Strangest place to breastfeed.

**entreat** · February 2nd, 2011, 10:15 PM

I breastfed Jack on the floor of a cave while we were walking through it on holiday in Margaret River. Some people wandered past, but most never noticed me. I was hoping he would wait until we were outside, although it wasn't as uncomfortable as you might imagine!

The next day, I breastfed him at a high-brow winery over lunch, while the waiter was taking my order for dessert. What a fantastic & professional guy he was - he never batted an eye as he ran through the desserts list for us.

**MrsBexie** · February 3rd, 2011, 01:57 AM

I breastfed Jack on the floor of a cave while we were walking through it on holiday in Margaret River. Some people wandered past, but most never noticed me. I was hoping he would wait until we were outside, although it wasn't as uncomfortable as you might imagine!

The next day, I breastfed him at a high-brow winery over lunch, while the waiter was taking my order for dessert. What a fantastic & professional guy he was - he never batted an eye as he ran through the desserts list for us.

Just randomly, Margaret river has got
To be one of my favorite places in australia!! Lol...

**~Minny~** · February 3rd, 2011, 05:53 AM

Hmmmm nothing to strange although the place i get the most looks from is feeding DS on a bench seat at the front of a kmart store (inside)

**Michelle71** · February 3rd, 2011, 06:16 AM

Promise that I am not a stalker Michelle but I was at your DHs memorial service at Liverpool Hospital and saw you feed DD and felt that with all that was happening you were a treasure to be keeping it all normal for your children... the kids played and were entertained and we celebrated your DH. It was a gorgeous moment and encouraged a let down from my own breasts at the time. (Yep now I sound like a stalker!!).

Not a stalker but it does have me fascinated ................. I actually made sure I chose a breastfeeding suitable top that day because I knew she would want to sleep at some stage, even though she was 15 months at the time and me quite pregnant. That means you heard me speak too ..........

**toomanyshoes** · February 3rd, 2011, 06:20 AM

This is a wonderfully inspiring thread, kinda tempted to write a "wish list" of places to breastfed!

**tk1999** · February 3rd, 2011, 06:30 AM

Not a stalker but it does have me fascinated ................. I actually made sure I chose a breastfeeding suitable top that day because I knew she would want to sleep at some stage, even though she was 15 months at the time and me quite pregnant. That means you heard me speak too ..........

The feed was discrete etc but as a BF mumma you can just tell when another mumma is BFing, and to be well into a pregnancy... aweinspiring.

I did hear you speak and your DHs colleagues. Lots of tears shed by me. I wrote in the memorial book and made a comment about BB as I know so many wanted to support you but were not able to be there in person. It was a lovely memorial, your DH was well loved by so many.

**luna moth** · February 3rd, 2011, 06:35 AM

This is a great thread!

I'm collecting transport modes... we've done train, plane, tram and bus. Once Brissie ferries are all sorted, we'll take a ride to daddy's work and we'll have the full quota!

I don't really have anywhere "strange" yet... my most exposed was on a bench on Stanley St (four lane busy inner city road) She was a week old an we were on our way home from the markets.

**Michelle71** · February 3rd, 2011, 06:38 AM

I think the memorial book is still with work. They were all finding it too hard to write anything and wanted to keep it for a bit longer. But thank you

DD is actually still feeding. 7 months tandem feeding and still going strong. Who'd have thunk it

**Kitt3n** · February 3rd, 2011, 06:50 AM

great thread! dont think i have BF in any out there places. one that i remember was at the surf club on the deck watching whales go past, that was nice.

i saw a lady in the line at woolies clearly having a bad day, three other young kids running about yelling, she looked pretty flustered, and her baby started crying, for a second i felt bad for her....then she just grabbed her baby and got her boob out in the line while still putting her shopping on the till and fed him one handed. I was 9 months pregnant with DD at the time and i thought she was super woman!!! i thought the check out boys eyes were going to pop right out of his head!

i have done that - the Laa and I mastered the art of feeding while she was upright in a mei tai - I have walked through shops and paid for things while she was feeding away. No one had any idea!!

**tk1999** · February 3rd, 2011, 08:37 AM

I think the memorial book is still with work. They were all finding it too hard to write anything and wanted to keep it for a bit longer. But thank you

DD is actually still feeding. 7 months tandem feeding and still going strong. Who'd have thunk it

Wow - I hope to be able to feed through a pregnancy and then tandem feed at some stage in my life, DP doesn't want to TTC number 2 so we will have to see how long DD BFs for or if there are further siblings that I might be able experience that with.

Congratulations on your breastfeeding relationship!

Topic - Other places we have fed - we fed on the ferry back from the zoo, the train, a bus, a plane, have fed in a car (not whilst it was moving obviously - but on the side of the road whilst on a road trip). Um, walking around the shops - both in a sling and just in my arms... there are more I am sure.

**Nai** · February 3rd, 2011, 08:46 AM

At at VCAT (Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal) dispute hearing, in a vineyard, at an outdoor concert - that's all I can think of at the moment

**peanutter** · February 3rd, 2011, 09:01 AM

I've had to pump at Court ... I'm a lawyers, and I had an all-dayer at Court, so I booked a witness interview room, plugged in my pump, and went for it ...

Breastfeeding - car parks, in the shower, most of my friends' places, in a spare office at work, walking around the house doing chores and hanging up washing, in the bath, sitting on the display furniture at Costco (quite comfy, actually!), at church, in cafes, at the soccer, etc ... wherever. I'm discrete and will often try to time things so that J-man is fed at home, but that's about comfort, not any sense of embarassment

**sconeonamission** · February 3rd, 2011, 09:37 AM

oh sounds fantastic!

to those people who give weird looks!

**Artechim** · February 3rd, 2011, 09:38 AM

I BF on a Christmas parade float. DS really needed to go to sleep and so I fed him, but didn't realise that the floats went around the block and back down the main street. I don't think anyone would have realised though.

**beansbeans!** · February 3rd, 2011, 12:25 PM

Gosh I bet it was nice at wet n wild! One of the best places to be this time of year too! =)

I'be bfed everywhere and anywhere, whenever needed. But two that stick out was at a tattoo convention show type thingyu, and the other was at a motorbike conention show type thing. A lot of the big tattooed men smiled nicely when they saw me which was nice.
But we've done zoos, restaurants, all forms of public transport, parks, at the movies, at two funerals, one wake (where a lot of the younger people got up and left the table when I started to fed)...