Hi ladies,
I haven't fed my 3 boys much in public, but that was because giving them breast milk never went very well.
I'm again, really going to try to make it work this time.
But when you're outdoors.
Where will you feed the baby?
If you feed them in a public place do you get any nasty comments?
I've been looking online for breast milk information.
I ended up on youtube on these "how to breast feed" instruction videos. What shocked me was that all of them had rude comments on them. From men who somehow think giving breast milk is a sexual thing.
Even people posting by the comments advertisement for porn websites.
I don't mind feeding my baby if he's hungry. But I'd feel horrible if a man would stare at me or something.
If someone would give me a rude comment. I really wouldn't have any idea on what to do. I'd be furious.
I'm then feeding my child. How can that be erotic to anyone?
And if it's, then keep it to yourself. Don't they understand that for most of us women it feels really uncomfortable that there're idiots around who do get hard by seeing us giving our baby our own milk.
With my 1st son I once posted a nice picture somewhere online for family to see. It was a picture not long after birth that I gave him my breast.
Some asshole, how he got there, I don't know.
Somehow thought it was ok to post there that he would love to suck my breasts too.
I immediately deleted that picture and I never posted anything like that ever again online.
After reading the comments on you tube I quickly learned that there're a lot of men who find it erotic to watch a lady giving her baby her breast.
Not only that but they totally don't get it that (to me) these comments felt so uncomfortable to read.
I really don't want any weirdo's to say those things to me face to face or stare at me when I'm feeding my baby.
Anyone who wants to share her feeding outdoors experiences with me?
Are there ladies who just wouldn't care what someone else thinks about them?
Maybe it's a personal thing. I just don't feel comfortable with walking around naked when other men can see me.
For example my partner likes going to sauna's. In Holland, where we come from those are usually nude.
He asked me to come too. I told him how I felt about it. But he wanted me to try it. So I did
I HATED every second of it!!!
Even worse was when someone tried to talk to me. A lady, no problem. With a man I felt like: 'What do you want of me? Just leave me alone'.
And I'll be honest. I didn't always have good experience with men. Maybe it's what has happened to me that makes it difficult for me to feel ok in the nude around men.
Difficult is a big word. If they leave me alone, no problem. It's when I get the feeling they want something of me. I feel very tense and angry. If they leave me alone and don't even look at me. I'm fine and happy.
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