Acceptance of breastfeeding has come such a long way, with people acknowledging that it’s a perfectly normal thing to do.
Long gone are the days of having to go to the toilet to breastfeed your children because other people feel uncomfortable.
That’s why this one woman took to Reddit to express her horror about her husband’s ‘rule’ about breastfeeding around his family as she was horrified by what he said.
She wrote: “So I (23F) am pregnant and getting close to my due date. My husband (24M) and I are going over labour and recovery now.
His family (mum, dad, and brother) are coming to visit on their way to vacation. He knows I want to try and breastfeed and he said his one 'rule' is to not BF in front of his family.
says he doesn’t want me to make his dad and bro uncomfortable and that I should go upstairs to feed our baby every time, every 1-3 hours.
"He said he would go up with us so he could bond too. My problem is I will be in recovery and am supposed to rest so stairs happening often seems like a problem to me.
"I told him it’s about my recovery and bonding with the baby and his family can just leave the room or just NOT LOOK if they’re uncomfortable.
"I said I would wear a cover, SOMETIMES, but I need to be able to see because I’ll still be learning. He kept insisting so I dropped the subject.
"I need to bring it up again before then so we’re both on the same page but I don’t think he’ll have budged. Would I be in the wrong for telling him to f**k off?”
People jumped to her defence, commenting saying that she was well within her rights to be able to breastfeed her own baby in the comfort of her own home.
One wrote: "You shouldn't have to hide away in your own house every 1-3 hours. If they're uncomfortable they can go hide away.”
"What I want to know is where the hell husband gets off telling his wife he has a RULE for her breastfeeding”, one raged.
-Mirror
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