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Life Before and After Breastfeeding
Finding a Happy Medium for the Active Woman
By Heather Johnson Durocher
ita, Calif., believes moms should feel comfortable nursing in public. "Get yourself one or two good nursing tops that are discreet, and go for it," she says. "Once you are able to nurse while you're out, things get so easy."
Brantley makes nursing her 1-year-old work when out and about by wearing loose-fitting pullover tops. "I find that I can nurse her pretty discretely by having the edge of my shirt cover the breast," she says. "I also love to wear my baby and currently have a ring-type sling and also a Snugli carrier. She can nurse in the sling if needed."
Don't worry too much about what others think, says Melinda Vaughn of Santa Clarita, Calif., mother to Jackson, 1. "I've found most people don't notice," she says. "If they do and they're uncomfortable, they look away. If they notice and they're not uncomfortable, they often say things like, 'Good for you! More moms should breastfeed!'"
If nursing in public just doesn't work for you or your baby – even Schuhler admits that her children were often too busy to stop and nurse – bring a bottle of expressed milk and offer this while out running errands. "Don't stress about finding a way to warm the bottles," Schuhler says. "My kids both got used to cold bottles and even like them better on warm days. Another trick is to nurse in the car before going in. Even if you are OK with nursing in public, you may want to do this anyway, since it gets harder as Baby gets older, since it's easy to get distracted in a new environment." Want to see more?
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