I love the posters and wish we could right now this very day, week , month  
could feel comfortable using them in all of the US. 
 
 I teach a breastfeeding class at our hospital and I do talk about  discreet 
nursing because I know that many women in the classes have talked to me  about 
it and have been reticent to breastfeed when out in public, so I try to  
paint a picture of how you can be at ease in public.   Unbutton from  the bottom, 
look at yourself in a mirror breastfeeding at home to see how  little shows.  
Use a fitting room in a department store  vs. a  restroom for privacy if you 
seek it.  Choose a booth or banquette at a  restaurant, and even though I don't 
personally like them for many reasons, even  mention cover-ups -emphasizing 
eye contact with the baby.  
 
And I have to admit that while I talk I want to be saying, nurse anywhere  
any time with as much of your breast exposed as you feel comfortable.  
 
The first two Nova Scotia posters shout the joy of breastfeeding  and are so 
pleasing.  The second two seems more neutral to me, not much  expression, but 
do carry a message.
 
I still have to deal with a coworker who share our patient education room  as 
a massage therapist and takes down some of our breastfeeding posters "because 
 not everyone would be comfortable with them."  I say let them see them and  
get accustomed to the idea that women breastfeed and this is what is looks  
like.  Still many of them stay up.  A postcard from the UK that shows  a baby 
with a beautiful smile near the bared breast, the nipple barely  discernable.   
The two scoops of ice cream US Ad campaign poster,  the INFACT Canada 
Breastfeeding for al the right reasons poster are up in the  room permanently. 
 
Mardrey Swenson



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