He threw a swaddle at me. ‘This is just to cover up for when the people start coming, else they might look at you weird’. Too perplex to react I just accepted and kept feeding with the swaddle over my boob and my daughter’s face, but it didn’t feel right.
I know he was trying to be nice and trying to protect me from getting bad reactions (at least I hope so), but it felt like I was doing something obscene. Whipping my boob out to feed my baby. While it is perfectly natural to feed your baby. I wasn’t looking for attention or yelling at people: ‘HEY, LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT MY BOOBS, I AM FEEDING MY BABY.’ No, I have the right to feed my baby uncovered if I want to.
When I was at a restaurant, feeding my baby and my husband told me that I could cover up a little, cause people could see my whole boob (they couldn’t btw), I had the urge to punch him. I didn’t though. I have explained to him so many times that breastfeeding is natural and that breasts aren’t even supposed to be sex-objects in the first place. He is fine with me breastfeeding in public, but to a certain extent. The problem is that people (especially here in the U.S.A.) see breastfeeding as something ‘gross’ or something you just do at home. That’s also the reason why I will try to keep breastfeeding in public. Not to provoke, but to show that it is normal and natural.
And if you are not comfortable with breastfeeding in public, that is fine! But don’t shame me for it
Love,
Adriana
Adriana Christina 