Re: know if someone's nursing

July 4, 2000

Hi,

Jen's comments about the lady at the casino reminded me of pictures that my

father took of our family during our last move.

(my youngest) was 7 weeks old that day we arrived at our new house,

and in every picture of her and I all you see is the back of her head. I

was nursing her in every single picture!! In a few you could see a fraction

of skin between her head and the flap of my nursing shirt, but not in every

picture and not very much skin at all.

I hate to cover with a blanket since it gets so hot during the summer.

Amy Lynn

July 4, 2000

Amy Lynn,

It is so true. I usually tell women to practice nursing in the mirror

before nursing in public so they can see what others see. Usually that

makes them feel more confident that they aren't showing too much.

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Re: know if someone's nursing

Hi,

Jen's comments about the lady at the casino reminded me of pictures that my

father took of our family during our last move.

(my youngest) was 7 weeks old that day we arrived at our new house,

and in every picture of her and I all you see is the back of her head. I

was nursing her in every single picture!! In a few you could see a fraction

of skin between her head and the flap of my nursing shirt, but not in every

picture and not very much skin at all.

I hate to cover with a blanket since it gets so hot during the summer.

Amy Lynn

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July 5, 2000

>I often wonder though...how do you unhook the

>bra and latch the baby without looking?

>

You do it over and over and over.....

The latch I usually have to look. My baby has latched onto my *arm* and

given me a hicky on my arm before, lol, not to mention the ones on my

areola, so I can't trust her to latch on centered on her own.

I usually have my nipple exposed while she latches on. You can see it from

above but really no one else can. Or you can turn your back on any people

while you latch on and then turn back around.

HTH

Lynn

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July 5, 2000

>I often wonder though...how do you unhook the

>bra and latch the baby without looking?

>

You do it over and over and over.....

The latch I usually have to look. My baby has latched onto my *arm* and

given me a hicky on my arm before, lol, not to mention the ones on my

areola, so I can't trust her to latch on centered on her own.

I usually have my nipple exposed while she latches on. You can see it from

above but really no one else can. Or you can turn your back on any people

while you latch on and then turn back around.

HTH

Lynn

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July 5, 2000

>I often wonder though...how do you unhook the

>bra and latch the baby without looking?

>

You do it over and over and over.....

The latch I usually have to look. My baby has latched onto my *arm* and

given me a hicky on my arm before, lol, not to mention the ones on my

areola, so I can't trust her to latch on centered on her own.

I usually have my nipple exposed while she latches on. You can see it from

above but really no one else can. Or you can turn your back on any people

while you latch on and then turn back around.

HTH

Lynn

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July 5, 2000

" The person next to me on the plane will have a bit of

a shock though. LOL. "

I have a dd like yours. I had a male flight attendent come by and offer me a

blanket, so I took that as a hint

Hey, I figured I was on my way to mexico to walk around in a bikini. They

certainly weren't seeing any more than that!

Lynn

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July 5, 2000

" The person next to me on the plane will have a bit of

a shock though. LOL. "

I have a dd like yours. I had a male flight attendent come by and offer me a

blanket, so I took that as a hint

Hey, I figured I was on my way to mexico to walk around in a bikini. They

certainly weren't seeing any more than that!

Lynn

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July 5, 2000

" The person next to me on the plane will have a bit of

a shock though. LOL. "

I have a dd like yours. I had a male flight attendent come by and offer me a

blanket, so I took that as a hint

Hey, I figured I was on my way to mexico to walk around in a bikini. They

certainly weren't seeing any more than that!

Lynn

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July 5, 2000

I didn't use a blanket more because it seemed more cumbersome and I thought

it made it more obvious what you doing even if no one could see anything. I

have a picture of us a my brother in law's wedding where I'm nursing my

then 3 month old daughter and no one is the wiser. I do like my sling for

discreet nursing, nothing at all can be seen, and since I also use it to

just carry them around, no one knows what they are doing unless they are

noisy eaters!

Sue

At 12:32 AM 7/5/00 -0500, you wrote:

>

>I hate to cover with a blanket since it gets so hot during the summer.

>

>Amy Lynn

July 5, 2000

I didn't use a blanket more because it seemed more cumbersome and I thought

it made it more obvious what you doing even if no one could see anything. I

have a picture of us a my brother in law's wedding where I'm nursing my

then 3 month old daughter and no one is the wiser. I do like my sling for

discreet nursing, nothing at all can be seen, and since I also use it to

just carry them around, no one knows what they are doing unless they are

noisy eaters!

Sue

At 12:32 AM 7/5/00 -0500, you wrote:

>

>I hate to cover with a blanket since it gets so hot during the summer.

>

>Amy Lynn

July 5, 2000

--- Sue Didier wrote:

> I didn't use a blanket more because it seemed more cumbersome

> and I thought

> it made it more obvious what you doing even if no one could

> see anything.

I always felt like I was drawing more attention by covering up

too then by just doing it. Nursing shirts are great I might

add. I don't mind just pulling up my shirt, but when you are

out and about and need to walk around or something then is when

I think they equal their weight in gold

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wife to david

mom to josh, curtis, and luke

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July 5, 2000

--- Sue Didier wrote:

> I didn't use a blanket more because it seemed more cumbersome

> and I thought

> it made it more obvious what you doing even if no one could

> see anything.

I always felt like I was drawing more attention by covering up

too then by just doing it. Nursing shirts are great I might

add. I don't mind just pulling up my shirt, but when you are

out and about and need to walk around or something then is when

I think they equal their weight in gold

=====

annette

icq#17233927, YIM=penna4yrs, AIM=annie4yrs

wife to david

mom to josh, curtis, and luke

" I'd rather be jetskiing, but sometimes God gives me other things to do. "

__________________________________________________

July 5, 2000

> I always felt like I was drawing more attention by covering up

> too then by just doing it. Nursing shirts are great I might

> add. I don't mind just pulling up my shirt, but when you are

> out and about and need to walk around or something then is when

> I think they equal their weight in gold

Because of the problems we've had nursing in public is not an option...YET!

(see I'm still hopeful <grin>) I often wonder though...how do you unhook the

bra and latch the baby without looking?

-Jen

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July 5, 2000

I'm still trying to find some I like, for when we're out. I'll have to go

after the baby so I can try them on, the store I was at wouldn't let you

return them if they didn't fit, so my choice was to buy one that was great

big and would look like a sack on me or take a chance on not being able to

use it till I lost some weight. They had this GREAT black dress I wanted

for church but I couldn't buy it because I didn't know if it would fit, it

will likely be gone when I go back. I'm hoping maybe they'll have more of a

selection then, there were only a few choices.

Sue

At 08:53 AM 7/5/00 -0700, you wrote:

>

>I always felt like I was drawing more attention by covering up

>too then by just doing it. Nursing shirts are great I might

>add. I don't mind just pulling up my shirt, but when you are

>out and about and need to walk around or something then is when

>I think they equal their weight in gold

>

July 5, 2000

The unhooking the bra is pretty easy after a while, I just do that from

underneath so I was staying totally covered up while I did it. If I had

trouble rehooking, I just pulled it over my breast and hooked when I could

see what I was doing. I always held mine in the cradle hold, so you get a

pretty good idea where the baby's mouth/head need to be to latch on, and a

hungry baby will find the nipple, that's one thing the rooting instinct is

for. I nursed in public from the beginning and was more comfortable with

each with each baby.I have a friend who could only nurse if her breast was

totally hanging out because she was usually home she never tried anything

elso so had to work outings around feedings. I determined when I first had

my kids that I would not be tied to the house and would do/bring along

whatever was necessary to keep up a fairly active lifestyle.

Sue

At 10:57 AM 7/5/00 -0500, you wrote:

>

>Because of the problems we've had nursing in public is not an option...YET!

>(see I'm still hopeful <grin>) I often wonder though...how do you unhook

>the

>bra and latch the baby without looking?

>

July 5, 2000