I don't when I'm at home with no guests but I haven't felt comfortable enough to nurse without a cover with others (minus DH), around. I wish I could, it would make life easier!
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I tried using a shawl, and it worked sometimes, until E was a few months old, and then he kept ripping it off so I stopped trying.
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I tried for a long time and hated it, so I just used an A&A blanket. Now, I just layer a tank top underneath what I'm wearing so I can pull one up and one down. I do try to still use the blanket if we are around men I know, but complete strangers at a restaurant or something - I won't ever see them again and it's not like they can really see anything.
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Not really, I tried but baby wasn't having it, and I felt it brought more attention!
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I never use a cover! I was nervous at first but DH gave me a lot of confidence about it in public because he was very encouraging and supportive and confident. I nursed a lot in the car. Now we live downtown so I get to just nurse at home!
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nope! i tried in the early days, but it was annoying and he would wiggle around too much, so i stopped trying and never went back.
All summer i didn't mind whipping it out wherever i was....it was only when it got colder temperatures, i remember a couple of incidences where i wished i a had a cover. One was inside the entrance of a subway station (instead the park nearby where i was meeting a friend because it was too cold to nurse outside). So i sat on the bench in the entrance where everyone walks by and they were all wearing jackets and scarves and i felt more self-conscious and "exposed".
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never. too annoying. if we were out id use the nursing room at bbb or nordstrom, bf in another room, or use a A&A blanket if realllly necessary.
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I did with DS. I don't with dd, tank and top trick.
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Yes, unless I'm at home or at my MIL's.
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Yes, when I'm in public. I'm comfortable breastfeeding without, but I'm not so sure others would be okay with that. I try to breastfeed in mother's rooms and changing rooms when possible.
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I tried at first but DS wouldn't have it. I learned to nurse without it and doubt I'll try to use one with future LOs.
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No when i was BFing I wore cardigans and covered lo's head with that
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She hated it but I was never comfortable nursing in front of anyone but DH without a cover. well ok, my Mom too.
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I wish I was comfortable nursing without one, I just can't bring myself to do it.
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I never even bought one. I used a scarf/shawl when in public if I absolutely needed anything, but I prefer to draw as little attention to it as possible.
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I use a blanket. I'm planning on getting a cover as we start going out in public more. I have very large areolas so I can't rely on him to cover me completely. I don't feel comfortable without one either.
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DH is the only one I have ever nursed around with a cover. I'm personally too uncomfortable. I'm also not a cover fan, and LO was easily distracted while nursing, so no matter where I was I went somewhere private.
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I never used a cover. It was hard enough to figure out nursing, let alone how to wrangle a cover. I always wore nursing tank tops, so that when I lifted my shirt, my belly and side were covered. Between the nursing tank top, sitting cross legged, and my LO, nothing was visible. Nursing tank tops were my BFFs.
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Yes unless we were home alone or with just DH. My LO loved popping off all the time and I was uncomfortable without a cover!
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No, I use a blanket if she needs to nurse while we are out. She hated the cover and I hate having to lug around one more huge piece of fabric.
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I never used a cover. LO would scream his head off - so I just got used to nursing without one
I always tried to be considerate though and often used the 2 shirt method.
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I only have used a cover around male relatives. Otherwise, nope! But since 5-6 months LO has been super distractible and I can only nurse her in an empty room.
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Rarely. I do like to wear a tank or Bella band under my shirt so that my whole side/belly isn't exposed. I wore my full panel maternity pants for so long postpartum that I didn't feel like I was revealing too much skin!
I do sometimes like to use a cover, but never at home. Maybe at a restaurant if I feel particularly on display or at the park right next to a busy footpath.
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Yes, if I breastfeed in public I generally use a cover. I have ginormous boobs and I'm not comfortable with just DS's head covering me. He doesn't really mind the cover and is fine once he gets latched. I like that the cover lets me see him too, a blanket covers him up too much and makes it hard to get him latched. I don't care if the cover call attention to it, I'm fine with the fact that I'm breastfeeding in public. I just don't want to expose myself :).
Oh, but I don't use them in feeding rooms like at Nordstrom's or BRU.
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No. I hate using covers, so I breastfed as discreetly as I could (when appropriate) and if I knew it would be offensive to someone, found a private spot to do it. DS is probably part of the reason I hated fussing with a cover, though -- he'd just try to rip it off all the time. We will see how it goes with this next LO. Maybe she'll be more content to nurse under a cover.
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Yes, if I have to nurse in public, but I just try to avoid it. LO has been fine with it until very recently & I like my Bebe Au Lait cover where you can see the baby. Just in the past week or so though she has started to pull off the blanket.
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When I'm in a public place I just use a scarf to cover up the part of my breast that F's head doesn't hide (and to cover up everything when he pops off.) I don't do the two-shirt pull up/down method because it annoys me; I just wear a shirt that allows me to pull everything out the top so I feel a little bit of coverage is necessary. That said, if F is bothered by the scarf or I don't have one handy, I nurse without it.
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I used one a few times in the early days but I found it a hassle. I'm of the whip it out ilk, I think you see more boob in low cut tops than when a baby's nursing.
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I did when I was in public with DD1, but now with DD2, I just can't be bothered. I don't do the tank top trick either, I just pull my normal shirt up and go at it. I still think it's pretty discrete, but honestly, I couldn't care less. I'm beyond the stage of caring whether or not someone is offended by me feeding my child.
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We haven't gone out that much, and I usually try to feed her before we go...but the times I have breastfed in public, I haven't used a cover. I just try to be reasonably discreet, and at the most I've tossed an A&A blanket over my shoulder. I never cover up at home or when I feed her at daycare during my lunch, either.
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Never (although I used one with my first DD, just not with my second).
Today, for example, I had to be at a large event venue for work. I didn't have childcare, so I dragged both girls with me (it was a sound check/run-through). DD had to nurse twice while I was there, so I just sat in a chair and sort of turned away from everyone while she latched, and then turned back around once she was situated. I lifted up my shirt and had a nursing cami underneath, so nothing was really showing.
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I did for a few weeks with my first but then ditched it and never looked back. I always wear a nursing tank under my shirt, so nothing is ever showing.
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No, but I almost always have an A&A blanket with me, so I use that like a scarf. I wear a lot of nursing tanks, so my belly is covered.
Although today I wasn't planning to be out as long as I was and didn't have one with me, so I just try to find a quiet area while I get the latch done, afterwards I'm pretty comfortable.
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In the early days I would use a cover to nurse in public. Now, LO is far to distractable to nurse with anyone around so I find nursing rooms.
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Never! I wanted to do my part to normalize breastfeeding in public.
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I use a cover in public. It just makes me more comfortable, I'm not worried about other people
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I used to when she was really little, but then I stopped and now I resent that I did and will never do it again! I wear a nursing tank because it's cold here, and just pull my top up. I feed her everywhere in public now, even pushing around a grocery cart, hiking mid-winter, at parties! I think that breastfeeding in public is something that should be normal and I feel like I want to do my best to contribute to that!
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No I never used a cover, nothing was ever exposed so I was never worried.
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Yes. I don't at home, or in front of my girlfriends or mom. But I do when I'm in the company of friends and spouses, or FIL, or my dad, or public. I'm just not comfortable with it.
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Nope but I'm always wearing a nursing tank so I'm never that exposed anyways.
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