Lea was made painfully aware of the stigma that surrounds breastfeeding in public when she was told she was being 'highly irresponsible and unhygienic' by a stranger. Now, she’s on a mission to empower mums to get their breasts out whenever they need.
A negative experience in her GP surgery made Lea painfully aware of the stigma that still surrounds breastfeeding in public.
‘I was breastfeeding my baby in the waiting room of my GP surgery. He had just had his 12-week jabs and needed some soothing, but I was told I was being highly irresponsible and unhygienic by a stranger,’ she tells Metro.‘I would love to say I fought back and defended my case, but I was lost for words. I felt vulnerable and at that moment questioned if the person was right.
Prior to the incident, breastfeeding had felt like ‘the most natural thing in the world’ to Leah, but she soon realised not everyone shares her view.‘As I started to become more aware of mothers feeling the need to hide for fear of judgement and as I experienced myself, I found myself really saddened by the fact that we weren’t being empowered to feed our babies,’ she shares.
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