Breastfeeding is a natural biological function, but is there a time and a place for it? Nearly 75 percent of American mothers breastfeed their babies, but the issue of nursing in public remains controversial, as it raises the difficult question of how much exposure is too much. Babies get hungry even in public places, so what's a mother to do?
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Should Women Breastfeed in Public?
YES, women should breastfeed in public
You eat in public, don't you? You eat in your car, on the phone, in a restaurant, outside on a bench. Babies need breastmilk. People that feel strange when they see a mother breastfeeding her infant should remind themselves that there is nothing strange about this. Most times you can't even see anything (as in a breast, or any part of it) while a mother is nursing. If you're looking REALLY hard and continuously you might see some skin. Oh no! Skin!! Girls at the beach show much more skin than any breastfeeding mother. I have and do and always will continue to breastfeed my children (as discretely as I can) in a restaurant, in my car (not while driving of course), at a park, in a Zoo, during Church, at my friends house...etc. It is ridiculous that this is even a discussion.
- swissmaedel2008
December 8, 2008 11:20AM
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