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To the guy sitting by my side on the metro today: I'M REALLY REALLY SORRY...
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Anonymous
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you got a squirt of my breast milk on your arm.
The baby unlatched quickly because she chocked so it just squirted all over... Oversupply issues here so you know: engorgement, forceful let down... not fun. By the way, I did notice you felt disgusted but didn't wiped it out. I thought it would be awkward to offer you the burp cloth so I just pretended I didn't see. Please accept my apologies. |
Anonymous
| That is gross. Why wouldn't you situate yourself or cover your child to prevent that. I can't imagine a child couldn't wait a few minutes anyway - breastfeeding on a crowded metro car seems like a bad idea for a few different reasons. |
Anonymous
| Well, it's gross, but not NEARLY as gross as the guy squirting semen on women. So...yeah. I can't imagine nursing on Metro, not judging you for doing it, but that was just never going to be even close to within my comfort zone. |
Anonymous
| OP shit happens sometimes. You are weird for not apologizing. I think that is so much worse than squirting milk on him. And what's even more strange about you is you felt it was too awkward to offer him a cloth to clean it. Have some decency! |
Anonymous
| OP - proud of you for breastfeeding but seriously - if your baby latches on/off and your boob is visible on the metro enough for a let down to squirt on someone, you are not cool at all. There should be some etiquette to breastfeeding in public. Yes breastfeeding is a beautiful thing but should be done discreetly. This is why they make nursing covers! |
Anonymous
| I thought OP farted! And the guy should be happy, he probably has some good antibodies in him now that seeped in through his skin! |
Anonymous
Oh brother! I know what you put in your coffee. |
Anonymous
Some babies don't like to be covered and it is far more obvious that a mom is nursing if she's wearing a cover. It only takes a split second for milk to squirt someone as you're covering up, though I'm wondering if the OP is for real or not.. A couple of good blog posts on covering up: http://www.phdinparenting.com/2010/01/27/covering-up-is-a-feminist-issue/ http://www.cafemom.com/journals/read/1502195/PIOG_Breastfeeding_Offensive |
Anonymous
If she has oversupply and a choking baby the baby is probably very young and couldn't wait, no. |
Anonymous
I understand your point and the blogs put things in perspective. I guess I am not a feminist and ultra conservative - I would feel just as uncomfortable if someone was wearing a low cut shirt with her boobs hanging out or short shorts with her ass dangling out. Call me a prude. |
Anonymous
| This post has got to be a joke. No one is that gross and that rude. |
Anonymous
Fair enough, at least you're feeling that way across the board. Keep in mind that many nursing women are showing far LESS than someone with her boobs hanging out. In my experience people often have no idea that I'm nursing in public when I am. I guess I'm saying that if you wouldn't tell that woman with the low cut shirt to cover up you shouldn't be telling the nursing mom to get a nursing cover, either. At least the second is feeding her baby. 
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Anonymous
| (and you can always just look away from either rather than choosing to impose your own personal limits on their choices) |
Anonymous
| You all need to lighten up. But, I would have laughed made some joke wiped him off and apologized. |
Anonymous
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Not sure why but I call BS... I have been riding metro daily for many, many, many years and I have never seen a person breastfeeding on the train.
Not saying it doesn't happen, but there's something weird about this post. |