In the 50s-60s - breastfeeding got a bum rap because the formula companies were really pushing their products, so they were saying that it was bad for babies to do, etc. Since then, breastfeeding has had a "stigma". There is a new wave of moms in the past few years that are really trying to turn things around and help people know that breastfeeding can be a great thing!
Now...when I started breastfeeding, I was very, very, very shy. I would put my cover on in front of most family members (not moms, but others), and would NEVER "N.I.P" - or nurse in public. Then, I got a little more adventurous. I would take my cover with me and nurse in public that way. Recently, I've freed myself. With the help of my supportive husband and friends, I now nurse, cover-free, whenever Kate needs it.
***GASP***
This doesn't mean I have my boobs (sorry, yep, I said boobs) floppin' around everywhere for all to see. I always wear a nursing tank, so my belly-area is covered. I always wear an over-shirt, so I can pull it down to where Kate meets my breast, and I'm very discrete. Can I say, though, how NICE IT IS??? Kate HATES (I mean DETESTS) my cover, and she eats so much better and faster without it. I get looks. I get stares. I'm sure people talk about me and are uncomfortable. Please know, folks, I'm not trying to "make a statement" or "show off my stuff" or embarrass anyone. Just like a bottle-fed mom pulls a bottle out of their diaper bag, I'm just trying to feed my child.
"So go to the bathroom and do it, lady".
BLECH! Ew!!! I had a friend respond to this lately on her FB page and it CRACKED ME UP. Just something to make them all think:
3 comments:
Ok, Rahde, you know I love you...but...I breastfed all my children each over or at least a year. I used and washed cloth diapers. Most people I knew at the time did the same. My point is that this was 26 years ago...not "over the last few years." Ok, just had to get that off my chest...heehee! :)
Kelly L.
Nicely said!!!
I am so proud of you for getting this way with your first!! With Kaid I would find a dressing room to hide in or go out to the hot car and hide there... Kason I got braver and did anywhere with a cover-up. Good for you. We are really trying to up the BFing % at work, which is hard when so many have "that" view of BFing.
BFing is such a wonderful thing and I love it that yet another BF has that BF view!
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