I haven't managed to read through all posts yet, but someone did say that its one of those "what would Jesus do topics" I see it as a " what if jesus was present topic" I currently have a 6 week old baby that feeds every 2 hours, sometimes less (usually on a Sunday when I feel uncomfortable feeding) but I ask myself, if Jesus was sat in the room with me, do I think he would be offended by me nursing my baby? and I don't think he would be, because it is very natural and the best for my baby, and if he needs feeding he has to be fed. Making my baby wait till I find a suitable room could take a while and is a little bit cruel to my baby.
My ward doesn't have a mothers lounge, just a very small seat in the changing area in the toilets! not the kind of place I want to eat my lunch so I don't want my baby to have to eat there either. I try to find a free room if there is one, if not I have no choice but to feed him during my lessons. I have not fed him during sacrament yet because for me the chapel is the one place I don't feel comfortable feeding, mainly because of how everyone else might feel around me, so I take myself out but miss most of the talks.
When I am breast feeding my son around other people I always ask them if it is ok first because babies can be unpredictable and pull blankets off when latching on. I always try to be modest when feeding, but when things slip it's embarrasing enough for me, without feeling bad that I may have offended someone unintentionally.
Sometimes I think mothers rooms are there not just for privacy (as some mothers don't want to feed in public) but to make everyone else feel better ( the people that try to push you into a little room because they don't believe it's right to feed in public.) just my opinion.
Sorry to make it a long reply.
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