https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 09:25:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-288837 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:36:27 +0000 lovehoneybee 288837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup. I have no modesty left though, and I'm really close to her. Plus she was there when DS was born...like *there*. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-288833 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:34:33 +0000 mamabolt 288833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, she didn't BF and has made some negative comments about it, so I'm especially sensitive about feeding in front of her. It makes me really hate when she's visiting though because I have to keep retreating to the nursery to feed LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-288826 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:30:24 +0000 MamaBehr 288826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No way. I don't particularly like my MIL, so I really liked pretending I was too shy to nurse in front of her and sneak off to the bedroom. Sometimes just for the feeding and sometimes (most times!) for much longer. However, I nursed freely infront of my mom, dad, and sister. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-288702 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:20:41 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 288702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have kids, but I really actually dread BFing infront of others. I don't even think I would infront of my mom! Maybe I will get over it after I actually have a baby, but at this point I feel like I will hide out to do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-288687 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:10:12 +0000 matador84 288687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No my mil drives me crazy. I do in front of friends. I won't air dry in front of anyone except DH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-288681 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:01:07 +0000 ladyfingers 288681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would BF in front of her but not air dry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-288510 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 14:31:39 +0000 kml636 288510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now, no way, but I'm hoping once I get the hang of it that it won't bother me so much. Otherwise, when she visits I will be in my room the whole time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-288044 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:57:53 +0000 mamabird 288044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh totally comfortable! She's like my mom and has seen me naked and giving birth. I have no shame around her lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287961 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 23:14:08 +0000 Mrs. Train 287961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did. With my twins I jus had to do it in front of people. All my family and m husbands. I guess I just got over it. I think now. Am pretty good and being discreet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287919 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 22:08:07 +0000 autumnlove 287919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was self conscious in the beginning but now I don't care if she sees me nursing. Actually, now she thinks it is weird that I am nursing for over 6 months and wants me to quit...so I prob won't be doing it around her anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287884 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 21:16:07 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 287884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes, I'm pretty open about nursing in front of most people (except usually teenage boys, they are just sooo uncomfortable with it) and my in laws are very pro-BF so it was no big deal. I just tried to be discreet, like in front of anyone other than my husband. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287871 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 21:06:14 +0000 BananaPancakes 287871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't have cared when I was still breastfeeding. Pretty sure everyone saw them at some point. I personally didn't care about other people's comfort at the time. I was in such a fog for the first couple of months, I just whipped them out when it was needed. I didn't become more modest until my 3rd month, but he went on strike and we stopped altogether. I guess even my kid was tired of seeing my boobs. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287769 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:58:15 +0000 prettylizy 287769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did. For, I was so modest pp I wouldn't let anyone in at my ultrasound because I didn't want them seeing my belly. After LO came, her and my needs trumped modesty and I would nurse and air out in front of her no problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287765 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:54:00 +0000 pastemoo 287765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yup. You do what you have to do. I brought a nursing cover to LOs first Nationals (baseball) game... but it was too hot and he was going to get dehydrated and kept refusing the boob. So I had to nurse him with no cover in front of 40,000 people.<br /> MIL is nothing! Well.... I actually BF in front of all my family and anyone I'm hanging out with if it's just one or two friends.<br /> I don't air out without a cover though--sometimes I put a cover to air out, and burp LO with the nipple "out" but hiding... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287749 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:25:45 +0000 tequiero21 287749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>well, i think my situation is different - i breastfeed in front of my MIL but she was staying with us for a few months so from the beginning, i knew i'd better get comfy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287737 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:02:08 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 287737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>breastfeed....yes....air dry: NO.<br /> And even breastfeeding, I think I would do the whole nursing bra thing where most my breast is still covered and my shirt if pulled down or to the side....not up to bare my belly.</p> <p>You can always finish nursing....then hand the baby off to her to burp...and tell her you need to do what you need to do in your bedroom or bathroom. She's a woman...I'm sure she'll understand and she would probably love to burp her grand-baby and spend that time with him/her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287734 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:56:35 +0000 cvbee 287734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would BF but wouldn't air out in the open. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287729 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:45:26 +0000 mediagirl 287729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. If it was in my house, I would totally bf in front of her. I would not air the girls out, though. I suggest maybe wearing pads while she's there, cover up and then go in another room if you want to air out? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287724 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:38:34 +0000 littlebug 287724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I'm so uncomfortable with it that I don't even want her coming to stay with us after the baby is born. The whole idea just freaks me out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287718 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:27:00 +0000 chopsuey 287718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never had the opportunity to bare myself to my mil. I wouldn't mind it though </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287716 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:25:44 +0000 JessicaMcB 287716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At this point with my MIL I could care less. At 18 weeks I had a massive hemmorage and DH was out of town working so I had to get her to bring me to the hospital. She refused to leave the room while they did my pelvic (I was MORTIFIED), so she's seen my vajay. To make it more awkward she then proceeded to tell me about her extra-posterior cervix and how they have to use a longer speculum on her...</p> <p>So yeah, her seeing one of my nipples isn't even on the list of things that would embarass me anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287711 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:15:06 +0000 pelikila 287711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would have been but my MIL was not so I just went to the nursery. Yes, it meant she complained that I was keeping her grandson from her but it is one or the other and she just had to deal with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287706 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:00:41 +0000 blackbird 287706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. No way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287701 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:47:47 +0000 photojane 287701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i would definitely air dry in front of my mom, but not in front of my mil. i'd feel super comfortable bf'ing in front of her, but just letting my boobs hang out there... no way! it's surprising how many women just don't care though. i work with new moms a couple times a week in the hospital, and they just sit on the bed topless while i'm in the room photographing baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287697 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:26:36 +0000 Cherrybee 287697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, I don't think I'd be comfortable air-drying in front of my mum, never mind my MIL (not that I have a baby yet, so I may feel differently when I do!) But I would feel comfortable asking her to go and read a book in another room or something - rather than creep off to the nursery to do it!! My house, my rules - just don't look at the nipples! lol. </p> <p>Good luck with whatever you decide. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287695 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:18:53 +0000 Chastenet 287695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel comfortable breastfeeding in front of my MIL. I got over my modesty real quickly once I start bfing. I do it in front of my friends and family without a cover, unless there are guys in the group then I throw a blanket over my shoulder so they aren't uncomfortable. The exceptions to this rule so far are my DH and my dad. I don't think I would be comfortable air-drying though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287688 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:00:10 +0000 JerricaBenton 287688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I probably won't feel comfortable bf'ing in front of any in-laws. We generally visit them since they live far away so I would go someplace private. I usually welcome a break from them though so I think it'll work out :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287683 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 15:55:11 +0000 MamaMoose 287683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I won't even feel comfortable breastfeeding in front of her. When my in laws come I will go to my bedroom or the nursery to breastfeed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287676 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 15:46:19 +0000 Mrs.B 287676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will most likely BF in front of MIL but I do not think I could every feel ok airing out my nipples in front of her. My sister will most likely see alot of nipple but other then her and DH I do not feel comfortable having my nipples out in front of people. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/arewere-you-comfortable-baring-your-boobs-in-front-of-your-mother-in-law#post-287670 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 15:35:16 +0000 sorrycharlie 287670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>nope. my MIL isn't staying with us, so I don't foresee having to really deal with it - but, she lives in the other half of our duplex, so I'll be locking doors whenever I need to BF just in case. lol. </p>