https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:34:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447988 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:01:40 +0000 autumnlove 1447988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use a cover in public but I don't bother when I'm around close friends and family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447939 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:40:48 +0000 Greentea 1447939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@singingbee: that is a great idea about the cards.</p> <p>I think I am lucky because where I live I have never seen a mom USE a cover. Women nurse with full boob out here :) self included. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447927 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:35:47 +0000 Greentea 1447927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never thought I would go without a cover before I had her. We were unable to use one in the beginning when we were learning and now she would pull it off. I was uncomfortable at first, but the more I did it the less I cared what anyone thought. The more you do it the more confident you will feel. Start by doing it in the car and work up to more public places. Now I think if they see my boob that is their problem. Bfing was so hard to establish that now I feel women should be encouraged to public nurse. Be proud. I also think it would help alleviate ppd if women could feel they could nurse freely. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447881 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:21:20 +0000 jedeve 1447881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never covered. Nursing requires enough hands without fussing with a cover! I do one shirt up and one shirt down. I usually keep the hand that isn't under his head ready so if he pops off I can just cover myself or pull my shirt down quick. </p> <p>You could take DH and go to a park bench where there isn't many people around and get comfortable. I've never had anyone give me a bad look. They are all free to get up and move! Usually moms smile at me. I think it's good to try. It's good for people to see nursing women not hiding it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447871 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:18:54 +0000 yin 1447871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is motivating me to go ahead and get rid of the cover. I don't mind but DH has other opinions. He doesn't want others to look and stare. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447851 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:11:48 +0000 bunnylove08 1447851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use to nurse with a cardigan, then i can drape it over LO if needed. I usually wear a tank and pull it down </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447830 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:05:28 +0000 birdofafeather 1447830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: you can do it! i think you can do it discreetly without sitting at the dining room table, you know? i would always just go to the couch and if anyone walked over, they knew what was going on! when nursing sessions were taking 15-30 minutes, i didn't want to be locked up in the bedroom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447801 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:56:19 +0000 Running Elley 1447801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: @Mrs. Sunshine: Okay I think I'm going to try it!! I also feel most uncomfortable around DH's family. He has 4 brothers and a very tradition stepdad so I guess really I'm most scared of how they'll react. I do feel like trying to work the cover creates more of a spectacle though. We're going over there tonight. I think I'll give it a shot! :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447798 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:55:49 +0000 ShootingStar 1447798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like my boobs are too ginormous not to use a cover. Luckily DS doesn't seem to mind it. It can just be tricky getting him latched on and not exposing myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447788 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:52:17 +0000 JerricaBenton 1447788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't generally need to nurse in public, but when I do I usually just employ the tank up, shirt down technique. I button front shirt helps cover you more too. I've also worn light scarves and just created a barrier from people next to me or whatever. Im fairly modest but with those methods, I've never felt uncomfortable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447774 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:47:53 +0000 birdofafeather 1447774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: you know, now i feel that way (at 13.5 months) but when she was little and i was figuring stuff out, i couldn't have cared less! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447527 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 08:09:04 +0000 heartonastring 1447527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, my dd will not tolerate covers. I'm with the others who have said they wear a tank underneath their shirt...tank down, shirt up, done. I also find my ring sling is great for nursing in public because it's so easy to adjust her up and down in it. When I nurse with her in the RS I'm pretty sure 99% of people can't even tell that's what's I'm doing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447526 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 08:08:46 +0000 Foodnerd81 1447526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: I'm way more comfortable around strangers than dh's make family members! </p> <p>I go back and forth with using a cover or not. It can sometimes help when she is really distracted and trying to look around instead of nurse, but sometimes she just flails around and I don't use it. More often in public I don't use one. </p> <p>For me it really helped to meet up with my mom friends for lunch or whatever. Since there were a bunch of us it was like solidarity and that really helped me feel more comfortable. </p> <p>But I still go into another room with male friends or family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447515 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 07:52:56 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1447515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: @birdofafeather: gah! I'm the LEAST comfortable nursing around DH's &amp; my family....is that weird? I'd much rather a stranger accidentally see my boob than my dad lol (I don't mind my mom seeing of course) I always just go in another room at someone else's house. </p> <p>We almost never go anywhere where it matters in public....we are usually shopping at a store with no place to sit so it's just more convenient in the car. I don't use a cover in the car but my husband wishes I would (it's sweet &amp; annoying, ha!) now that she's bigger (5months) I can hold her sitting in my lap facing me, get her latched &amp; then move her to a comfy position so if need be, I think I could be pretty discreet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447478 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 07:02:15 +0000 singingbee 1447478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use a cover whenever my dad is around. Lo has a tendency to pop on and off and smile at me now. Whenever we are at his parents I use a cover. Usually in public I will because I teach and I don't want to run into one of my students like that. I teach 6th grade so it would be really awkward. ;)</p> <p>I say just do it. Our lactation club passed out laminated cards of the breast feeding laws in our state if anyone says anything to you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447469 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 06:53:29 +0000 MrsH 1447469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: I've hidden in the bedroom when anyone visits but everyone flees at the mention of time to feed the baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447456 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 06:21:21 +0000 Smurfette 1447456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R hated the cover but I was not comfortable nursing in public with out it. I always went in my car and covered up with a blanket. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447447 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 06:09:11 +0000 lamariniere 1447447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: yes!</p> <p>Try starting in a discreet place like a corner in a cafe or a shady park bench. In no time, you will start feeling more comfortable. This is my second LO and I have never once had any sort of negative remark. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447445 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 06:05:49 +0000 mjane 1447445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Penny Lane: yeah, I sometimes employ the artfully draped scarf too, only really if we're in a small space or a fancy restaurant or something. But I have never used a cover! </p> <p>Just go for it! It helped me to keep reminding myself that I wasn't doing anything wrong--like, if someone had said anything, I would have been pissed rather than apologetic (and I am a very apologetic person). And think of the women you see nursing with covers this way: maybe one of them is hoping to see another woman nursing without a cover, and once she sees you, she'll go for it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447389 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 01:29:37 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1447389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't use a cover!!</p> <p>My secret is the undercover mama tank tops. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447376 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:48:33 +0000 Penny Lane 1447376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my advice is just do it! like many have said, tank down, shirt up. baby has a big enough head to cover most of you! I sometimes use a scarf to strategically drape if I need to. maybe that would be a good intermediate step. I don't put it over baby at all, more just to cover anything that might peek out on top or on the side. </p> <p>I never used a cover, but I was still a little nervous my first time feeding in public. once I started, I realised no one cared! people didn't even look. to me a cover just screams "NURSING BABY OVER HERE!!!!" anyway. </p> <p>good luck mama! it won't be as big of a deal as you think it will be, promise! :silly: :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447365 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:30:51 +0000 birdofafeather 1447365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: oh mama! Free yourself at your family's house! If anyone ever felt weird, they went somewhere else. Now I go in another room only because LO is so distractable and our nursing sessions are so quick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447363 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:29:01 +0000 birdofafeather 1447363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: totally agree!</p> <p>I stopped using a cover when she would flail all about and it was more of a spectacle with this cover over me and a baby kicking it all over the place. Once I stopped using a cover, I actually felt less conspicuous. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447264 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:52:27 +0000 Running Elley 1447264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eek. I really really want to stop using a cover, especially when we're just at family's homes (my parents, his parents...). I'm so nervous though about the reaction ill get. </p> <p>I've never seen anyone nurse in public without a cover..at least not that I know of! I'd do the tank down, shirt up thing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447247 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:38:43 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1447247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't use a cover. The most anybody ever sees is some stomach flab and I'm ok with that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447245 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:34:38 +0000 cheesetomywhine 1447245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never used a cover. I agree with Arden that it gets easier the more you do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447243 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:33:02 +0000 StbHisMrs 1447243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do the same as mentioned above, she hates anything covering her head, I also nurse her in the carrier (becco gemini). I haven't flashed anyone as of yet ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447234 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:25:57 +0000 Arden 1447234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have never used a cover. The key to getting past the nerves is just to keep doing it! Eventually it will be easy and normal for you. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447232 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:24:11 +0000 NurseMommy 1447232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: this.<br /> @travelgirl1: how do you feed in the ergo? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-without-a-cover#post-1447231 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:23:46 +0000 NurseMommy 1447231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: this. </p>