Breastfeeding in public!

I think that if it is a boy or a girl baby is immaterial, but unless you live in a tropical country where all the women are bare br*sted, a woman should cover her br*st. I know that br*st feeding is better, but there is such a thing as decency and should not be bragging to others that she is a better mother for doing so, which is what I got the feeling from what she did.

Yes, a woman engaged in such feeding must cover her with her saree or with a napkin. What is the wrong with it? This adds decency to this vital work. Thanks for this nice topic and have a good day!

Well if you have to this in a public,they should cver there self out of respect to other people.

i wud say she shld have covered herself before feeding her baby up coz she knows tat she is travelling in public where there are gazers who peep into anything

i wouldn't blame you if you were uncomfortable with that, but i also can't say that "it should be prohibited" LoL... maybe she's just too comfortable with it that she didn't even bother to think of the others who could be watching her. But if you were her husband, you'd probably want her to cover it up, wouldn't you??? cause you wouldn't want any other man staring at her.

Hmmmm i've seen these situations many times, i thinks its just normal to fed their child in the open. It is necessary if the mother and her child is on travel..

Well she should have covered herself..about you being uncomfortable or staring on it...there is nothing you could have done..

I know they have to feed them every 2-3 hours, so no doubt there are times they will be stuck in a public place. However I totally think women should cover it. I don't care if it is NATURAL. You know what else is Natural? Going to the bathroom is Natural! But you dont go to the bathroom in front of people. Women have been trying to say it's Natural and "you shouldn't stare" forever, but I just think it's a lack of modesty when women won't put a little blanket over it. Heck, I knew women who wouldn't even want anyone else in the room while they did it! With a more modest women - you wouldn't even KNOW when she was feeding because it's possible to be very private and modest about it.

Hi. For this particular thing, I think it is really bad of the men to stare at her. Feeding her baby is something she will always do, no matter what she is into and at this motherly gesture, we should look towards her only with respect and love and not with lust. I have been in the similar situation a couple of times before and think that it is really bad on part of men.

I nursed all my babies. While it is nothing at all to be ashamed of, I do think that out of consideration for others, a woman should cover herself. Whenever I was in a situation where I had to nurse in public, I always threw one of those lightweight little baby blankets over my shoulder and made a little tent to cover the baby and myself. It worked perfect and quite often others were not even aware that I was nursing. Were you wrong for staring? Well staring at anyone for any reason is a bit rude. On the flip side, if it bothered the woman, I think she would have said something or gone into the ladies room or moved somewhere more discreet.

Most married women don't mind other people staring them while feeding their babies in public. Yes, If I were them I would cover it with some cloth because it is very uneasy when other people keep staring in your body.

That's not at all fair. Uncovered milk feeding a baby in public is not a fair thing at all. If the child needs milk, then it's her duty to feed milk, but not in an uncovered manner. She could have covered while feeding the baby. Also, other people may have the tendency to look at her. So here, the lady is committing the mistake and not the public. Being a mother, she could have better covered her body while feeding the public. Some husbands are not at all aware about these things and therefore, they are yet another responsible persons for this.

if you have a baby and she/he is hungry you really cant think of anything else but to feed your child... that really doesnt matter anyway.. well thats just for me..

Ow.. its okey... mother know what her baby wants... in public?! okey... just do it as soon as possible... baby needs it. you can tell all of men, not to staring like that... coz they was... what kind of public place do we at that time... not have to cover your br**sts.. its something usual.. and not taboo... i think its okey..

Babies should be fed when they need. But the mother should be careful also. She should have covered when she was feeding the baby./ Otherwise it can show bad.

Firstly, every mother has to feed her child, and if they're on a train and the baby needs feeding then I guess it has to happen. I agree that some mothers do show a little too much flesh, and could probably show a lot less if they tried! I think you would have to be a woman with a tiny baby to be able to understand their perpective of the situation.. but I guess it doesn't happen much so you could just live with it..however uncomfortable it might have made you feel at the time.

Sad to know few women are so careless, when they're married. They felt it's okey and being already married is an excuse. There's only few in number, however who's practicing it, maybe it depends upon their way of living. Even we, also women who will see same scenario would feel uncomfortable and would feel embarassed to the men around.

I had witnessed that many times, especially on public vehicles. Though, I am a female I felt embarrassed for myself for stealing a glimpse that private part being uncovered. I don't know, as for me, if I have a cloth to cover while I'm feeding my baby I would have done it.