Hi my name is Brittany Fabiano. I am asking for any moms in WV that have ever had a breastfeeding incident to come forward and tell their story. Anyone who has ever been harassed for breastfeeding in a public place. I am going to tell my story in hopes that more of you will come forward. But first just to let all the breastfeeding mom's in WV know that we have no law to protect us while nursing in public. If someone asks us to leave we have no rights to stay. We are one of the last 2 states that have no laws to protect us. I am in hopes of getting enough people to tell their story and sent letters to the editor of all the papers in WV and get all our stories publicized. Once we all have our stories out there, it will be easier to get the public to support us in getting a law to protect us. August is breastfeeding awareness month. And we are trying to get an event in Morgantown to promote breastfeeding. I have been working closely with a lawyer that is willing to help, but in order for this to work, we need mom's to come forward. If you don't we will never be protected under the law to nurse our babies where ever they decide they want to be nursed. So here is my story.
In the beginning of April 2009 I went to BioMedics Center to donate plasma. Children were not allowed in the BioMedics facility bc of insurance reasons. My sister was going to take her while I donated. So i told the lady I was just going to nurse my baby really quick before my sister took her. And she told me well you can not nurse here in here. So I went on the say that I was just going to step out in the hall and nurse her really quickly. Which was not in there facility anymore. And she continued on to tell me that I could not nurse my baby anywhere in that building. I looked at her and asked her why. She continued on to tell me that she did not want people to walk in and see my breasts. I looked at her and said "Are you serious?" and she said yes. Then later on I found out that the building was not there property, just the room inside the building where their facility was. So I was told that I could not nurse my baby and was not able to do anything about it. There is nothing to make you feel more helpless than just having to let people trample all over you bc there is no law to protect you. And that goes for when we are eating out and our babies decide that they are hungry. You may be asked not to nurse your baby while everyone else is eating and you have to obey or you could be asked to leave.
Moms please come forward. If we can just get 4 or 5 people to tell their stories then we have a huge chance of getting this law passed! Thank you so much ladies for your support!
In the beginning of April 2009 I went to BioMedics Center to donate plasma. Children were not allowed in the BioMedics facility bc of insurance reasons. My sister was going to take her while I donated. So i told the lady I was just going to nurse my baby really quick before my sister took her. And she told me well you can not nurse here in here. So I went on the say that I was just going to step out in the hall and nurse her really quickly. Which was not in there facility anymore. And she continued on to tell me that I could not nurse my baby anywhere in that building. I looked at her and asked her why. She continued on to tell me that she did not want people to walk in and see my breasts. I looked at her and said "Are you serious?" and she said yes. Then later on I found out that the building was not there property, just the room inside the building where their facility was. So I was told that I could not nurse my baby and was not able to do anything about it. There is nothing to make you feel more helpless than just having to let people trample all over you bc there is no law to protect you. And that goes for when we are eating out and our babies decide that they are hungry. You may be asked not to nurse your baby while everyone else is eating and you have to obey or you could be asked to leave.
Moms please come forward. If we can just get 4 or 5 people to tell their stories then we have a huge chance of getting this law passed! Thank you so much ladies for your support!
I have not ever had a negative experience nursing here in Morgantown, including the other day nursing my 2.5 yo at the pool after she took a hard knock on the head! Are there any updates?
