s/o Nursing in public

[speckledfrog]

Do you pull your shirt up or down? I always pull my shirt up on one side but frkls commercial with the lady pulling it down made me wonder. I am a weirdo?

[hubes]

Depends on the shirt. Down mostly though.

[psychmom]

I always pulled up

[eddy]

Down when I wear tank tops. I also exclusively have been wearing sports bras this summer, lol I know, so again that is easier.

If I pull up I make sure I have a tank on underneath so no one sees my bellah. I also use a cover so I am not sure why I am so careful.

[ohiowan]

Down. Too much fabric to work with pulling up, but I also only did it 8 weeks

[cbwm1]

I always, always had on a nursing cami under my shirts, and would pull my shirt up. I didn't want the necklines of my shirt to get all stretched out.

[eddy]

Can I add onto this poll because I have been curious about this. Are you a cover girl or are you a boobs out in their state of glory type when in public?

[citycougar]

I gave up on the cover. Too hot for both of us. If you can get a quick latch and be discreet you really don't need one.

[hubes]

Ditto frkls reasoning.

Eddy, I always used a light blanket over his head. I thought covers were too "look at me!"

[speckledfrog]

Hmmm. Maybe I am weird! I'm going to make MH come in and take a picture so I can see what the belly coverage is.

[ohiowan]

Cover. I got frustrated a few times and would get him latched w/o a cover if I though no one was looking.

[nadasteph]

Sept 3, 2012 15:46:45 GMT -5 toledo said:

up. I always wore a nursing tank under another shirt.

This. I actually nursed in the dugout in between playoff ball games this morning and thought about frkls while I was doing it. Lol.

[kelseybelsey]

I generally used a cover and I always went down. That sounds dirty.

[eddy]

Sept 3, 2012 15:51:43 GMT -5 hubes said:

Ditto frkls reasoning.

Eddy, I always used a light blanket over his head. I thought covers were too "look at me!"

Oh yeah I agree
I found this nice white one that is very discreet. I also didn't like the loud printed ones for that reason.

I survived a summer that was hot as fuck with a cover. I am proud of myself. I am just way to shy to go out with boobs a hanging, but I give yall credit if you can do it.

[nadasteph]

My kid hated the cover. He would flail around, pull off my boob and expose way more that if I'd never used it.

[textbookcase]

I use a cover and pull down

[ElizabethBennet]

Whichever allowed for the most belly coverage. If I wasn't wearing a cami underneath my shirt then I pulled it down.

[speckledfrog]

I don't wear a tank. I don't think this looks too scandalous, though. Right?

[iamgrace]

I always wear shirts I can pull down if I'm going to be NIP.

[ElizabethBennet]

Not at all.

I wore a tank for my own comfort. My belly basically rests on my legs so I don't want that hanging out for all to see lol.

[lazyphoque]

Shirt up, omnipresent nursing tank unhooked, no cover. More than one person had conversations with me while I was nursing without appearing to notice it was happening. Either people care less than I was led to believe or I'm a nursing ninja.

[Deleted]

The rare times i do, up. But i airways use a cover too.

[oleswenson]

I nurse with my top pulled up. I am also a cami underneath almost every shirt breast feeding or not. I also wear a cover, depending on where we are.

[eb777888]

Sept 3, 2012 15:43:42 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

Usually down, letting my boobs flop out over the top of the neckline. I don't breastfeed though.

omg. LOL.

I pulled mine down. I was all covered so I just did what was most comfortable for me.

[lissaholly]

DD#1 was born in April proceeded by a chill summer. I wore tanks, pulled up, always with a cover. DD#2 born in a really hot august( last year) and hated the cover. I started wearing some really low cut shirts and gave up on modesty. I nurse this girl everywhere sans cover, sans pulled up shirt. I basically don't care;).

[Deleted]

That should obviously say always, not airways. Stupid phone.

I really do not like breastfeeding in public though. I've done it a few times but mostly in the car. Usually we bring bottles. i definitely can't tandem nurse in public. I don't wear a top at all for that.

[Overthemoon]

I usually wear a v-neck or loose-neck shirt nowadays so it's easy to pull down to nurse. I feel like it's so much less awkward than pulling my shirt up, plus I hate having to wear a tank underneath because it gets hot.

I used a cover a lot with my first baby but now with a toddler and the baby, I don't want to carry around yet another baby item so I just nurse in the open or with maybe a blanket thrown over my shoulder. I also have the baby in the carrier a lot and I like nursing in that. Most people don't even realize I'm nursing, if she's in her carrier.

[sonrisa]

Down. I have a long torso so pulling it up shows waaaaay too much skin. I usually wore things I could unbutton at the top.

[Deleted]

Ditto sonrisa. Long torso + baby chub = neckline down/open. I typically had a cover handy, too, or at the very least a blanket.

[Deleted]

I pull my shirt down and no cover