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Breast Feeding In Public.

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    #92
    Random
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    Was in the Blanchardstown SC and one of the retuarants there - Roasters I think it is - has a sign on the door saying something like "breast feeding welcome here". Very strange sign I thought, but personally I couldn't care less once the person isn't jumping about making a big deal about it.


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    #93
    JC 2K3
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    farohar wrote: »
    Correct me if I'm wrong here but AFAIK men, although we do have nipples, and sometime moobs, do not actually have mammory glands, and so cannot actually breastfeed others.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_lactation


    In any case, I think the real question here should be "how many people who don't have a problem with breastfeeding in public have a problem with peeing in the shower?"


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    #94
    Guy:Incognito
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    farohar wrote: »
    Otherwise what's to stop some couple enjoying very open and public foreplay under the pretense of breastfeeding?


    I n fairness, it's hard for a 25 year old woman to pass off her , lets say 27 year old, boyfriend as her own breastfeedng child.

    People need to get out more if they have problems with breastfeeding.


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    #95
    Esel
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    99% of mothers in Norway with small children breastfeed. The OP should move there for a few years so he can grow a pair.

    Not your ornery onager



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    #96
    Hydroquinone
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    Steyr wrote: »
    So i was in Dublin last weekend gone and was with 2 mates coming out of Easons and in front of me passed a woman breast feeding her child as she walked out in public, was it wrong of me to be totally disgusted by this?
    Anyone who is totally disgusted by the sight of a breastfeeding mother must have a pretty low threshold as to what's disgusting.
    And as for this bit
    Steyr wrote: »
    For Example i believe there is a time and a place for everything and this is not the first time, ive seen it happen in fast food places Nationwide and other places and people have just moved away from the person breast feeding as it put them off their food.
    How do you know that's why those people moved? Maybe they'd finished their dinner, maybe they wanted to give the woman a bit of privacy and yes maybe they were disgusted, but unless you actually marched up to them and asked "Did the sight of a breastfeeding Ma put you off your Big Mac?" and they said "Yes sir, it did. So we moved", you can't possibly know that.

    I don't see why anyone gets their knickers in a twist about seeing a mother breastfeeding a baby. Who is it harming?
    And as has been said, speaking as a bystander, I'd far rather a mother get on with the job than having the baby wailing the place down because he's hungry.


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    #97
    JohnnyStones
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    Yes breast feeding is natural, but so is taking a dump!!
    you don't see to many people taking a sh*te on a main street :):)


    GET A ROOM WOMAN:mad:


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    #98
    kelle
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    I breastfed all my babies. I had to breatfeed them in public on a number of occasions, once when I was stuck in a slow-moving queue in Dublin Airport. It was either that or listen to her scream (and you would hear her in Australia when she screams!). But I'm so discreet nobody would realise what I was doing. I feel sorry for anybody who has a problem with that.


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    #99
    Guy:Incognito
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    JohnnyStones wrote: »
    Yes breast feeding is natural, but so is taking a dump!!
    you don't see to many people taking a sh*te on a main street :):)


    GET A ROOM WOMAN:mad:

    If your going to try be funny, you could at least try something that hasnt been said on the thread already.


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    #100
    Hagar
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    esel wrote: »
    99% of mothers in Norway with small children breastfeed. The OP should move there for a few years so he can grow a pair.
    A pair of what? :D


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    #101
    ceidefields
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    Technical point to whoever said you couldn't walk around while breastfeeding - if the baby is properly latched on then it's definitely possible to walk around.

    Anyway, I breastfed my son for a year and then stopped (if you're old enough to ask for it...) and I don't think I would have strolled around Eason's while breastfeeding him. That said, if someone else did it, I wouldn't be DISGUSTED by it! I would be a little surprised but that's it.


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    #102
    JohnnyStones
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    Stekelly wrote: »
    If your going to try be funny, you could at least try something that hasnt been said on the thread already.

    Sorry , i don't find it that interesting of a topic and couldn't be arsed reading all posts:)


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    #103
    Guy:Incognito
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    JohnnyStones wrote: »
    Sorry , i don't find it that interesting of a topic and couldn't be arsed reading all posts:)

    No problem, sure thats exactly what the rest of us think when we see your name on a post.


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    #104
    Hagar
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    Zing...


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    #105
    WindSock
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    Steyr wrote: »
    Well said. Ooh i think i have hit a nerve with certain females here....:rolleyes: There is a time and a place for everything.


    Yeah you're right. There is a time and a place for everything when there is a screaming, hungry baby involved.
    The time is usually NOW and the place is usually HERE!


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    #106
    LadyE
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    2 stroke wrote: »
    I havn't read the whole thread as I'm just popping in but I would like to say I think it's disgusting seeing a woman with perfectly good breasts bottlefeeding a baby.


    This is also pretty offensive - I know your making a point, but there may be factors involved here with a women bottle feeding too - mastitus, ebm, latching problems ect ect the list is endless.

    Maybe everyone should just mind their own! World would be a much less mopanier place :D


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    #107
    Guy:Incognito
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    2 stroke wrote: »
    I havn't read the whole thread as I'm just popping in but I would like to say I think it's disgusting seeing a woman with perfectly good breasts bottlefeeding a baby.



    Define "perfectly good breasts" . Feel free touse pictures to better explain your point for the men and women in the public gallery.:)


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    #108
    Steyr
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    boreds wrote: »
    Yeah you're right. There is a time and a place for everything when there is a screaming, hungry baby involved.
    The time is usually NOW and the place is usually HERE!

    Give the baby a baby bottle with the shaped nipple on it then.......


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    #109
    Dudess
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    Breast milk is considered better for babies. Sure, the mother can express breast milk into a bottle but what if she runs out. Plus, what if her breasts start leaking due to the baby's cry.


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    #110
    Guy:Incognito
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    Steyr wrote: »
    Give the baby a baby bottle with the shaped nipple on it then.......

    Pick your most nutricious food (one you like obviously) now substitute it with a differently tasting alternative thats not as good for you, just because someone else thinks so.You ok with that?


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    #111
    WindSock
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    Steyr wrote: »
    Give the baby a baby bottle with the shaped nipple on it then.......


    Why bother carrying a plastic bottle and formula when you have what you need attached to your chest already. Some women feel like they don't want to be hauling around their magumbos for most of their lives, for nothing (other than for men to look at while we are talking to them)
    I'm not going to have a go at you for feeling uncomfortable. I'm sure it makes many people uncomfortable, and they don't know where to look. Thats not your fault, it's just because it is not common enough yet to be re-accepted by everyone.


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    #112
    Hydroquinone
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    JohnnyStones wrote: »
    Yes breast feeding is natural, but so is taking a dump!!
    you don't see to many people taking a sh*te on a main street :):)

    If you think having your dinner and having a ****e are the same thing then remind me never to go to your house for grub.


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    #113
    JC 2K3
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    Stekelly wrote: »
    Pick your most nutricious food (one you like obviously) now substitute it with a differently tasting alternative thats not as good for you, just because someone else thinks so.You ok with that?
    What if it's.....

    Dumplings_01.jpg


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    #114
    JohnnyStones
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    Stekelly wrote: »
    No problem, sure thats exactly what the rest of us think when we see your name on a post.

    Oh so you've noticed me around?:eek:


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    #115
    JohnnyStones
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    Hydroquinone wrote: »
    If you think having your dinner and having a ****e are the same thing then remind me never to go to your house for grub.


    OK then your not invited :):)


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    #116
    dame
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    LadyE wrote: »
    This is also pretty offensive - I know your making a point, but there may be factors involved here with a women bottle feeding too - mastitus, ebm, latching problems ect ect the list is endless.

    Maybe everyone should just mind their own! World would be a much less mopanier place :D

    No offence meant but while there may be factors that mean a woman can't breast-feed, there generally is no medical reason why not. It's most likely down to the woman's own attitudes, attitudes which have been formed in large part by the attitudes of those around her.

    I've heard women say "f that, me tit's are me own, I'm not feeding him all night, his Da can give 'im 'is bottle in the middle of the night". Fair enough, that's her own choice, definitely not medical. I've also heard women come out with "Oh, but it's so sore....the midwife keeps telling me I'm not doing it right and trying to show me but it's just too sore so I'm not doing it". Again, no medical reason, the woman's just not really interested in learning how to do it properly and is glad of an excuse to stop. I've even heard women come out with absolute crap like "Oh I had C-section and they were trying to get me to breastfeed but I read somewhere on the net that you shouldn't breastfeed after a C-section because......." Utter rubbish but she's just looking for an excuse.

    Why do these women not feel comfortable breast-feeding? Why do they want to use any excuse to bottle-feed instead?
    1. Convenience.....anyone can feed the child a bottle.
    2. Societal attitudes.....I won't be able to go out and about because I might have to feed the baby in public.

    Those of you with the attitudes: just look away and keep your attitudes to yourselves. Nobody wants or needs to hear them. Breast is better. Deal with it.


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    #117
    Sonnenblumen
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    Steyr wrote: »
    So i was in Dublin last weekend gone and was with 2 mates coming out of Easons and in front of me passed a woman breast feeding her child as she walked out in public, was it wrong of me to be totally disgusted by this? Like come on isnt this why they invented baby bottles with the teet shaped like a nipple?? For Example i believe there is a time and a place for everything and this is not the first time, ive seen it happen in fast food places Nationwide and other places and people have just moved away from the person breast feeding as it put them off their food.

    What is your view on this? Do you agree or not that there is a time and a place for this?


    A breastless upbringing? 'Fastfood places like Nationwide' you're really observant!!


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    #118
    LadyE
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    dame wrote: »
    No offence meant but while there may be factors that mean a woman can't breast-feed, there generally is no medical reason why not. It's most likely down to the woman's own attitudes, attitudes which have been formed in large part by the attitudes of those around her.

    I've heard women say "f that, me tit's are me own, I'm not feeding him all night, his Da can give 'im 'is bottle in the middle of the night". Fair enough, that's her own choice, definitely not medical. I've also heard women come out with "Oh, but it's so sore....the midwife keeps telling me I'm not doing it right and trying to show me but it's just too sore so I'm not doing it". Again, no medical reason, the woman's just not really interested in learning how to do it properly and is glad of an excuse to stop. I've even heard women come out with absolute crap like "Oh I had C-section and they were trying to get me to breastfeed but I read somewhere on the net that you shouldn't breastfeed after a C-section because......." Utter rubbish but she's just looking for an excuse.

    Why do these women not feel comfortable breast-feeding? Why do they want to use any excuse to bottle-feed instead?
    1. Convenience.....anyone can feed the child a bottle.
    2. Societal attitudes.....I won't be able to go out and about because I might have to feed the baby in public.

    Those of you with the attitudes: just look away and keep your attitudes to yourselves. Nobody wants or needs to hear them. Breast is better. Deal with it.

    But we shouldnt assume and judge someone (altho EVERYONE does it) we dont know whats going on really. Appearances can be decieving as they say :D

    I agree with your post in the whole - and those excuses are shocking (but true)

    Breast is best and people should deal with it :D


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    #119
    admiralofthefleet
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    a bird used to do it in bewleys blackrock years ago, the trouble was, she was a rotten hippie in her late 30's with tits like john waynes saddles bags


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    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    Stekelly wrote: »
    No problem, sure thats exactly what the rest of us think when we see your name on a post.


    OUCH


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    #121
    JohnnyStones
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    Mairt wrote: »
    OUCH



    TROLL:D:D

    :cool:


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