I am all for feeding in public when you are comfortable with it - I've done it plenty of times with Emily, (#3) and never received any attention for it. But is there something that can be done about the mother's rooms? I know that when I had my first and was learning to bf, I needed/wanted privacy because I was kind of nervous about the whole thing, and needed to be much more exposed to latch her on properly, etc, so to have a nice clean private room available was great! (BTW - I find the nursing rooms around here are fine - quiet, well-lit room, nice padded rocking chairs, clean baby changing area, magazines to look at.) For new mums, the nursing room is a great option to have available, so perhaps a little more pressure could be put on to have those rooms improved? Some letter writing maybe?