Oh well, what’s a little sacrifice in convenience and dignity (!) when you have a wonderful, healthy darling baby ! Don’t worry, you’ll develop thick skin just like the rest of us! (Kat)
Reading thru’ all your experience of bf in public, it reminds me of the first time that I bf and it happens in public too. You see, that time I’ve just given birth. A lot of relatives was waiting to see me and the baby. When the nurse asked me to bf, I told the male relative meaning FIL and BILs that baby needs to be feed. First time, mah, so shy to even said the word “Breast Feed” . They just smile and nod their head. So, I repeat , I want to feed the baby. They told me to go ahead. Got mad, I just pull up my hospital gown , expose my whole upper body part, get DH to clean my Mcb and start to feed right there and then! They got shocked and I can actually see their jaws dropped! No kidding! (J)

I am one who is shy to breastfeed in public. Come from rather conservative background lah. First preferred option is baby room - love Jusco (though it is really packed nowadays and got queue to get in). Otherwise, I would put the EBM in bottle and bottle-feed baby EBM in public.

However, I think one’s skin gets thicker as time gets by and it’s also out of necessity. The other day had no EBM on me, baby’s dinner time, so sat at corner table in not-really-packed restaurant and breastfed in public for first time. I will still try and avoid it though.

SY

As for me, i feel more comfortable to do public nursing when my DH is around with me, but without him i have to do it anyway. Most of the time, i found it’s him that was more concern about my McB got exposed than myself As i thought i shouldn’t be too concern over what people think or how they stare, DH was the one that always trying to block me, cover me, discrete me to some corner etc! Well, i guess he’s trying to minimize his “assets” exposure!

When i first started breastfeeding, i thought I’m gonna have to spend lots of $ to buy breastfeeding friendly baju, but later i learn to bf with normal baju that i wear everyday, of course not a 1 piece dress, but as long there’s a top & bottom, i can pretty much do it. But still can’t do it with normal bra, so nursing bra to me is a must.

angie