Breasts are one of my favorite things. I was breastfeed under 6 months but do have some types I don't like to look at

I was not breastfed. My mom gave me formula from the beginning. And I'm completely comfortable around breasts.

im all for it they make covers now so it isnt all out but if it wore nothing is more beautiful then that

Well some babies won't take bottles if they've been breastfeeding for a while (my daughter wouldn't) and a bottle requires pumping and some women's breasts just don't respond to pump. Not to mention breastfeeding really needs to be normalized in society in general, then people won't have to feel uncomfortable around if they were able to be exposed to it more.

Oh that's great that you're a lactation consultant!

It may not be the right "choice" for all mothers, but human milk is the right choice for virtually all babies. The things is, they only get what their mothers allow them to have.

I'm a Lactation Consultant and have seen virtually every configuration and complication of breastfeeding. There is more to it than "choice." What about the baby's "choice?" I've had frantic phone calls from mothers whose babies cannot tolerate any formulea, wanting, even after they had the chance earlier, to try to bring in a milk supply. Both these women and their babies are suffering, due to a "choice" not to breastfeed that turned out to be a disaster. For those willing to do the work to bring back in their supply, it's wonderful. For those who don't work any harder at it than they did when they "chose" not to supply their babies with their milk, or who refuse to locate the right kind of help, both baby and mother suffer terribly. The baby more than the mother. (And no, a 15 minute session with an in-hosptial "Lactation Nurse" isn't going to solve any breastfeeding problems, nor help a complicated issue at all. Private Practice LCs and a LOT of hard work are the only solutions for some situations.)

I sometimes do a taste test with pre-digested formula in the classes I give for High School students. Nobody who tastes that stuff thinks they will "choose" artificial feeding after the taste test. (Due to liability and availability issues, I do not use human milk in my taste tests, although I'd love to.)

Seeing as only approx 1 in 1000 to 1 in 10,000 women physically cannot breastfeed, it is rare to not be able to. I deeply feel for the very few women who simply can't and have done ALL they can do try their best. For those who simply don't want to try, I'll not comment.

I'm the same

I'm the same!

I have to say though, breasts are very different from your face. There's a huge difference in showing your face and showing your breasts! They were made for feeding and to be private areas. No matter what, most people will still think of them as a private part of their body. Sort of a sacred part and I don't want to show everyone my sacred parts because then they wouldn't be sacred. This, I'm not talking about breastfeeding in public though. I'm takling about comparing them to a face. However, I do think someone should make an effort to cover up in public. Anyways, In my opinion, breasts (mine anyways) are a little bit like my vagina. I only want my partner seeing that stuff and keeping them private is part of the "bonding" experience during intimacy with a partner. If you were to run around showing your privates to anybody, there's nothing all that intimate or special when you're gettin' down with your partner. We like having that to ourselves. Ya know? Kind of like something ONLY we share with each other. That's just us. I wouldn't breastfeed. They make formula with plenty of nutrition and all that jazzy jazz. Of course, that is MY opinion though. I can throw in that breast feeding does not necessarily mean you're child will be smarter than all the other little doodlers. My nephew, a teen whom my parents and I shared the "raising reponsibilites" with, is like super genius. Ha. Ha. No, he's no Jimmy Neutron, I suppose, but he's been in gifted class since he was 4 and has been singled out by Yale and they're actually keeping an eye on his test scores ALREADY! Ahh! OK, maybe I'm bragging here, but I just wanted to throw that one in there too. I do not believe that being breastfed will necessarily make a child smarter than others. There are benefits for the child... but... I'll be honest here. I couldn't let my nipple be sucked and chewed on. Sorry! Lol.

This is how I feel. Mostly. I'm not too comfortable with ANYONE showing their breasts just to show em'. Like you said, discretion is very much appreciated. I'm not just uncomfortable with woman boobs, but male boobs too!

I breastfed, but I still feel a little odd when someone does it without covering up in public!