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Summary: Learn about sweaters and other clothes to wear to help with nursing in this free video series that will calm your fears of breast feeding in public or going against common etiquette.
Alicia Ramos, is an expert at breast feeding etiquette. Alicia is a proud member of La Leche League, and teaches a weekly class to new mothers in all areas of parenting. Alicia is a...read more
"Hi this is Alicia with Expert Village and I am showing you some other outfits that you can wear to make nursing in public a snap. This is another one I really suggest that you invest in some garments that are just for nursing and are designed just for that. This is one of my favorites, you can use for nursing, it has a complete drop top that has a clasp that has a clasps that won't completely expose your breasts. Let me show you how that works. So again you can either have your undergarment on, which is your bra, alone, or you can use the bra with this method. It kind of keeps you warmer, keeps you covered up more. Show you how this works, you have the baby, you would undo it and bring the baby right up to your breast just like so. And you can also use a blanket to drape over you for further coverage. Hi this is Alicia with Expert Village and we're still talking about garments that make it easy for Breast Feeding Etiquette where it's easy and you're still covered up and keep your baby happy and well fed as well. Now this is a sweater that I chose that is easy to access but yet allows you to keep you covered up. This is the sweater, find these all over. I chose a sweater that is a wrap around, because it makes the access that much easier and you're not fumbling and you're not taking any more time than necessary to feed your baby. So after you're wearing the shirt, you can either wear a tank top, which you can pull down, or you can use the slit cut method. When it's tied up like this, and I'll show you how this works with breast feeding a baby. Then you take the child, and then you unsnap your bra, exposing the breast either from the shoulder, or from the base of the bra, pull that down, and then you can pull the baby in just like so. And you're covered up, the top part of your breast is covered up, using your shirt and also the rest of your breast is covered up."
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reneep said
on 7/13/2009 Hello????? are you serious? LLL and many other professional breastfeeding groups would advocate that you lift from the bottom: No one would see any skin on top and the baby keeps the skin covered on the bottom. If I didn't know better, I'd think you worked for formula companies as they always teach this method.