View Poll Results: How do you feel about women breastfeeding in public?
It makes me feel uncomfortable, and I don't like to see it.
4
4.04%
I think they should go elsewhere in private to do it.
22
22.22%
I'm not a parent, but it doesn't really raise an issue with me.
9
9.09%
It's natural, so whats the issue?
64
64.65%
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Breastfeeding in public.
19 October 2010, 07:25 PM
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19 October 2010, 07:32 PM
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19 October 2010, 07:33 PM
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the thing is, she's not having a p1ss in public or is not flashing her ****, she is feeding her baby, not because she wants to pull her t1ts out, it is because her baby is more important that mildy offending t1t-o-phobic people.
19 October 2010, 07:42 PM
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Why spend £££ on bottles and steralising equipment and time expessing line a cow,, when it is there on tap?
Also most breastfed babies don't like bottles, and most mothers are advised NOT to use bottles for a few months when baby is born. For many reasons, one being it interferes with the milk supply as well as confusing the baby. A bottle is far easier to drink from than the breast, so once bottles are used, the baby can get fussy at the breast. Sometimes this can result un baby refusing to breastfeed and prefering the bottle.
That may then to issues with mum and baby bonding, or cause other emotional problems.
So, expressing is by no means an easy consideration.
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19 October 2010, 07:54 PM
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It's not just about the health benefits.
Why spend £££ on bottles and steralising equipment and time expessing line a cow,, when it is there on tap?
Also most breastfed babies don't like bottles, and most mothers are advised NOT to use bottles for a few months when baby is born. For many reasons, one being it interferes with the milk supply as well as confusing the baby. A bottle is far easier to drink from than the breast, so once bottles are used, the baby can get fussy at the breast. Sometimes this can result un baby refusing to breastfeed and prefering the bottle.
That may then to issues with mum and baby bonding, or cause other emotional problems.
So, expressing is by no means an easy consideration.
Why spend £££ on bottles and steralising equipment and time expessing line a cow,, when it is there on tap?
Also most breastfed babies don't like bottles, and most mothers are advised NOT to use bottles for a few months when baby is born. For many reasons, one being it interferes with the milk supply as well as confusing the baby. A bottle is far easier to drink from than the breast, so once bottles are used, the baby can get fussy at the breast. Sometimes this can result un baby refusing to breastfeed and prefering the bottle.
That may then to issues with mum and baby bonding, or cause other emotional problems.
So, expressing is by no means an easy consideration.
I'll let her know.1 more day to go
19 October 2010, 08:17 PM
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i would say in a 'modern' society it is far more acceptable than in a repressed victorian society.
the thing is, she's not having a p1ss in public or is not flashing her ****, she is feeding her baby, not because she wants to pull her t1ts out, it is because her baby is more important that mildy offending t1t-o-phobic people.
the thing is, she's not having a p1ss in public or is not flashing her ****, she is feeding her baby, not because she wants to pull her t1ts out, it is because her baby is more important that mildy offending t1t-o-phobic people.
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19 October 2010, 08:26 PM
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I think he is making a referance to both toilets and changing rooms (I assume of the nappy changing variety? As clothes changing rooms are not suitable) are both places where you go to either have a poop, or clean one up.
19 October 2010, 09:10 PM
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Take 'them' where?
Do you honestly think people carry urine and poo filled nappies around with them all day??
Most newborns poo about six times a day, and the buggers don't tend to like to wee and poo at the same time
You change a wet one, put a fresh one on, and then they POO!!
Do you honestly think people carry urine and poo filled nappies around with them all day??
Most newborns poo about six times a day, and the buggers don't tend to like to wee and poo at the same time
You change a wet one, put a fresh one on, and then they POO!!
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19 October 2010, 09:17 PM
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19 October 2010, 09:39 PM
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19 October 2010, 09:45 PM
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Lol, because you won't get roped into doing a 'night feed' on a fri and/or sat night, so she can have a rest!
19 October 2010, 11:24 PM
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Fully agree!
Seriously though I was recently in Debenhams with the wife doing some shopping and there was a pretty ugly chavvy looking woman sat on a display in the shoe department breastfeeding, and she wasn't making any attempt to hide the tit, my main issue is that there was a baby changing room on the next floor up which would have clearly been ideal for the purpose, she was clearly doing it for the attention, thats what I dislike.
Seriously though I was recently in Debenhams with the wife doing some shopping and there was a pretty ugly chavvy looking woman sat on a display in the shoe department breastfeeding, and she wasn't making any attempt to hide the tit, my main issue is that there was a baby changing room on the next floor up which would have clearly been ideal for the purpose, she was clearly doing it for the attention, thats what I dislike.
Of course if the woman happens to be a in ladies clothes shop and they happen to be happy with a clothes changing room being used for breastfeeding then maybe that would be OK...
...but here's the thing. Why should woman have to hide away because they want to feed their baby?
Indeed let's turn this around. What is it that so offends you about a baby being breastfed?
19 October 2010, 11:25 PM
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Thankfully I haven't had to suffer such torture personally 
I'm surprised so many people have a problem with the breastfeeding in public issue though. Seemingly it can be done perfectly discreetly, so I don't see an issue. If a woman is doing it in a manner to draw in every bit of attention, then maybe she personally is at fault and not the act itself.
Tbh, I still don't care, I'd rather boob out than crying.
I'm surprised so many people have a problem with the breastfeeding in public issue though. Seemingly it can be done perfectly discreetly, so I don't see an issue. If a woman is doing it in a manner to draw in every bit of attention, then maybe she personally is at fault and not the act itself.
Tbh, I still don't care, I'd rather boob out than crying.
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Also the production of breast milk is regulated in terms of flow, volume and time by the amount of milk being drawn down, which is normally based on the baby's appetite. Using a pump can confuse this natural feedback mechanism.
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Take 'them' where?
Do you honestly think people carry urine and poo filled nappies around with them all day??
Most newborns poo about six times a day, and the buggers don't tend to like to wee and poo at the same time
You change a wet one, put a fresh one on, and then they POO!!
Do you honestly think people carry urine and poo filled nappies around with them all day??
Most newborns poo about six times a day, and the buggers don't tend to like to wee and poo at the same time
You change a wet one, put a fresh one on, and then they POO!!
A Changing Room (not a toilet) seems a quite, sensible place to breast feed IMHO.
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