Post by scribellesam on Sept 3, 2012 18:17:52 GMT -5
I pull up in a t-shirt and down in a tank-top, and use the cover when in public. DS doesn't love it, but he likes to stop and "chat" during his meals so I'm not comfortable cooing and smiling back at him for 5-10 minutes with my boob hanging out for all to see. Maybe I just need to practice more or buy a few nursing tanks - would love to ditch the damn cover!
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?
I cover but with one of the muslin swaddling blankets. I hate the covers.
I pull up for the most part, down at home if I'm wearing a dress.
Post by speckledfrog on Sept 3, 2012 18:46:21 GMT -5
scribellesam, if you do shirt up it's easy to cover when they pop off. I keep the shirt pulled right down to his nose and when he pops off the shirt is already right at the nipple. That gives me decent coverage, so I just lift his head a little with my arm to cover it completely and then use my other hand to pull the shirt down until he's ready again.
god, i used to ALWAYS wear a cami under my shirt, so i could pull the outside shirt up and the cami down for maximum belly coverage. that got hot as shit in a hurry. it depends on the shirt. i am WAY more concerned with people seeing my naked belly lap over the waist of my jeans than i am about them seeing my awesome boobs, so i do whichever allows for most belly coverage
Exactly this. No cover since DS hated them. I just pulled my shirt down to cover the boob that is out.
I usually wore a nursing tank with a weather appropriate cardigan, so I pulled the sweater to the side. I used a cover though. The cover was never a big deal to me.
Post by scribellesam on Sept 3, 2012 22:25:42 GMT -5
Thanks for the tip, frkls! I'm sure more is covered up than I'm imagining in my head but it would be good to see the visual.
You're right about a quick cover up with the pulled up shirt, speckledfrog, but I think then I'd want a tank underneath if I wasn't using the cover. Exposed naked torso is likely way more noticeable than slight flash of top of boob!
Post by gretchenindisguise on Sept 3, 2012 22:33:41 GMT -5
I always wore a nursing tank if I was going to be nursing in public so that I was always covered. After that, it depended on the shirt. Sometimes up, sometimes down.
Shirt up mostly. With a tank only if it's cold. No freaking way I'm wearing 2 shirts when it's 100deg outside, the public will have to suffer through glimpsing my pasty flabby gut.
Shirt down to nurse in an Ergo because the exposed gut seemed even more egregious somehow when peeping out out from a carrier.