I used to cover up when breastfeeding. Now I flaunt it
The author, breastfeeding at a portrait studio. Photo: Courtesy of Nicola Prentis
?You?re very discreet,? said my pregnant friend, admiringly, as we sat near our kids at a toddler play session. ?I?m still not sure how I?m going to feel about breastfeeding in public.?
I allowed myself a flicker of pride. By that point, I?d been breastfeeding my first child for a year and my friend wasn?t the first person to comment on how I was approaching it.
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I was shamed for breastfeeding in public I?d long perfected the ?discreet feed“?deftly attaching baby to boob with one hand and minimal exposure. It had meant a certain amount of sacrifice to my wardrobe, as it only worked with low necklines or button-up shirts, but it was worth it. I fed him in cafés, restaurants and shopping malls, on park benches and public transport, even on the beach, and no one ever seemed to notice. It was, I figured, the least I could do to make sure no one around me was upset at seeing something they preferred not to see. I?d been primed by news stories about breastfeeding women being asked to cover up or feeling shamed by staff or members of the public. And not just by the stories themselves, but the sneering comments asking why those women couldn?t stop flaunting themselve...
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