Gen Y Embarrased to Breastfeed

[Lolli]

Tbh, I found the cheapest solution to be some long boob tubes from Supre. They were pefect for during my pg when Ihad my jeans done up with hairbands, and I added a singlet to bf. ta-da!

[JBM]

i always used a light blanket and no one would even know, i remember finishing one time and then burped baby and my friend didn't even know i had been feeding. out in public you can still be discreet and i think thats the thing, we imagine just letting it all hang out but it doesn't have to be like that.
there are BF blankets and tops designed for BF, no one should be embarressed. yes maybe sometimes you might feel more comfortable BF in a mothers room if it's a nice one it may be more comfortable. but if anyones says anything, well don't get me started LOL

don't be embarresed. BF babies are smarter and healthier than other babies, just tell yourself that . also BF babies are less likely to be obese when they grow up too.

good luck whatever you do.

[~clover~]

I think friends & family make a huge, huge difference. I'm a Gen Y-er. As I said before I've had my moments of being comfortable & not.
When you are feeding a NB it feels completely acceptable & normal. Around friends & family it didn't bother me, but I did try to wear 2 singlets so one would go up & one down. Then I'd do the blanket thing, but that only worked til he needed to look around.
Back for the first 8 - 10 months I lived in a different area. You were lucky to see a mum BF past 6 months. Even luckier if that mum was under 30. I think not only is it about the fact that noone else was doing it, but that when you are that young all your mates are still out partying & you can't join them while BFing.
I did hear of one idiot, a mum of 3, only a few years older than me saying that she thought it was disgusting & that boobs are there for a man, not for a baby That was the general idea out there. I was saying I was still at 4 months! Because that wasn't the norm. The MCHN's out there were very very impressed mind you, lol. I had to take DS to hossy there once & the nurse in triage just said 'bottle fed?' as if she wouldn't expect anything else, coz noone else BFed.

But then I moved here. Out of about 10 of us with babies under 3 only one went to formula when she got home. The next was 7 months. Everyone else who has weaned did it for other reasons. One bought a business when her DS was 9 months & took 9 months to wean. One weaned at 16 months, 4 months pregnant with her next baby & the other owns her own business & weaned at about 15 months.
The rest of us are still going. 2 of the bubba's are almost 2. I have no embarrassment with BFing here at all. None whatsoever, because with so many of us in such a small town, its normal. We are all gen Y ers. One of us might just be an X. The youngest, who's DS is 8 months is only 23.

I am also proud to say that we have normalised it for all our children & younger siblings. Sisters/brothers/friends even. My girls are both old enough to remember this, so are my other friends older children. My mum didn't BF us past 3 weeks, so I'm proud of that. They don't even notice when a boob comes out. To them boobs are for feeding a baby. Thats it.

I have other friends & my SIL's also agree that they will not succumb to peer pressure next time. They will do whats best for bub, not everyone else.

I know this isn't about how to discreetly BF, but I find it relates to the article. The more of us do it & stick it out, the more of us see it & realise its ok. Its nothing to be embarrassed about. There really is no reason to discreetly BF, because if we just go about our business, every one else will see it just as normally as we do.

Now I hope that all made sence, lol.