Even though breastfeeding is the most natural thing in the world, it can take a while to get used to getting your boobs out when out shopping or with friends.
Many mums don’t always know where to go, what clothes to wear or even how to lift their top up (or down!) without flashing their boobs. Which often makes them worry about what other people think.
We want to use these posts to explain how to get the confidence to feed anywhere. There’s stuff on how to feed privately and how to wear
clothes that keep your assets covered up. There’s also some really good advice on how to handle those strange people who still think that babies should be fed in the toilet!
However you choose to feed your baby, best of luck. Let us know how you go on by commenting below.
To read on, please click on one of the links below:
Where is the best place to breastfeed?
Do people get funny about breastfeeding?
How to avoid flashing your boobs whilst breastfeeding.
The Be A Star Team.
1 response so far ↓
Sam // Feb 16, 2010 at 10:44 pm
I hate the word “discreet” when applied to breastfeeding. It implies that the mother SHOULD avoid “flashing her boobs”, and that she is wrong if she doesn’t.
Discretion is about the comfort of others around her, and that should not be her concern. Breastfeeding presents its own challenges without worrying about what every other person might be thinking if a little bit of flesh is shown.
I would like to see “discreet” and “discretion” dropped from all breastfeeding advice and literature, and replaced with “comfort”.
If the mother feels more COMFORTABLE covering herself or wearing a certain style of clothes, that is fine, but this should not be held up as some kind of ideal…. as if the mother who is equally comfortable casually removing her breast from her shirt to feed her baby without stopping to cover up or wear a certain kind of clothes is “wrong” in some way.
On the contrary, breastfeeding in a completely open fashion, that implies normalcy and a complete lack of shame in the process (because there IS nothing shameful about it!) is a positive thing in its own right. It normalises breastfeeding - sorely needed in many parts of the world. And it provides education, removes the myth and mystery. Everyone can see - including children - that there is nothing dirty or sexual or weird about it. It is just a baby eating.
I wish young girls were growing up in a world where they could see breastfeeding all around them, where they could SEE a “good latch”, where they could SEE mothers enjoying feeding their babies in this way…. But that won’t happen while we hang on to this “D” word…. Discreet. BLEURGH!
Leave a Comment