrong for a mother to breastfeed her baby in public?

Say you went down to your local and there was a woman breastfeeding her infant there in the bistro...
Or at the shops in the food court..
In the customer waiting area of your shop..
Is it okay? Would you look? Look away? Ask her to move on?
What if she was feeding her 2 year old?

Maybe your wife is/was breastfeeding your baby (or you yourself are bresatfeeing [i'm adressing the women obviously LOL])

I'm really genuinely curious to see where people stand on the issue.
If I take the sensationalised, skewed view that some current affairs shows present to us and apply it to society i'd be in trouble so I thought I'd ask some bona fide, actual people :cool:

TiA :D

I'm giving you the rats ring!.. it entirely depends on the attitude of the feeder.

You can be given a modest glimps of "top boob" in such away as to cause nothing more than a slight stutter in your sentence. Fine.. no worries there, baby needs food, mum has her rights.

or... You can be blindsided with a full frontal view of a good hard hand milking leaving you agape and speechless before the (far too old to be breast feeding) child is finally latched and insists on making eye contact with you for the duration!


so yes and no :)

Its natural and good. :2tsup:

Go over seas and find out that in some countries the little kids stay attached all day and all is visible.

'top boob' LMAO BR :laughing1: luv it!

and yes I guess if you copped a squirt in the eye it'd be, though funny to some, a bit unappreciated the beholder :~ (though it's supposedly good for curing conjunctivits I hear ) :D

thanks David :2tsup:

I'm more offended by some people's table manners than I ever could be by a breast-feeding mother. I mean, have you seen the way some people eat? My mother always taught me to chew with my mouth closed and not talk with my mouth full... or was it the other way around?

Nope, I think anyone who has a problem with it is the one with a problem.

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Originally Posted by silentC

I mean, have you seen the way some poeple eat?

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I have actually seen a guy lick the under side of a plate!!! *vomit* then he proceeded by licking ever other plate on the table. I'm not kidding! I was at the bistro at our local :o I think he was a bit doolally though :(

Just out of interest, thaught I'd share :D

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Originally Posted by silentC

Nope, I think anyone who has a problem with it is the one with a problem.

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what he said:2tsup::2tsup:

It's far more offensive to share a telephone conversation with me.

P
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I wouldn't be offended by a woman breast feeding her baby in public but I must say, in all the years I have been going around shopping centres and food courts, I have never seen this. So guess it isn't really a problem as such. I would be more embarrassed for the woman feeding her baby if security came up to her and told her to leave. As for watching, why would you watch,? I mean, do you watch mothers feed their babies if they are feeding them with a bottle.? Do you even watch other adults while they are eating.?Isn't that rude,? I think it is a natural thing if it happens but obviously the majority of women don't feel it necessary to do it in a public place and I guess they arrange their babies feed times around their schedule for the day.

my wife was in nursing mothers and she would feed our kid anywhere they were hungery and god help anybody that said she couldn't

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Originally Posted by silentC

Nope, I think anyone who has a problem with it is the one with a problem.

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Yupper, almost a ridiculous question really.

Nah, actually breastfeeding should be encouraged, SWMBO is a mothercraft nurse and midwife but I thought that way before I met her...

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Originally Posted by SPIRIT

my wife was in nursing mothers and she would feed our kid anywhere they were hungery and god help anybody that said she couldn't

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I remember when my wife was nursing, she never had anyone complain, but as you said god help anyone who did, and I think she put out that kind of aura of don't mess with me

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Originally Posted by Gra

I remember when my wife was nursing, she never had anyone complain, but as you said god help anyone who did, and I think she put out that kind of aura of don't mess with me

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Originally Posted by spirit

my wife was in nursing mothers and she would feed our kid anywhere they were hungery and god help anybody that said she couldn't

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I understand what you are saying but with all due respect sometimes one has to consider other peoples feelings too. There are folk who would be, rightly or wrongly, embarrassed by seeing a woman exposing her breasts while feeding her baby and I think a lot of women are aware of this and do in fact consider the feelings of these people. And of course there are many women who would also be embarrassed themselves feeding their baby in a public place and for all and sundry to see her naked boobs. Personally as I have said before, I see nothing wrong with it and would not be embarrassed but I think, to have an attitude of "This is what I am going to do and stuff you if you dont like it" is not really a nice attitude to adopt. If the feeding of the infant could be done without offending someone who may be embarrassed by probably moving out of that persons sight or telling him/her of the intention so that he or she may have an option to leave without being embarrassed would be a nicer attitude to have.
Why would anyone want to embarrass someone else on purpose.?

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Originally Posted by nats

Just curious, do think it's wrong for a mother to breastfeed her baby in public?

Say you went down to your local and there was a woman breastfeeding her infant there in the bistro...
Or at the shops in the food court..
In the customer waiting area of your shop..
Is it okay? Would you look? Look away? Ask her to move on?
What if she was feeding her 2 year old?

Maybe your wife is/was breastfeeding your baby (or you yourself are bresatfeeing [i'm adressing the women obviously LOL])

I'm really genuinely curious to see where people stand on the issue.
If I take the sensationalised, skewed view that some current affairs shows present to us and apply it to society i'd be in trouble so I thought I'd ask some bona fide, actual people :cool:

TiA :D

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Desperate to see your name on the net are you?? :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by nats

I'm really genuinely curious to see where people stand on the issue.

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Why ? Do you have a breast fetish?

If a woman wants to breastfeed in public who cares.


Peter.

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Originally Posted by nats

Just curious, do think it's wrong for a mother to breastfeed her baby in public?

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Not at all, and I applaud those who do. Personally, I think I'd be a little bit shy, but breastfeeding is not as easy as some people think, so hats off to them.

Lotte

no its not. peeing or pooping is. ask george micheal, hugh grant or alan jones, they'll tell ya so.

besides I find it hard to remove my boobs from my manzire... so i generally opt for the bottle. but thanks for your concern <rolleyes>

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Originally Posted by Zed

besides I find it hard to remove my boobs from my manzire... so i generally opt for the bottle. but thanks for your concern <rolleyes>

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Poor Zed,

Looking after little ones is so difficult. :D In that case do you express yourself prior to going out.:D


Peter.

I voted its wrong for the simple reason that looking at a mother breast feeding will get you into trouble, whilst in NSW it is against the law to ask them to stop.....


So, if its wrong to look, how can it be right to do?



All those who say its natural, how do you feel about those who urinate or defecate in public?

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Originally Posted by Cruzi

All those who say its natural, how do you feel about those who urinate or defecate in public?

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:snopee: :poop:

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Originally Posted by Cruzi

All those who say its natural, how do you feel about those who urinate or defecate in public?

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as long as I only have to see a bit of top co...... naaaaaaahhh:no:

C'mon now.... leaving a steamer on a bus is a little different from feeding a hungry child... mkay.

and as mentioned before breast feeding aint easy, its a bloody struggle at best and any woman going to the effort deserves a medal.

which is more than I can say for the bloke two rows over wiping his bum with the big issue.

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Originally Posted by Cruzi

All those who say its natural, how do you feel about those who urinate or defecate in public?

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Each to his own and all that, but I am sorry to say that is just a completely ridiculous comparison.