Do you consider it to be decent to breast-feed in public?

I considery it to be completely decent and wondrous and I can't wait to birth a squalling baby so I can whip out my bewbs in public and feed it.

No, of course not! This is the way Mother Nature intended babies to be fed. However, I would take a stand if the mom was breast-feeding a ten year old in public. It's time for that kid to be weaned!

Yes, although I prefer it if a blanket is used. I once sat by a family where the woman was feeding at the table in plain view. It wasn't exactly how I wanted to spend my lunch.

I don't mind it. It is feeding and everyone eats in public.

yes,of course.Not only, I find it tender and inspiring.

I think it is probably the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. I don't think that there is anything inherently "indecent" about a woman's breasts.

Did you misread the question? Your answer doesn't match the comments that follow.

i am not sure about how people around me feel about this, but personally, if your still being breast fed, you shouldnt be out in public in the first place. gez, its really annoying seeing women walking around showing off thier babies. oh, mine so cute, just look at him. yeah, its impprotant to develop good social skills, but i am not sure if thats the attention they need. but i am not a psycaitrist so i wouldnt know.

Stop reproducing.

I'm quite happy for a woman to breastfeed in public but my view is the same as bastards who use mobile phones.
Question: Does it need to be done right now! If so, then step aside, find a corner and don't impose your personal affairs on the rest of us. We are not impressed and we do not owe you anything, our time, our ears, our sympathy or our humour.

but if the phone is ringing (baby crying) then pick it up gosh darn it and do something as that is more annoying!

Sure.

I guess I did. I read it too fast and thought it said indecent.

It depends, but if it was just up to me, go right ahead and do it, you ain't going to bother me none!
There was a girl in the bar the other day breast feeding, and I just had to make a comment about getting a little in some coffee, (I thought of that survey a few weeks ago) she was willing to do it too!

If the woman's breast remains mostly covered, I think it's fine (though I was never comfortable with it, but that's just uptight puritanical me). There are lots of wonderful clothing styles (from catalogs like Motherhood) that allow women to breastfeed discreetly yet comfortably. A blanket or shawl is fine too.

Yes, of course.

Yes.

What, so women who are breast-feeding shouldn't go out in public with their babies? They have to remain cloistered away until all their babies are weaned? I hope you understand what a ridiculous idea that is.

That's what I thought.

I hope you realise that often babies aren't full weaned until they're about 18 months? Even older in some cases.

I know I'm a bad person for feeling this way, I wish they wouldn't do it in public. It makes me feel uncomfortable.

Yes. I think it's better than letting a hungry kid scream it's lungs out in public. There was an uproar here recently when a senator was asked to take her breast feeding out of the senate. Later the speaker justified it because the baby wasn't a senator. It didn't wash with the public.

thats not exactly what i meant. they can still leave, but why cant they leave their babies at home with someone responsible.

and a lot of times they dont get their babies to interact with other babies, just other adults, yet they dont get their babies to grow up. cant you see how thats a contradiction.

i guess they still can go out and breast feed their babies in public, but at least take the effort to go to the bathroom or bring a cloth or something.

Yup, no problems with it whatsoever.

Women need to go out more often than they can get and/or afford a babysitter. They may not have husbands or other family to leave a baby with every time they need to go somewhere.

I don't quite get what you mean about the babies growing up. Babies aren't supposed to be grown-ups. And babies who are breast-feeding don't do much interacting with anyone, really. They tend to sleep a lot.

Instead of busy, tired, stressed out mothers taking the effort to hide away in a dirty bathroom to breastfeed, why don't people who are uncomfortable at the sight of a breast performing it's natural function take the effort to get over it!
(Sorry, I guess I'm feeling militant today)

Yes, of course! What's the big deal?

Hey, kid's gotta eat. And breast milk is best for infants.

well, its not that bad i guess. i wouldn't feel compftable around breast feed kids, but then again i wouldnt feel comftable around someone who had snot coming out of their nose either. its not something i would particularly care to see, but i guess i am over it. it would still be nice and polite to at least take the effort though.

i guess a breast feed kid would be less annoying that a crying kid, and if a small kid cries in public, (like a movie theater or church or whatever) usually the woman just leaves somewhere else. thats just common curtesy.

i mean, yeah, i must be hard dealing with an infant, but still, deal with it. if a woman wants to go out AND be taking care of a kid, thats just the price to pay. kids have a tendency to interfere with having a social life. deal with it. this doesnt excuese women to just not care about the people around them. look, if a woman wants to breast feed her kid, i guess she can, but i would still consider that to be rude.

I just look at it in a completely different way, I guess. If someone has a problem with a mother breastfeeding in public, to me, it's just that, *their* problem, not the mother's.

yeah, but then again, if someone has a problem with someone letting his nose drip with snot, or imagine doing something else considered discusting or impolite, thats their problem too.

well, politeness and proper protocol is all relative i guess.

but just imagine now if someone was like two inches from your face because they come from an asian culture or something. that be your problem too then, if thats how they felt about it.

I think that if someone is not hurting anyone, their activity should be more important than someone else's "right" to not have to look at it. I'd be more comfortable if people could be free to do their own thing out in public, and the people who had a problem with it would stay home.

Yeah, uh, I guess I don't get what you're trying to say.

If you have the proper clothing, and nothing shows, or a blanket to cover its ok.

I respect your opinion, but it seems to me like women probably go out in public because they need to get things done and usually have to take their babies with them. I'm sure most parents are proud of their children and appreciate the attention from others, but I don't know if I would go so far as to say they are trying to show them off! You sound bitter about babies!

I, personally do not mind it a bit but I think a blanket or something should cover so as not to offend some people that are uncomfortable with it.

not only decent but it's just fine by me.

Not ONLY if a blanket is used, but that is sometimes the most appropriate way - sometimes a blanket is not necessary - depends on the mother's comfort level and where she is.

Iexactly agree with you. Too many people.

yes...more breastfeeding
everyone
breastfeed
HURRY

"Only if a blanket is used for cover (over the baby!!)

I just followed your example and posted the news of my new job in Forum!

Good...I'll go read about it. CONGRATULATIONS!!

whoa, i never said that people have a "right" not to have to look at it, just that it be nice not to have to. obivously people get pissed off at very silly things all the time. to some, this is a silly thing, but i guess i must be some imature eaisily 'offended' type. it all depends on the person. to one, this offends, to another its that. i would be against legal legisaltion against breast feeding in public, but i still think that's a rude thing to do in front of others, and i dont care to see that. then again, i am sure i also do things that are considered rude by others and i dont give a crap about that, so maybe i shouldnt be talking, but still, thats besided the point.

It's very natural to breast feed in public, there is no need to cover up, what ever the circumstance.

Oh OK. I am very laid back about what goes on around me in public, and I occasionally wish other people would extend some laid back mellowness when I'm in public doing things that shouldn't bother people. I frown on people when they show objections to other people who are doing harmless things in public. I think "What's so bad about that?"

i think you should ask Zang about these things. he made countless surveys dedicated to funny senarios like that.

I'm all for it as long as there is some sort of cover used.

I always used a blanket to cover us when I breast-fed my son in public.

If a blanket is used for cover, then I think it's ok. But to have everything sprawled out makes many people uncomfortable.

A little story about breastfeeding:
My sister has 3 kids. Alli (girl) is 6, and Maddie (girl) is 11 months. My sister is still breastfeeding Maddie. Alli was sleeping in the recliner one morning when my sister got up to get ready for a child she babysits. She told Alli to go in and lay on her bed with Maddie until she was ready to wake up. Alli was only wearing her panties. A few minutes later Alli was carrying Maddi in to my sister. My sister asked what she was doing and Alli said "I was laying on the bed, when Maddi got hungry and tried to suck on my boob!" LOL

Was Maddie on the bed, or your sisters husband?

Yes. Feeding a baby is a very natural thing.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/GoodMorningAmerica/breastfeedingmom030619.html What the woman in this story was doing, however, I think is totally wrong. There is no reason in the world why anyone should breastfeed their baby while driving! If she was rearended and had driver side airbags, the baby could be suffocated, if no airbags, the baby could be crushed between the mother and the steering wheel. I understand the baby was hungry and couldn't wait, but common sense would dictate that the mother pull over and feed the baby, not breastfeed while driving!

I agree, totally.

Thanks.

I currently breastfeed my baby and (when my oldest was a baby) I breastfed my older son in public. I was covered so you couldn't see my breast, but I NEVER hid to feed my baby. And I do not believe that a mother should hide either.