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Many women are concerned that while they are out,
the baby will be hungry and need to nurse
and they will be too embarrassed to nurse the baby in public.
Researchers from the CDC used data from the Health Styles Survey, a mail survey to US adults,
to assess public attitudes toward breastfeeding. In 2003, 37% of people answering the survey thought that
mothers who breastfeed should do so in private places only, and only 48% of respondents reported being
comfortable when "a mother breastfeeds her baby near me in a public place". (
Li, 2007
).
However, as of 2008, 47 of the 50 states and Washington D.C. have laws protecting a mother's right to
breastfeed her baby in a public place (
CDC, 2008-2
). See
The Breastfeeding Report Card, 2008.
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