I secretly dread the day I have to get my boobs out in front of DP's family or my friends...... Don't get me wrong, I like my boobs, I just know it'll take some getting used to having them there for a purpose rather than just to look all plump and nice. How did you get your head around it?? Or were you always just your fearless self, and whipping out a boob while simultaneously giving the finger to anyone who disapproved?
I know everyone is different, but for me, it was just a complete change of perception basically overnight, going from BBs being perky things which look nice in tops, and are the perfect accessory for every outfit (who said that? Christina Applegate??) to being something which I use to look after my baby.

I'm very surprised to have felt that comfortable that quickly, but after needing to feed him at church, in a cafe, in the shops, at work, etc, I just got over it very quickly, out of necessity. DS wasn't going to wait an hour until I'd finished and got home before being fed!!

They're just not sexual things for me anymore, when I'm out with DS. They're a very convenient and squoogy feeding recepticle. And if anyone else feels differently, that's kind of too bad.

I am selective in some ways - I have some friends (male and female) who are very uncomfotable about it, and who would never dream of saying anything, but to respect them (as they would respect me) I generally don't feed in front of them, if I'm not wearing something which allows me to be as discrete as I'd like. But if I was with them on a train or something, and DS was hungry, I'd just let them know I needed to feed him, and I'd do it. Because these aren't people giving me grief or sideways glances, they're people (mostly guys) who haven't been exposed to breastfeeding, and it's new to them and a total shift in perspective for them to be seeing boobs as something other than sexual fun bags.

So I'm discrete - but it's clear what I'm doing, and I've found that over the past few months, they're mostly aclimatising, and several of them can comfortably continue conversations etc while I'm breastfeeding. And can I just say - we're a very close knit bunch of friends, and so the above comments also include some ex boyfriends ... Ah, changing the world, one titty at a time ...

Most of my family and friends, however, feel (or have over the past 6 months got used to the fact!!) trhat breastfeeding is just part of life, and it's not sexual, and it's not rude, and it's about to happen so cope.

A bit of boob is normally visible, but people who aren't comfortable can look somewhere else, that's my view.