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Re: I forgot

Golf Cart Mafia Associate Posts: 2118 **2/9/12 12:07 pm**

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Also, the plural of colonoscopy is colonoscopies. The apostrophe denotes possession, not plurality, for Pete's sake.

Golf Cart Mafia Associate Posts: 2118 **2/9/12 12:09 pm**

I've been to some churches that the preaching was so hard afterwards I felt like I had experienced a colonoscopy (rim shot)
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[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 12817 **2/9/12 12:41 pm**

My wife usually would go to the nursery to breastfeed our babies, mainly just because she didn't want anyone to possibly be offended.

I never understood why it would bother anyone as long as everything was modestly covered. It's a totally natural thing that is in no way shameful.

To compare the poor young mom in the opening post to a stripper (as some in her church apparently did) is astounding. Wonder if that was the same church that recently voted to not allow biracial couples in their church.

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Re: Ok you win..

Hon. Dr. in Acts-celeratology Posts: 6385 **2/9/12 8:32 pm**

Cover It

Newbie Posts: 1 **2/10/12 11:00 pm**

I haven't had the pleasure of learning all the ups and downs of nursing yet, although I am 8 months pregnant and am planning on nursing. I, for one plan on covering it all up. I understand there are going to be inconveniences, like not estimating my time correctly and baby getting hungry while I'm out, or forgetting a bottle, but I plan on avoiding any type of public nursing at all costs (and by public I mean completely covered, myself and baby). It's a natural thing, but that doesn't mean I have to flaunt my breast and my choice as a mother to nurse in public. Nursing isn't sexual but breasts are and I have a hard time faulting a man for looking in the direction of a nursing mother whose breast or cleavage is exposed when it can be avoided in the first place. Maybe even though we have a right to nurse in public, we can humble ourselves and keep it covered up for the sake of those around us. Just a thought...

Re: Cover It

Acts-perienced Poster Posts: 11849 **2/11/12 1:24 am**

It can be difficult to cover everything completely while the baby is getting situated without some help. I suppose mothers can leave the room.

I read a post on a house church forum from a father who was really irritated with someone he did church with who was offended at a covered mother nursing her baby. I told him I understood why he would be upset, but the brother probably had some weird out-of-the-norm lust issues he was dealing with, and urged him to be careful with this fellow and his weak conscience. Some guys who aren't fathers are totally weirded out by the idea. I guess some people are sheltered, or maybe they are warped by some nitch versions of porn that feature nursing. (Never seen it, but I remember a construction worker telling me about pregnant and nursing mother porn back about 20 years ago.)

I wonder if this is why the synagogues seated men and women separately.
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[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 14803 **2/11/12 1:31 am**

Suffer the children to be fed, and forbid them not. (Thus sayeth Bonnie.)

HWJF
(How was Jesus fed?)

Even though the woman wasn't quite grasping the fundamentals of the kingdom, you have to admire her for hollering out to Jesus, blessed are the breasts that nursed you!

I'm cool with women breastfeeding anywhere if it's covered, and I really don't have too much of an issue even if it's not covered unless I get a militant, in-your-face vibe. It shouldn't be an issue to explain to the other children; children should know where milk comes from (in humans and animals) and what it's for.

Mothers should be encouraged to breastfeed. Churches should accommodate them.

I have a riddle for those who are just too uptight about the whole milk issue.
Q. Why did the cow jump over the moon?
A. Because the farmer had cold hands.

Not picking a fight, just making an observation

Hon. Dr. in Acts-celeratology Posts: 5657 **2/11/12 1:41 am**

Re: Cover It

Hon. Dr. in Acts-celeratology Posts: 5657 **2/11/12 1:42 am**

Golf Cart Mafia Soldier Posts: 2458 **2/11/12 10:00 am**

i don't think anyone here is advocating nursing in such a way where any part of the breast is exposed. I think people are defending the right to do it period! Many on here seem to insinuate that doing it in public at all is gross and inappropriate and should be done in some back room somewhere. Any woman with any sense of modesty wouldn't let her boob hang out while she's nursing...I know the times Paige has nursed in public, you wouldn't even know there was a baby under the blanket.

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 12817 **2/11/12 11:40 am**

They do make some very modest, inexpensive nursing shawls too:

http://www.sweetbottomsbaby.com/Clay-Gray-Lovedbaby-Nursing-Shawl_p_330.html?gdftrk=gdfV24158_a_7c1417_a_7c4877_a_7cGRASHAWL

Acts-celerater Posts: 679 **2/11/12 7:14 pm**

While we're on the subject, I thought I would check in to report that I nursed in church tonight.

Here's how it went down: took a warmed bottle with us so Grant would fall asleep during service. Surprise, surprise, he wanted nothing to do with it. Started getting fussy when the preaching started and to be honest, I'm tired of having to miss the word every single week because of quickly racing my fussy baby out of the sanctuary.

It's a huge church that is dimly lit, so I took him to the very back where there are chairs lined against the wall without any lights shining on them. I watched at least 5 other moms have to leave with their fussy infant. Troy eventually came back to join me. About that time, a mom who joined me whipped out her nursing shawl to breastfeed and I was like, oh yes, it's on. Covered myself with a blanket, latched Grant on and he was asleep in 2 minutes. Not a single person had any idea 2 of us moms were discreetly sitting in the back feeding our babies. We didn't have to leave the service. We distracted no one. No one saw even a flash of our boobs. But we got the job done - fed our babies, put them to sleep and were still spiritually fed at the same time.
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Paige,

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 14803 **2/11/12 7:26 pm**

Your post made me smile. Good for you and the other mom. Good for little Grant, too.