Why I'm Glad Someone Told Me To Stop Breastfeeding In Public

Every now and then, a news report or story related to nursing in public pops up in my news feeds. Often, it's about a mother who was asked to stop nursing while doing so in a restaurant or store. Sometimes, these stories are reporting on the result of a mother being asked to stop breastfeeding: the civil protest by a bunch of breastfeeding mothers, otherwise known as a "nurse-in." Either way, it usually comes with a very heated debate about whether or not nursing in public is OK (or if it is OK only if done in a particular way). I only comment on these stories occastionally. Not because I don't support breastfeeding when and wherever you and your baby please -- I am as a lactation consultant...