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Posted: 08 April 2008 at 4:51pm | IP Logged

When I had Meg, 10 years ago now the facilities were non existant where I live. I remember having to sit in the car at Morrsions and feed her with a pervy bloke sitting in the car next to me having a good old look! so when she had finished I flashed both of them to him and grinned when he finally looked away embarrassed!!!

We went to Australia when she was 18 months old and the facilities over there were amazing. We went into one room (dont remember the name of the place now) and there was everything a feeding mum could want!! It was huge, with comfy seats, private areas with a curtain if you were shy, a bottle warmer, microwave and they even provided anti bac wipes, and it was checked on an hourly basis ( and it was checked) It was wonderful! I came out of there feeling really special as though they thought a lot of their fedding mums and babies.

I was lucky enough to be able to change the babies on my lap so never had to put them on a dirty table and worry what may have been there before. Although I did find it more difficult when I had the boys (twins) as most of the rooms over here arent big enough (or weren t at the time) to push a double buggy into and have room to change/feed a baby. what are you meant to do with the other one....leave it outside and hope no one takes a fancy to pinchimg your baby?

Thankfully as my trio are now 10 and nearly 8 I dont have to think too much about my own usage anymore, but I agree with everyone else that facilities are poor, and for heavens sake women were given boobs to feed their babies not for mens pleasure , so why should we hide what we re doing?!

Posted: 08 April 2008 at 7:48pm | IP Logged

I have to say i used to try and avoid changing areas if i could as most made my skim crawl, i found that supermarkets where actually better than shopping centres.

I too like Madz would breastfeed mine anywhere didnt care if anyone stared it was their problem not mine i was always descret and didnt flash too much lol, i actually walked around sainsburys once feeding as i was in a hurry got a few looks but most didnt even realise what was happening. I never got asked to leave anywhere luckily as i think i would have lost my cool. I would rather a happy feeding baby than a hungry screaming 1 sat next to me in a cafe etc