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Originally Posted by sarathurgood

Question for those of you who said that slurping sounds made folks uncomfortable--do you think those same folks would feel equally as uncomfortable if the baby was slurping from a bottle, or is it the fact that the noises are coming from the baby's mouth on mom's breast that makes them feel ill-at-ease?

Also, for those of you who are pro-loungers, are you okay with moms feeding babies from bottles in the chapel? Should they excuse themselves as well with a fussy, hungry, slurping baby?

I ask b/c there seems to be an inconsistancy here--is the lounge for the privacy of the potential exposed breast, or is it due to the noises that hungry babies make? Or both? Is it that people are bothered by the idea of mothers breastfeeding and the potential for exposure--the mental image nursing creates--rather than the actual sight? I respect the opinions of those who are pro-lounge and I totally understand where you're coming from (my mom and sister-in-law are loungers and probably think a little less of me for nursing anywhere I feel like it); but I am also bothered by the stigma breastfeeding in public has. Perhaps if folks opened their minds a little more and got over the subconscious adolescent "heh, heh, boobies" mentality (ESPECIALLY the men), more mothers would be willing to nurse their babies longer.

I'm in solidarity with you here, sister. Whenever I whip out my boob in the chapel, they always tell me to leave.