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Unbelievable!
....that's all I can say! 
Just to clarify, I mean the bus driver throwing her off not the mummy feeding her baby! 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1253678/Young-mother-thrown-bus-accused-indecent-exposure-breastfeeding-baby.html
Just to clarify, I mean the bus driver throwing her off not the mummy feeding her baby! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1253678/Young-mother-thrown-bus-accused-indecent-exposure-breastfeeding-baby.html
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I had the same problem when BF in my car in a car park I even had a blanket over so nothing was visible but I was still greeted with shocked/appaled faces from men and women with one couple saying very loudly that is disgusting you should be ashamed of yourself showing that in public it is for behind closed doors. I wasn't very nice and shoed them a certain finger (couldn't say anything as i had my 3 year old in the passenger seat next to me.
People obviosuly have no respect for natural things anymore!!!
I can't believe people commented on alfie and oskars mummy in her OWN car! Behind closed doors???? What has this nation become? Bf is so natural and normal! As mammals we make milk for our offspring...it's nature. I have always advocated bf and now as a bf mummy I am even more strident. I know some women really struggle... God knows I have and have to use formula, but for people to be that against it beggars belief. How could the passengers on the bus not protest? A mum and 6 week old being put off a bus in RAIN?
I have on many occasion pointed out that the weird unnatural thing is to drink cows milk..... after all it is made for baby cows!!!
MJx
I reguarly use first buses I would if I had been a passenger on that bus stook up for the poor woman, but I find most drivers very rude anyway if they've made a decision your off. One was driving so stupidly last week they didnt allow me time to get off set off whilst I was wheeling pram out and knocked me and pushchair over then blamed me as everyone else had got off!
Breastfeeding is very natural im always proud if I see a mother breastfeeding her child in public never offended disgusted etc, the world sometimes is completely bonkers!
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Jx
I haven't read the comments, I shouldn't though should I.... I'll get on my extremely high horse...
there are people saying it's wrong to bf infront of children.... wtf?! why?
if evie was to see a mum bf'ing i'd simply say "that babies getting milk from its mummy" simple as, and knowing kids they'd just accept it as "normal". such a shame people feel forced to shy away.
Wills is now 9.5 months and if I'm out I do still feed him in public. I also go to a mother and baby group where some woman are feeding children at 18 months plus...
I am proud to still be breastfeeding and hope somehow in the future society will change x
I am glad that bus driver doesn't live round here :evil: - the last place round here that kicked out a bf mother was shut down by the sheer public support for bf. Never sold a coffee/cake again after kicking her out
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I have BF and now use formula and was never comfortable bf in public through personal choice but if I see a lady doing it I feel utter admiration and pride!
What an absolute disgusting pig, I hope he is disciplined for it!
Icecreamlover - Serves them right eh!
Still, most hilarious thing for me is reading the comments from people, definitely at least one man, not sure about the others, saying "Surely the baby could've waited 20 minutes until it got home." My husband laughed his tea out his nose. Make Jak wait 20 minutes for a feed? You must be joking. Only if you want your ears to bleed. Why do people seem to think babies are just being a pain? They aren't small adults, they're BABIES!!! It's not as though you can reason with them!
When did we become such a child-hostile society? I'd even go so far as to say we're family-hostile in some respects. It's such a shame.
One man commented that it makes men feel uncomfortable, WTF!?! Gets me thinking that that is the reason scantily clad women are ok everywhere but breastfeeding in public is not because it makes some men feel uncomfortable to think of a boob in a babies mouth and not just as a sexual object! :roll: Shame on women who go along with that!
Thankfully those views seem to be in the minority x
Please remember that Daily Mail readers thankfully don't make up the majority of the UK population.
I saw this story yesterday and couldn't believe it. Although, maybe because I'm older, I would have stayed on the bus and got him to call the police and see what happened.
I just don't get how some people think that breastfeeding entails you having to whip out your entire breast - the people who are 'offended and disgusted' by it are obviously those who've never actually seen anyone breastfeed, as you actually see very little and if the baby's in a sling or has a blanket or waterfall cardigan covering them you literally don't see anything!
xxx
www.babiesnappies.co.uk/.../breastfeeding-in-public-the-laws-made-clear/
Quote from the website - UK mothers who breastfeed their children, are celebrating after the government clarified today that mothers are, and always have been, free to breastfeed in public places. Breastfeeding mothers are also protected in law under the provision of goods, services and facilities section of the Sexual Discrimination Act when breastfeeding, whatever the age of the baby, in places such as cafes, restaurants, libraries, surgeries etc.
She should have got him to call the police and he should be sacked. She could even take him to court if she saw fit.
www.babiesnappies.co.uk/.../breastfeeding-in-public-the-laws-made-clear/
Quote from the website - UK mothers who breastfeed their children, are celebrating after the government clarified today that mothers are, and always have been, free to breastfeed in public places. Breastfeeding mothers are also protected in law under the provision of goods, services and facilities section of the Sexual Discrimination Act when breastfeeding, whatever the age of the baby, in places such as cafes, restaurants, libraries, surgeries etc.
She should have got him to call the police and he should be sacked. She could even take him to court if she saw fit.