Talk to me about nursing clothes - Page 2

[HussyWillow]

These are a bit pricier than the stuff from motherhood but so worth the splurge if you want something discreet: www.momzelle.com. Check their sale section and you might get a deal! I have several and they are all I wear, they fit true to size and are really comfy and easy to wash. They have a somewhat unique opening that makes it very easy to expose only what you need to. In fact they are so discreet that I have had people see my son nursing and assume he was just sleeping on me, I had someone at a party walk up to us and stick their hand in my son's hand and they chatted with me and still didn't realize I was nursing! 

[Loves2bGreen]

Try motherwear.com their stuff is cheaper. I like the empire shirts because they cover the top part of your boob pretty well.  this url takes you to their nursing opening types page.   www.motherwear.com/cs/openings.cfm

hope this helps!

[mamaaaa]

Hi Everyone

I know exactly how you feel - breastfeeding in public can be so embarrassing! However, I've found a brill product from http://www.naturalbabyponcho.com it covers you completely. You simply pop it over your head (can do it one handed!) and it covers your breastfeeding side completely - leaving your other hand free to do whatever. THeres loads of room underneath and you can see baby from the neckline too. Best bit is that its made from organic cotton so baby never gets too hot underneath it and because theres so much room underneath it you can wear anything you want. You dont even need to remove your coat! I really rate my one - I never leave the house without it. Would highly recommend it!

Hope this helps!

[MarineWife]

i don't like those things. i think they help perpetuate the idea that breastfeeding is something that is embarrassing and should be hidden, which i disagree with. also, it attracts more attention to the fact that you are breastfeeding.

[KeanusMomma]

I don't have much exp yet, but i'm going to try upcycling old ts into crop tops, and wear them over low cut/nursing tanks. This way I don't have a lot of fabric to move around.

[sarahquinn]

 My favorite nusing peice is a plain nusing tank top to go under any regular top. Just unclick the tank and lift up your shirt for your baby. A loose top shirt lays nicely over your cheast without exposing or disrupting ur baby's breathing.90% of the time no one knows what i'm doing. they think i'm holding a sleeping baby. : )

[sarahquinn]

p.s.    Don't be embarrased, there's nothing to hide. you are doing the best thing for your baby and if you confortable, who cares what "they think". somtimes I would throw a blanket over my shoulder, othertimes i'd pull my strapless top down boob exposed!

[ShannonH]

Most of the time when my daughter was an infant I would wear a nursing tank and  then any shirt over it and just pull the shirt up to cover me and then my belly was still covered by the tank.  But, like you said, that doesn't work well when babywearing!  I had a handful of  nursing tops but they're so expensive and usually ugly and I hated spending the money on them!  My favorites were the ones that had the two panels and the top one just came up and covered the top of your breast, so even though the shirt was ugly I'd wear that one when I knew I'd be out a lot.  I like the idea of just having a small hankerchief to lay over the top of your breast.  I never thought of that so what I would do w as just place my hand over the top of my breast to 'cover' it, it looked like I was doing the pledge of allegience or something I'm sure, haha.  That was inconvienent since I didn't have two hands free, but it worked.   When my daughter was older and bigger her head covered up so much of  me that it wasn't really an issue and then I just moved to wearing V  neck shirts that I could pull down a little.

Here is a picture of me babywearing  and nursing her by just pulling a Vneck shirt to the side--

I know that's not really helpful now since your LO is much younger, but just figured I'd throw that out there for when he's older.

[Beth145]

Thank you, Moms!!  I think all of your suggestions are very thoughtful and helpful.  Although it seems like "Marine Wife" has yet to find the solution she is looking for, I found your replies very informative! My DD is 3 months old and I primarily nurse with a nursing cover in public, but it's nice to know there are MANY other options, and with some variations to my wardrobe I may be nursing-cover FREE soon!!  

[MarineWife]

i think i have found my solution, actually. i need to stop worrying about it and just nurse. i saw a lot of women at my MWs homebirth party who were nursing in slings with just nursing tanks or tops that they had pulled down and i couldn't see much of anything.

[ShannonH]

I'm glad you found some new confidence in nursing without worrying of not being modest.  I think from our angle you can always see more... but most people aren't going to be staring to see if they can see any exposed skin anyway.  Rest assured that because you do want to be modest, you won't be showing too much, ya know?  I remember walking through a mall with my mom while my daughter nursed (I was wearing her in an ergo) and my mom was chatting with me the whole time, and its my MOM so obviously she could be looking much more than a random passerby, and  she kind of smoothed my daughter's hair and said something about her sleeping... and I corrected her that she wasn't sleeping, she was nursing.  If my own mom who was up close talking with me and touching my daughter couldn't even tell I was nursing, then there's no way I was showing too much skin, even though from my angle I felt slightly exposed.