Originally posted by Logan
I am appalled that people (especially a man) would feel it necessary to intrude on your personal decision like that! It's none of their business, and if it makes it easier, just say "yes", and they wouldn't know the difference anyway!

I loved breast feeding my one and only child, but it was always awkward for me. I was not one who could lie in the bed like many moms and feed my child, nor was I ever comfortable in a public setting. And I went back to work after 5 weeks, and ended up sitting in a chair in the bathroom at work, pumping away. It was embarassing for me in the long run to have to do that! But I did it, and enjoyed those quiet times with Helen when I was with her. But I would have been just as comfortable snuggling with her and a bottle, I'm sure! At 4 months old, she became bored and wanted to look around and see the world and completely lost interest in "bonding" with her mom! So, we quit, and it was sad for me.

I have to tell you this funny story, though. While I was still out on maturnity leave, I went to a La Leche (sp?) League meeting with my next door neighbor, who had a baby a short while before I did. OMG!!!! There were so many women there, with all these kids running here and there. And I about DIED when I saw a 3 years old go pull up his mother's shirt and start "feeding", right in the middle of meeting! I am such a prude. I thought it was horrible, and I never went to another meeting!!!
Haha, I had a cousin who breastfed her kid until he was 4 or 5 (at least it felt like it was that long, I could be wrong.) Call me a prude, but I think that's disgusting. When the child is old enough to verbally ask his mom for a boob, it's time to quit.