Kathleeen, I am totally with you that a mom should not feel she must hide to breastfeed. However, how a mom feels is not under our control. I understand Carol Bryant found that embarasment was one of the big reasons moms don´t even start to breastfeed. This is especially true in my culture. Keeping that in mind, I usually discuss how to breastfeed discreetly in my prenatal and postpartum classes. However, at the very same time I state that I celebrate each mom who feels she can breastfeed ¨visibly¨ in the mall or anyplace else where others would see her: ¨Because I like 8 and 9 year old girls to see that breasts are not for selling cars, cigaretts or liquor, but to FEED BABIES!¨ Moms (and Dads) usually laugh when I say this, but it seems to stick - because usually at my support groups moms comment on how comfortable they now feel breastfeeding in public... Jeanette Panchula, BSW, RN, IBCLC Puerto Rico [log in to unmask]