Let me start by saying that I nursed my oldest for 22 months, my middle for 34 months, am currently nursing my 28 month old, and planning to nurse the baby we are trying to adopt. I have never let other people's negative opinions about breastfeeding get to me before.
This past weekend, we had to take our youngest to the ER while we were on vacation. She has had two wheezing episodes before, and this third one was awful. There I was with my two year old struggling to breathe, and I have never felt such a wave of coldness from people about nursing as I did there.
Nurse #1 began giggling hysterically when she realized that the toddler she was examining was in the middle of nursing. She later mimed breastfeeding to me because I didn't answer, "How often does she feed?" quickly enough. I think she thought I didn't speak English or something. I didn't answer because I thought she meant regular food, and I was thinking about her eating habits!
A Respiratory Therapist yanked a curtain around the bed and said, "You can do this for privacy," as if I was flashing a room full of sailors. I know for a fact that no one could see my breast, and we were in our own hospital room!
Other nurses and therapists seemed uncomfortable, but ignored the breastfeeding.
Nurse #2 was surprised to hear that my two year old child both drank breastmilk and ate a normal diet. Hello-don't non-nursing toddlers drink cow's milk and eat regular food?
I hated that with my daughter being sick, I was made to feel the way I did. I had to fight the urge to tell her no when she asked and someone was in the room, and I've never felt embarrassed by breastfeeding before. I NIP all of the time with no trouble.
Has anyone on here had similiar experiences?
This past weekend, we had to take our youngest to the ER while we were on vacation. She has had two wheezing episodes before, and this third one was awful. There I was with my two year old struggling to breathe, and I have never felt such a wave of coldness from people about nursing as I did there.
Nurse #1 began giggling hysterically when she realized that the toddler she was examining was in the middle of nursing. She later mimed breastfeeding to me because I didn't answer, "How often does she feed?" quickly enough. I think she thought I didn't speak English or something. I didn't answer because I thought she meant regular food, and I was thinking about her eating habits!
A Respiratory Therapist yanked a curtain around the bed and said, "You can do this for privacy," as if I was flashing a room full of sailors. I know for a fact that no one could see my breast, and we were in our own hospital room!
Other nurses and therapists seemed uncomfortable, but ignored the breastfeeding.
Nurse #2 was surprised to hear that my two year old child both drank breastmilk and ate a normal diet. Hello-don't non-nursing toddlers drink cow's milk and eat regular food?
I hated that with my daughter being sick, I was made to feel the way I did. I had to fight the urge to tell her no when she asked and someone was in the room, and I've never felt embarrassed by breastfeeding before. I NIP all of the time with no trouble.
Has anyone on here had similiar experiences?
dont let those ignorant people make you feel that way. they truely dont understand the importance of what you are doing.
Nurses and therapists are always closing the curtains as if what I'm doing is more exposing than changing a diaper or giving baths right in the middle of everything. I'm pretty modest when I nurse, too, which makes it all the more ridiculous.
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