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Just found this thread!

I have just completed a thesis on how public perception of breastfeeding affects the rate at which mother feed and whether they try at all!

That couple were bang out of order and its the likes of them that portray bf in the totally wrong light.

There is currently a great campaign started up in the midlands (UK) look at www.beastar.org.uk

love theresa

i would treasure a photo like that too.:)) victoria

Oh boy
dont get me started on this
Breasts are for feeding babies.
They serve no other purpose in nature at all.
I believe women should feed there babies whenever and wherever they need to and frankly however they need to.
I have never hidden,and if being discreet means trying to latch a baby on blindly under a shirt its ridiculous.
Its time society sorted themselves out,and got rid of the girly magazines and other rubbish some men seem to like to read
I agree with Joy breastfeeding mothers get down to those cafes and restaurants and movie theatres.
Take your babies and enjoy yourselves!!!
Regards Tania
PS one of the nicest photos in my album is of me with my great uncle buster (age 86)and his young grandaughter sat laughing and chatting on a couch whilst I was feeding my baby.
hes dead now and it is really special to me

You did nothing wrong Tory... the thing is that the world and his uncle have forgotten what breasts are for.

You were covered and your baby needed feeding.... where is the wrong??

In the couple who shouted at you... idiots!!
Deanna X

If a baby needs feeding,it needs feeding.
If people have a problem with it then its their problem not yours:-))

I dont see anything wrong with it, if it is done discreetly.
I was told I was breastfed in the cinema in the 1930's, when my parents went to the cinema together.
All my family have breastfed their babies discreetly, in public,and no one ever took any notice.
I saw one woman feeding her baby in a Church.

I dont see anything wrong with it, just get a bit embarrasssed Im a shy lad really.
Davex

its all a bit strange......you go abroad and women are sunbathing topless(not one person complains),but omg.....feed a baby,crime of the century! well i breastfed mine when they chose to be fed,tesco carpark,bhs coffee shop,its either that or the dulcet tones of my baby squalking at 110 decibels,its all perfectly natural!

that s right paul

i see no reason not to do it but
id feel awkward for any guy like your self whod feel uncomfortable if people thought he was perv,thats if i was feeding baby, which i didnt, i bottle fed, living on an army camp i decided if i ever had to feed babes outside of home id wana feel ok, and just bottle fed mine
i think it can be done descreately so theres no problem

Hi,
I think you have answered the question. I see no problem although I admit to being a little embarrassed when I have come across this situation, not because of the breast feeding, but because in all innocence, when you realise that a child is being fed I suddenly feel as though I'm a bit of a pervert for looking. (hope this comes out right)

I cannot remember a time when I have seen a baby being breast fed in public in any other manner than discretely.

Paul

Oh Tor that is disgusting fancy coming up to your car and peering in. Now that is disgusting not what you were doing.
Wonder what they would have done if it had been a big bloke just sat there.
Germaine
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Tory my first response was going to be why were you breastfeeding out in the open in a car park...... I'd have been shocked if I had seen you! Not because of what you were doing but your choice of place!!!!

But when I read further you were sat in your car doing it very discreetly and I wouldn't even have noticed you!!

The couple were bang out of order!!

xx

I fed my two anytime anywhere they wanted on demand.

I never experienced any reaction at all and I assumed that this was because I was so brilliant at it.

Mind you it could be because I am scary, lol!

I bet those two creatures are swingers or porn stars and are just not tuned in to reality!

Call the police and report it. If they have done it to you they can do it to anyone - next time it might not be a car they hit either.

I breastfed 2 of my 4 children,(the last 2) but actually never had the need to feed them in public. I timed my outings around feed times. I have never demand fed -all mine were 4 hour babies bottle or breast. I felt more comfortable within my own surroundings. I also fed them in my mothers bedroom when visiting because I did not want to feed in front of my father. He wouldn't have bothered but I did not feel comfortable!!

I think its all to do with personal choice and would not object to anyone feeding in public if the need was there.

tory it is so natural to breast feed, no i wouldn't go in the toilet, 7 weeks ago the family and myself was having a meal out,there was a young mother was feeding her baby no one blink an eyelid,

Thank you my children are now older but was reminded of the way I was made to feel by someone who has given up breastfeeding due to the attitudes of a few people when out.

Tory, you would have been entitled to report this to the police. I can't believe these people thought they had the right.
I fed my youngest child until she was 8 months. Always descreetly - often in the car. I hate the thought of having to feed your child in the loos.
If I see a mum feeding her baby I always give her a big smile. My OH says he would too but doesn't want to give the wrong impression!

same as TW, the couple were in the wrong...
kaz xx
i breast feed both my boys, good on ya tor..
xxxx

Youve got it in one Joyce,


My youngest two havent lost their milk teeth till very late, i was told because of the goodness in the milk,


Boobs are all over the place but people have a problem with breastfeeding, i say get a life!!


Caz xxxxxxx

Tory,

Firstly, congratulations on breastfeeding your baby....a true mother indeed..
The couple you mentioned must have been ignorant, prudish and even jealous seeing you performing the most natural act of nature.
My daughter breastfed both her daughters, one is now 27, the other 21, and to this day neither have contacted any of the childhood ailments like measles or mumps. The mother's milk gives a baby a great boost and protects it in it's infancy. Breastfeeding also helps your internal body organs to settle back as they once were.
Carry on with the good work and I can guarantee you a happy and healthy baby.

JoycePxxxxx