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8616, not an issue of want
Posted by guerilla_love, Wed Apr-03-02 03:13 AM
>However, I understand women not wanting
>to breastfeed their child in
>public, since it's an intimate
>moment for both child and
>mother. Some people choose
>to share it with other
>people, others don't. That's
>an invididual and personal decision.

in the us breastfeeding in public is illegal (except maybe in ny?)
personally, i do see breastfeeding as an intimate time, but i don't see it as a time that necessitates seclusion. babies eat a lot of milk at frequent intervals, and oftentimes it's a huge inconvenience not to be able to breastfeed where u are

also personally, i choose not to breastfeed publicly because of the attitude the people around me take toward breasts. my baby likes to spend much of her time looking around, which makes for a lot of exposure time. i am completely comfortable being exposed in front of comfortable people, but don't wanna bare my goods in front of people with adolescent attitudes

so i could maybe get away with illegally breastfeeding, but i choose not to in these surroundings



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