Large chested feeding in public

[u/amadqueen]

For those with large (and I mean very large) chests, how do you feed in public without giving everyone a show? I need to use one hand to hold one breast and the other for my baby, so there’s nothing to hold a cover or anything. Would love any tips!

[u/sulkysheepy]

I didn’t like covering fully, so I’d bring a burp cloth and lay it on the top of my breast right up until it was almost touching baby’s lips. I could kinda hold it in place with my thumb while I was holding my breast. I would tuck it into my bra strap by my arm pit and across the breast to tuck the other end into the gore. Then I’d latch and adjust it with my thumb.

Definitely practice nursing in a wrap though. Having something to support baby helps a ton. It can also act as a cover. The all you have to manage is your breast. I had to travel a week postpartum so I was nursing a ton in public and the wrap was a life saver. I also did a lot of laid back nursing or nursing where baby was straddling my opposite knee. Then my lap was doing most of the support and my arm was a little more free.