Gen Y Embarrased to Breastfeed

[Lolli]

I've been following this thread, but something happened to me today that i wanted to share. I found out that a guest at a birthday party I was at on the weekend was thoroughly disgusted with me feeding dd, right there, without a blanket over me, while people were eating their lunch (heaven forbid )

And I've heard the same thing discussed in my playgroup. Everyone is very supportive of bf'ing, but a cluster of mums were having a narky whinge about another mum because she was 'showing too much flesh'- she had her top pulled down, showing her boob, instead of one top up, one down. I imagine they are saying the same thing about me now too, I got sick of being hot and sweaty and ditched the layers, and it seems like i'm less nude, pulling it down rather than up I also had a woman rolling her eyes at me when I was walking around a cafe feeding dd (but i was also chasing ds, so i can only imagine she would have been rolling her eyes at me had I let my toddler run feral so I could feed. can't win).

Anyway, my point is, there seems to be yet another sub-culture amongst women- and, i guess, men- bf'ing is best, but only if you cover up. Not nice. Any kind of division is not nice.

I wish we lived in a society where we all just fed, iykwim. Where noone even did these kind of studies because it wasn't necessary. When noone even noticed a women bf'ing, because it was just normal. Where there was no division. Where noone questioned ff'ing mums because everyone could be confident they made their desicions, fully informed and with proper support.

Anyway, that's my wish for world peace And sorry spencee, mate, that didn't even come close to answering your question