Wed, 06 June 2007 at 12:38 pm
Maggie Gyllenhaal Boldly Breastfeeds
Maggie Gyllenhaal breastfeeds 8-month-old daughter Ramona on Wednesday morning outside of Gyllenhaal family fave Bonsignour Café in NYC’s Greenwich Village.
Maggie, 29, has been busy filming The Dark Knight, the sequel to Batman Begins. She replaced Katie Holmes as D.A. Rachel Dawes. The film co-stars Christian Bale and Heath Ledger and opens Summer 2008.
Photos: Splash News Online/Ed Isabella/Brian Prahl
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~WTF~
I am all for breastfeeding but please have some common decency. Don’t just do it in public LIKE THAT!!!
in my opinion, this is inappropriate to display. don’t get me wrong, a mother breastfeeding is natural and not uncomfortable to be exposed to. but pappies and gossip columns capitalizing on it is wrong, wrong, wrong. her face is beautiful - the rest is unncessary.
That is one ugly breast!!!
They should get a room.
Oh Wow Too Much Information.
I breastfed my babies for many years but I made sure I covered up. Have some respect for yourself and other people around you. Like I said before you can’t buy class.
Kudos to her! Breasts are for feeding, not for everyone to oggle and put implants in and WonderBras on. I openly breastfeed in public and LOVE when I see other mothers doing it too. She’s awesome! I’ve always loved her work, but I love her more now.
i’m sorry but that is disgusting..especially in a public restaurant where people are trying to eat..give this woman a goddamn blanket! so inconsiderate!
I do not have a problem with women breast feeding in public, but I do not think it was appropriate to take a pic of it or upload it to a website. The above is right. Way too much information.
#7
Well said Donna.
^^ thank you. that was my first thought. why are these pics even up?? everything doesnt need to be made into a story.
Pardon me. -inappropriate-
OMG..Cover it up..
I say if you put it out there in public for everyone to see, then you leave yourself open to be exploited…whose at fault is Maggie for not keeping something as personal as breast feeding private…breast feeding is a beautiful bond between a mother and child, but I think there is a decency level to it…it should be done in privacy or at least with a blanket covering her…not everyone wants to see a lady pop her breast out and a baby sucking on it…people should be considerate about it…I personally don’t wanna see her breasts or any other woman’s in public for feeding…sorry to report to some that not everything that’s natural is beautiful…
I don’t have a problem with breatfeeding either, but what I don’t understand why don’t mothers pump before they go out in public and when the child is hungry give him the bottle with the breast milk in it until you get home. Not only would be a courtesy to others around you but it also keeps the mother from having to undo everything just to feed her child while she is out on an outing. The baby don’t care how they receive their meals as long as they get it.
yay Maggie! breasts are for feeding, and you never have to hide feeding your baby. in many places it is unlawful to harass a breastfeeding mom or ask her to stop. that is a happy, healthy baby : )
to shoes4life -
because bottlefeeding can seriously affect breastfeeding, and it is never recommended for a breastfeeding mother unless necessary. it requires a different “kind” of sucking motion. anyway. that is one reason why. also, some women love breastfeeding their babies, as they were emant to. who cares what the public thinks?
I hate politically correct answers, phony ass people. Lol Put that *** away Fuggie Gyllenhaal!
Good for her - there is nothing wrong or disgusting about a woman feeding her child!!!
Nothing but praise for Maggie doing whats best for her sweet baby. Shame on the photog that shot these pix. In “public” does not mean “please publicize”! This isn’t Britney’s crotch. Give her the respect she deserves.
the question is not the breastfeeding. it is the intrusion by the pappies and the willingness of websites to display it, non?
Her decision, really.
That breast looks photoshopped to me.
looks like she doesn’t have a good latch….she needs lactation consult…the baby is only grasping the nipple…it should be the areola too
What is up with people? She’s feeding her baby (Ramona’s really cute btw.) and she didn’t ask the paps to take pics of her. I personally wouldn’t do it in public, but it’s her decision really! And she doesn’t do anything wrong.
Breastfeeding should hardly be described as disgusting! I wouldn’t do it uncovered in public, but I’m not grossed out by others breastfeeding. They’re only boobs, people. It’s not like she’s going to the bathroom on the sidewalk.
Jen my friend is currently breastfeeding and her doctor said it is okay for her to pump as well (there are special shape nipples on bottles that are similar to the mothers breast). I mean if you working you can’t be with your baby 24 hours to breastfeed, and I did not say there is nothing wrong with it. There is just somethings that should be left for private time in your home or in a “family” public restroom where they have things set up for a mother to do that. However, when you are in public at a restaurant or shopping a mother should prepare a bottle for feeding so that she will be considerate of others around her. I mean we don’t see people changing a babies diaper on the dinner table or cashier counter when checking out? So why should we have to see a mother’s boob hanging out when she could be more descreet with the feeding of her child. I just think it is taking things a bit too far.
Umm, abc I don’t even want to see Britney’s crotch or anyone elses body parts for that matter publicized. So, yes the papzo’s do take things to far and these photos should not have be publicized in my opinion.
i believe in breastfeeding, even in public but it looks like the baby is playing with them not feeding.
Whos the duche that took the pictures? And Jared why are you posting this? You should know better. It’s just rude.
I think she has nice boobs, just wanted to add that. ;)
If Angelina Jolie had done that with Shiloh it would have caused a national outrage, the country and all government offices would have closed due to the choas in the streets. lmao
In this case - it’s Maggie Gyllenhal, there won’t be any fuss.
I can’t imagine what is disgusting about this, Breasts are not sexual organs, this is what they are for ! i don’t get why simple acts of nature are so politicised and debated about.
i’m sorry, i think maggie is extremely talented and all, but she is a celebrity so the paps are gonna be taking shots at every corner, so even if she feels ‘liberated’ to publicly breastfeed, she should cover it up so that it’s not exploited for the wrong reasons.
Beautiful baby, beautiful mom with a beautiful smile. No one’s forcing any of you to look at the pix if you don’t want. People complain when celebs hide and when they don’t hide. There’s no pleasing everyone and why should she try beyond being the best actress she can? I like it that she lives her life in a fairly normal way and doesn’t pay attention to the paps or the tabs — that’s why she’s smiling, because she can sit outside of a cafe and wait for a table with her family.
Three things:
a) Paps should not snap and sell these sorts of photos. I don’t care if these people are famous and therefore “asking for it.” It’s taking it too far.
b) Give a girl a break. She’s trying to enjoy her lunch, not obsess about whether she’s covered up enough. She’s not taking her top off to simply give us a show. Why does the sight of a mother breastfeeding gross people out so much? The majority of us relied on it back in the day. If it bothers you that much, look away.
c) I give her major kudos for being a Hollywood mom who breastfeeds and takes her kid with her where she goes. It shows she’s more concerned for her child than maintaining perfectly perky breasts and a tight schedule.
It is disgusting that they take pictures of such an intimate, private thing!!!!!!!
errr couldn’t she have just packed a bottle for the kid?
to shoes4life,
i can’t wait till idiots like yourself ACTUALLY HAVE children. only then will your comments about breastfeeding be valid. lots of babies that breastfeed will not take a bottle, therefore the mother can’t just pump and take a bottle with her in public. if only mothering were as easy as you people without babies think it is. until then, you shouldn’t comment on things you know nothing about. i don’t care if your sister and 10 best friends all have babies you don’t know until you’ve BEEN THERE!!!!!
Oh please…
the people posting about how her boobs are ugly or how it’s disgusting are the gross ones!
She is a mother feeding her child and you have to judge her breasts or say that a child eating is nasty?
There is nothing wrong with it at all. Some mothers may not be that forward with feeding their baby but it doesn’t make it wrong! She was covering up the papparazzi are perverts.
Who takes pictures of a mother while she’s breastfeeding???
Fcuk everything else, why the hell doesnt she just pay someone to do that for her? like a normal Hollywood’er
I think it is great that she breastfeeds her baby, but please be a little discreet! I breastfed all of my children, but not ONCE did I just plop it out for the whole world to see! GOOD GRIEF!!!!
Of course, like others have said, just b/c she is in public doesn’t mean the paps should have ‘displayed’ it like this either! *rolls eyes* on both her for just hangin’ it out there, and for the paps for snappin’ and uploading it all over the place! *sigh*
only in america is this an issue..
WOW … I bet she is going die when she sees this.
PS. Only took the hags 40 posts to bring AJ. WOW to think of her hanging feeding bags on that skin and bones stick she calls a body .. YIKES!
Talk about a “wardrobe malfunction”!
Breastfeeding are very common with mothers in public places. It looks like Ramona was playing peek-a-boob with Maggie.
LOL! “Peek-a-boob”!
i don’t know
kinda weird
Taking a **** or dump is also a very natural, intimate private thing but it’s not appropriate to do in the middle of the resturant or on the street. No issue that she’s breastfeeding, but common courtesy (and you all ******* know this) is to bring something to cover yourself up. If it’s so intimate and private as so many of you say, than why would she do it in a public place and not cover herself? She knows she is pictured by the paps when she goes out, so what is this all really about?
shoes4life - Maybe you can join me for lunch in that public restroom…Sounds like a lovely place to eat. sheesh. It amazes me how often people lump breastfeeding with using the toilet. WTF??
To those saying “just use a bottle”…Some breastfed babies won’t take a bottle. My 2nd daughter breastfed and also took a bottle no problem. But my 1st daughter refused a bottle for the entire year she was nursing and I tried all the time! Its not as simple as “stick a bottle in the kids mouth”.
That said, it makes me happy to see that the majority of comments are positive :)
Well,
Two problems:
1) This is completely normal, and should not be broadcast.
2) Something about this just says fake.
The blurryness of it just seems to show “Not real”
Hmmm….
Good to see there are more positive than negative comments about her breastfeeding.
In a world where everything has been desensitised a womans breast while breastfeeding shouldn’t even make a blip on the radar……
Why should she think about other people when out in public, the paps obviously didn’t think about her.
And for the record shoes4life not every woman can pump sucessfully.
My daughter (3 now) stopped nursing when she was 2 1/2 years old. It is an awesome bond to have and I applaud all who breastfeed. I frequently nursed her in public but covered her always with a blanket. I do want to ask a question: Why is it okay for a baby to be being fed with a bottle (which mimics the female breast) but not okay to be nursed in public? Also, my daughter always refused to drink milk from a bottle, which meant that no matter where we were or what we were doing, if she was hungry, I had to nurse her. I also believe that Maggie is not stupid and is doing this to draw attention to something that is absolutely natural and beautiful. I don’t think it’s because she has no class, which has been said by a previous poster, but because she is making a statement.
I have no problem with a woman breastfeeding in public. However, there is a way to do it in public AND be discreet about it. Just drape something over yourself so the whole restaurant doesn’t get a full view of your breast. Natural or not - it is not appropriate to inflict a display of your boobs on people who have no desire to see them.
If Maggie Gyllenhaal does not want to offer her baby the bottle at odd moments during her day, or cover her baby and breast in a blanket,then so be it. That’s what breasts are for and I say good for her.
Breast aren’t just for sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
It’s a matter of class to just put a ******* blanket over yourself. Breastfeeding is natural yes, and there is nothing wrong with it but just be decent. Taking a piss is also natural but its not in good taste to let go on the sidewalk now is it?
I am all for breastfeeding in public too, but you can cover yourself more, use tops with discreet openings …
But now that she is showing us her assets, she is too young to have droopy boobs.
I breastfed my daughter for 8 months. When the breastfeeding time came, I used to put a very light silk scarf down from the shoulder. This scarf was especially made for this and was used by my mother for my brothers and me.
Breastfeeding is sacred but everybody is not supposed to see it.
Men could argue that it’s natural for them to whip it out and piss in public, but it’s not allowed. She should have covered herself up! End of story. It is classless and very rude to the others in the RESTUARANT, come on no one needs to see any private parts while trying to have lunch. She’s a pig and fair game to be on this site.
What zoesmom said! My son wouldn’t take my breast because he was bottle fed during his short stay in the Neonatal ICU. Good on ya Maggie. You rock!
Ok all you crazy breastfeeding moms take a pill already. No one is saying the act of breastfeeding is wrong (stop being so defensive about it). It’s how she’s doing it in a restuarant, without the common courtesy of covering herself. That’s it! The bond and act itself is cool, it’s natural, meant to be, we get it.
To #16, babies do care how they get their food. Try giving a breastfed baby a bottle. I have three and not one would take the bottle. Good for Maggie, shame on photographer. If this society was not so hung up on breasts being sexual objects only, no one would say “OMG how disgusting”. Is it disgusting to watch a farmer milk a cow. Basically the same thing. Think about that next time you take a drink of milk!
shoes for life:
to compare feeding your child to pooping is incredibly idiotic & DISGUSTING! How can you even say that? What is wrong with a woman feeding her child in a restaurant? Everyone else is eating, why can’t Ramona? And how dare you suggest that she nurse her in a restroom? Would you suggest that formula fed babies be fed in a restroom? You’re just stupid.
And I’m surprised no one has brought up the fact that everyone wants to act all offended at having seen only PART of Maggie’s breast in public…but no one here seems to think it’s “disgusting” or “classless” when women flash their WHOLE breasts at Mardi Gras or whenever the drunken moment strikes them! And the fact that it’s at a restaurant is neither here, nor there. People will take their children to eat at hooters and see more of a booby show than this!
Maggie: You’re awesome! Keep feeding your precious baby!
I hate our society…
Like it or not breast ARE sexual enablers if not organs just as legs, an ass, even a woman’s back can be sexually appealing. So what do we expect, for a man to have to unveil our vags before he can get aroused? As I said before I don’t think anyone thinking in reason is disgusting by her breastfeeding the child but the way she is treating it as if there is nothing sacred about it. The child is receiving nourishment as she is also bonding with this child so why couldn’t she at least use a small blanket or something?
YIKES to the weirdo who breastfed to the child was 3 .. kids have their full set of teeth by 1 yrs old. Nothing wrong with a bond but come on 3 yrs old, did the child walk up to and ask for a breast? I am down for breast feeding but when they are old enough to ask for it, that is too long and more of issue about the mother then the kid.
oh come on…we’ve never seen a breast before? What’s the big deal? Who made you look? Just keep scrolling.
If you people don’t like it don’t freaking look! Jesus you all act like it’s the biggest deal ever, and all she’s doing is having lunch and feeding her child! Grow up you hateful people. It’s just a boob, and it was meant to feed children, that’s it’s whole purpose.
I agree with breast feeding but ewwww.
The baby isn’t exactly a newborn so she doesn’t have to drop everything to feed on demand. At 8 months if a baby doesn’t take the bottle a cup works just as well.Not to mention she seems to be chewing on her mother’s nipple rather than feeding, so put them away. Just bring a teething toy with you. This is exactly why I gave up breastfeeding. I was too embarrased to belong to the ‘bare it all, it’s beautiful and natural ‘ club. I agree with the science behind breastfeeding , just not the politics. I guess it’s like woman’s lib in the 70’s. Equal right are ok, but shave your armpits and don’t burn your bra. The breastfeeding zealots make it uncomfortable for everyone, must be why breastfeeding is on a decline despite the efforts of doctors and breastfeeding advocates.
americans are waaaay too uptight about breasts. go to other countries (mostly european) and they’re much more relaxed about showing them. who cares…
LOVE IT!
finally a celebrity who seems to breastfeed. (i know gwen does too)
This is one of the problems with our society, everyone is looking for a fight. Nobody wants to clean out their ears, listen to people, and have reasonable debates. Everybody wants to point fingers and shout at each other.
I don’t think anyone here is disputing the fact that breastfeeding is natural and scared and a bond between mother and child. The two main issues seem to be that the paps have no respect and that Maggie Gyllenhaal should at least keep the bond between her and her child, and not with everyone in the restaurant.
You don’t have to agree with each other, but you should respect your fellow posters by not calling them names like you’re 5 years old. We’re all adults, a lot of you mothers, why can’t we act like it?
Knowing how the internet works, I know I’ll just get a bunch of childish remarks and insults thrown my way, but who cares, I just thought I would give my two cents.
It is not the act itself or about one’s rights. It is simply a form of exposure and it’s lewd. We have great inventions called a bottle or breast pump.
Yes, Hooters is trashy and Yes, Mardi Gras flashers are classless. But that has nothing to do with the issue here. Breasts are too often sexualized in our society but are not and should not be considered sexual objects in all contexts.
Breatfeeding is natural, and a woman nursing a baby is not considered “sexy” to nor is it “disgusting” to most people.
It is OK to Breastfeed in public.
However, not everyone thinks breastfeeding is “beautiful” and many people are not comfortable witnessing the act, or are not comfortable with public semi-nudity - sexual or not - (that’s why many restaurants employ the “no shirt - no shoes no service” rule). Most people probably don’t want to see any man-titties over their Denver omlette either.
Breast feeders who are compelled to nurse in public should respect the feelings of others in public spaces and take steps to cover themselves as much as is reasonable. Maggie is making no attempt at all to be discrete - so yes - she is being inconsiderate of her fellow patrons. The picture taker is an inconsiderate ass as well.
Ugh, DISGUSTING! I understand that is natural but please… not all of us have kids, and we sure as hell don’t want to see that in public.
Isnt the guy sitting next to maggie from the Lake House? I think he plays Keanus brother in the movie… haha
These pics are fake.
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with Maggie breastfeeding in public. Breasts are for feeding. That’s what they’re there for! I think she’s a very confident woman for doing this and she should be praised. I think that people should change their views on public breastfeeding.
note to miss gyllenhaal:
if you’re a ****** **** and get your t*ts out in public..better make sure they are good looking t*ts and not saggy door hooks.
Also ever heard of a breast pump and a baby bottle?
Allison…
‘compelled to breastfeed’??? I always laugh when I hear something like this from someone who has obviously never breastfed a child. A mother is not compelled to feed her child, she feeds her child when the child is hungry. It’s simple supply & demand sweetie. I’m sure a lot of moms can tell you, there’s no stopping a baby who wants to eat. Would you rather her force Ramona to go hungry and fuss & cry? Then you would complain that the baby’s crying was disrupting your meal. You just can’t win with people unless you’re forcing an artificial rubber nipple in your child’s mouth!
Personally, I wouldn’t bare that much of my breast in public. I would feel uncomfortable. But that’s just me. I feel that this is a personal decision to be made by each mother. Kudos to Maggie. She’s obviously very confident in her body…hence the full frontal nudity in “Secretary” and “Sherry Baby.” Anyone have any problems with that nudity???
There’s nothing lewd about what she’s doing…public breastfeeding is protected by legislation. America: either get on board or look away and get over it…
She has every right to feed her baby anywhere or anyhow she wants. Shame on whoever took these pics and shame on anyone who gives nursing moms grief about breastfeeding. Grow up people this is what a womens breasts are meant to do!
Breastfeeding in public is fine, when done discreetly. Seeing a women’s breast can cause some people to be uncomfortable, even though the act of breastfeeding is very natural. Also, a women’s lactating breast isn’t really that attractive. So just cover it up.
GAG! There is no way I could eat knowing she’s breastfeeding across from me. It makes me gag looking at the photo.
Ver Distasteful. She is playing not feeding I am sure glad I wasn’t there trying to drink a latte or grab a bite. The cafe should not allow. I don’t care who she is, she is out of line with that. Poor kid, friends will find these pix’s and show him when he is older and tease the **** out of him.
excuse me her…….
oh please. You people are such a joke. What kind of world are we living in where people get disgusted in seeing a mother breastfeed her child? Breastfeeding is one of the most natural things to do in this world and if you don’t feel comfortable seeing that, regardless if you’re at a restaurant or not, then you have a serious problem.
She’s not posing for the camera or even posing nude for some magazine. She didn’t whip out her breast for display or for show, she only did it so she can feed her child.
And some of you need to go to school and do some research to realize that breastfed milk is way HEALTHIER than artificial milk and it is truly important for a baby to suck on the breast rather than drink the milk from a bottle. Its a bonding experience for both mother and child and do I also have to get into the nutritional value of breastfed milk compared to artificial milk thrown together into a bottle?
i don’t get why ppl are offended that the paps took these photos or that jared put it on his site, when obviously maggie has no problem throwing out her boob to breastfeed in public for everyone to see.
EW.
Boob aside…
Who is that yummy daddy beside her?
He looks familiar…
Anybody? Anybody?
Does she know about nursing bras? The ones where you don’t have to pull out the whole shebang.
WTF???????????????? Dude, that is soo inappropriate to do in public I think. This is something to do in private at home or in the family bathroom not in public. Especially if you are a celebrity and you know paps are watching. She is sooo s*anky!!
She must have seen the paparazzi taking her photo…after she was caught three days ago doing this in a park. She’s using that poor baby as a political statement and to gain publicity. I guess Angelina has been tutoring hollywood on using their children to grab the headlines. Why else would an intelligent, educated woman feel the need to expose herself like that? I don’t care how natural it is,it’s still one of those areas better left a mystery. This poor child better be home-schooled, she’ll never live down the photo of her chewing on her mother’s breast.
Well, lets see what should I say….. As a mother of 2 children. One who was breastfed until 7 months the other until 17 months. I do AGREE 100% that woman should have the right and freedom to breastfeed their child in public, if your baby is hungry than feed him/her. Some woman are so afraid to do this because there are jerks out there that find this disgusting and make rude comments and don’t get it…..so they have to go hide somewhere, in their car, a bathroom stall, etc, I have seen this happen.
In Canada most stores now have “breast feeding rooms” with chairs, a change table, a sink and some of them a very beautiful rooms.
My son would NOT take a bottle/soother whatsoever, so my only option was to breastfeed him wherever I was. And pumping can be very painful and costly for woman…..(some pumps run around $300 here)
I do agree that maybe a little privacy is also appropriate. Because not all people want to see it. And that should also be respected. Especially if there are younger kids/teenagers around. A blanket in a restaurant around her chest I think would have been nice. But you know it is her right and the way I look at it IF YOU DON’T LIKE SEEING A WOMAN BREASTFEED HER CHILD THAN DON’T LOOK AND DON’T COMPLAIN ABOUT IT.
yeah, it looks like she was just trying to throw it in our face like shes allowed to do whatever the heck she wants.
really now? she’d be the first to go off on someone for asking to cover up and you all know its true.
Ok, the baby isn’t even nursing. It’s just sucking on the nipple a little bit (ouch) and playing around. That’s ridiculous.
Who is that actor beside her? I can’t place his name.
Yay for those boobies! You go, girl!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0609114/
OMG!! So a woman breastfeeding her baby in public is disgusting but you’re all okay to see breast on the mags covers, billboards, on Tv, and porn shops??? Ppppplease!!! Stop having this narrow minded mind peeps. There’s nothing sexual about that!!
And to the pap who shot that pic,shame on him. This is what I call sick and disgusting. I bet he was even wanking at that sight. Son of a *****!!!
She seriously needs to take a breastfeeding class….that is not a hungry baby and a mother is not a chew toy. She’s using a stroller, not a sling like most mothers that are all about ‘the bonding time’ so she should be able to tone down the nursing in public. I have nothing against a mother(blanket or not) who discreetly nurses anywhere,I don’t like the hang it all out there stuff. I don’t think we should have to explain this to children who may witness it. They’re told that’s a private area, not to expose those areas covered by bathing suits…unless you’re making a statement.It’s not like anyone could miss her chewing and stretching her mother’s breast right out there in the open.
I’m sorry but porn shops or anything containing sexual conduct is either hidden away in a special room or a seperate section on a magazine rack. So only the people who are looking for it can see it.Nobody wants to stumble upon this…especially with young children in tow. If it were a magazine with a woman exposing her breast with a man/woman biting on her nipple like that we would be outraged! I know it’s natural and healthy…I agree with all the benefits…. just not the view. I could understand if the baby threw the blanket off or someone had to strain to see under her jacket to see it, but this is clearly visible to all from any distance. If you can see the baby you can see the boob.
We’re so uptight!
And if you look clearly at the picture it looks like she’s outside the restaurant, probably in the veranda with MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY - who are surely used to see her breastfeed. So no, she’s not showing off her boob to the diners inside. She’s probably in a quiet corner with her family, feeding her baby. And unfortunately, a pervert thought it’d be cool to snap this.
Like someone said above, the baby seems to be playing with her boob. Because if she was really breasfeeding she should have her mouth around the aerola not the nipple - which is th e proper method to breastfeed. Still, you’d still see some flesh but not as much as like it it on the pic. And remember, the paps shots are usually taken in quick succession. I guess Ramona must have just finished feeding and her mother surely pulled her top back up but the sick snapper didn’t show us that, did he?
And to the psycho who suggested that women should breastfeed their babies in the toilet, FU CK YOU!! I bet you’d be happy to eat your burger in the restroom, right? A ss hole!! Because a baby’s health and protection vs germs don’t matter to you, right?? you moronic piece of garbage. I hope yoou’re not a woman with children and you don’t do this to your baby. Cos if you are, you make me sick!
And to all these women who are shocked to see another woman exposing her breast while breastfeeding, take a lesson of of self-confidence. Because you all sound to me like insecure women who don’t appreciate their body and are even ashamed to show it off in public.
It’s ******* boob for ffs!! You’re not having sex with your baby. You’re feeding him. Anywhere, anytime! Don’t talk to me about class or respect or consideration for others. If the baby’s hungry right there, he’d be fed. If you use the proper techniqhe without the need to show off the whole breast, then it’s fine. No need to cover the ******* breast with a blanket. If someone got a problem with it, she can always look away or **** off.
All these women who feel uncomfortable about another woman who reveals a bit of breats during BF, go live to a monastery or something reclusive. We’re in the 21st century. It’s about time to release your narrow mind and stop judging!
I’d rather see pics of Maggie Gyllenhaal breastfeeding her child over pics of something like Britney Spears hail dented hinney anyday!
I don’t see anything wrong with it. It’s normal and natural. Do you guys freak out when you see a beautiful woman in a low cut shirt or a woman in a bikini? How about a man shirtless? Infants need to be fed. Would you guys eat in a bathroom? NO! Then why should an infant be fed in a bathroom? Breasts are meant to feed babies, they are not a sexual organ meant to be kept covered up. It is so funny that this is such an issue in the US, in other countries it’s absurd to even be offended by this type of thing. GET OVER IT.
If it was a mamma dog and her puppies you would think breast feeding is cute. Get a clue people- it’s the SAME thing!
Funny my family is ignorant about this like most of the readers here- my 28 mo old bfeeds still and never causes a mess like formula fed babies- no spit up. (like my brother worries about at his house- thinks I will squirt all over the place- it doesn’t work like that!) My brother when we were kids was “interested” in my breasts - now for some reason he’s disgusted by my bfeeding. USA men have issues and I am glad I am in CA where I can do as I need to when and where I have to.
As far as planning ahead and prepping a bottle- that takes time and babies keep you occupied. Some people can’t afford the couple hundred for the pump and some babies are never fed by bottle (esp the first mo) some babies never learn or outgrow the bottle and my son won’t take my milk from anywhere but me anymore. (no cup or bottle) in the end had to throw out some stored milk for him…he wants it fresh!
To those of you saying to just cover up with a blanket…put your head under a blanket for 5 minutes and tell me how comfortable that is.
Totally agree Rancour!!!
She’s feeding her baby, not having sex with him - which I think is why so many people are offended by the pic. People are thinking that the baby is sucking on her breast like its some kind of sexual act, and its not. Breastfeeding is the most natural thing a human-being can do. She is a mother for goodness sake and she is giving her child food. What is wrong with some of you people. Some of you need to grow up.
Breastfeeding is what breasts were made for. They’re not sexual objects or to be used as sex toys, they’re meant to give babies their food. Why are people so ignorant about this topic? Is she suppose to go run off and hide herself like she committed some crime? Is she supposed to feel disgusted while doing it like its some kind of unnatural thing to do?
For the last ******* time, breastfeeding is why breasts were made!!
Et alors…. it’s natural.. it’s normal and if you find it offensive - perhaps you could have a problem for reading this and disapproving ..that she’s been photographed in public and now it’s on a website like this! Shock & horror!
If you don’t like it…don’t read paparrazzi influenced websites! Simple!
To those saying this is natural and people should just deal with it - going to the bathroom is about as natural as it gets, but you don’t see people inflicting it on unsuspecting passersby. (’passersby’? weird - said it too many times, kinda like ‘foiled’. random; moving on).
OK, there is the guy who whips it out to p**s in public, but - and this is key - that’s frowned upon. This should be as well, especially when done outside of a cafe, FSS. That sight is enough to make you gladly skip the most important meal of the day… for days on end.
These granola boho actresses do this sh*t and then have the gall to complain re paps.
“We’re in the 21st century. It’s about time to release your narrow mind and stop judging!”
…As you narrow-mindedly judge them based on their opinion. Seems to always be the case. Those who say such things usually forget to follow their own advice.
Either way, I think both sides are way too uptight.
I agree we shouldn’t care, but society has placed that stigma on us. It’s largely thought of as a sexual thing and to expose it , even for your child is still a bit taboo. We feel like even discreetly nursing in public will clearly make alot of people uncomfortable. That isn’t something we’d like to expose our children to. We teach manners,and appropriate behaviors to our children so others will like our them . To undo all that teaching with a ‘like it or not’ approach just seems counterproductive to moving breast feeding ahead in society. Maybe if she had showed a little discretion this whole issue would never have been brought up. At 8 months (my friend has an 11 month old) she should be able to wait or even take a cup. At the very least lifting your shirt from the bottom seems to cover quite a bit more than pulling it wide open like this.
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with breastfeeding but when you are out in a public place, it is just considerate to cover yourself. The experience is beautiful and worth doing (I’ve done…did for all of my children) however, as beautiful as it is, everyone does not feel that way. You are in a sense imposing your personal choice on everyone around you. It makes simply makes some unconfortable. I know you may say “so what, who cares?” but then the same words would apply to the mother’s feelings.
Beside, doesn’t the baby deserve a little privacy as well?
As far as this being on the internet. Ms. Gyllenhal is well aware of her status in the public eye. She knows that there are paps just waiting around every corner to catch the perfect shot. Well there ya go! She let it all hang out and now its all over the media.
That kid is focused must have been starving …LOL
45 Mmmmm | 06/06/2007 at 2:45 pm
WOW … I bet she is going die when she sees this.
PS. Only took the hags 40 posts to bring AJ. WOW to think of her hanging feeding bags on that skin and bones stick she calls a body .. YIKES!
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Now that was just not nice…kinda uncalled for, but then hey…it’s the internet.
Breast feeding - beautiful and bonding between mother and child. Fine. Liberating. OK, yeah, you should be able to feed a hungry child where and whenever. Attractive to look at for anyone not intimately involved with the parties involved? Debateable. Her breast make me think of an old Dalmatian ***** after a litter. It was intrusive of the paparazzi to take the photo and foolish of her to give them the opportunity. A person’s sense of discretion says alot about their upbringing, and their own sense of worth.
Yes of course it’s a natural thing to do, but maybe some people don’t want to see it! It’s not that hard to put something over her naked breast in public! That’s what’s wrong with the world today, people just have NO respect for other people anymore and will do whatever they want, wherever they want. I have nothing against breastfeeding but Sheesh di it privately not out on the street for the world to see!
btw, if your outside on a public street breastfeeding than your fair game, of course the paps are gong to take pictures and she knows that, it’s the nature of the game!
Whooo hoooo! I applaud Maggie. That is awesome. It looks as tho she has a very comfortable, well established nursing relationship with her babe. Ramona seems to be growing big strong and happy on her momma milk! just beatiful :)
She should cover up “…especially if there are younger kids/teenagers around” as someone said. Afterall how SCANDALOUS it would be if children and teenagers saw breasts being used for what they were made to be used for, in a non-sexual way, feeding a child!! THE HORROR! I’d much rather my son’s first exposure to breasts be in porno mags and iPod videos on the back of a school bus. That accidental exposure to breastfeeding might actually cause him to realize that breasts have a use outside of male sex fantasies.
ITA, Joan. I think Maggie figured out that she was photographed breastfeeding Ramona last month and is now using Ramona to make a political statement regarding breastfeeding when she-like all La Leche League nutjobs-should be more concerned with feeding her child while simultaneously respecting the comfort levels of those around her. It is really not difficult. I see women breastfeed in public all the time without showing a stitch of skin. People like Maggie who shove their breasts out of their shirt for everyone to see are trying pathetically hard to shove their personal beliefs down everyone else’s throats when in reality it is people like them who turn others off to NIP (nursing in public) altogether.
I forgot to add-Ramona isn’t even eating in these photos! In two of the photos she’s sucking lightly on the nipple and in the other two she’s playing with the breast. At least in the photo last month she was eating and Maggie was flashing herself for a purpose. This is just ridiculous.
WAIT…if everyone else gets to eat, why can’t Ramona? A blanket would probably been too heavy and made Ramona too hot, why not just let her eat. We don’t ever see anything on here about people protesting boobs being shown in movies, but when something like this happens, its a flippin’ natural disaster!
I breastfed my daughter, but when I had to give her a bottle, she got too used to that and didn’t want to feed off of me, and I hated pumping, so since it seemed my daughter sensed that it was natural to smell me with a bottle in her mouth, she could no longer take a bottle from me, and that is how we broke her of not breast feeding….there are many different reasons for babies not using bottles with mothers who breastfeed.
And Diana….as far as the whole droopy boobs go, you must not have a clue what you are talking about
So freakin disrespectful for the patrons at that restaurant. People are so self-entitled.
not all infants will nurse off a bottle, especially if in a “mood”. as to the blanket to cover, a lot of infants wont feed covered either. this is not to say all, but it must be considered.
to say that breast feeding is a beautiful bond, sure it can be, but it is also feeding. feeding is a necessity, so public breast feeding without cover will have to occur. it is unreasonable to make an infant forgo food, for or own emotional comfort. let alone that we are so disturbed by a woman naturally feeding her child, as most of our mothers fed us.
umm she should really cover that up! I dont think its right to just have your breast out there like that
Oh boohoo. Deal with it you prudes.
I am a mom to three kids — twins who are 8 and 1 who is 5, and I breastfed them all until age 1. If we were in public, I used shawls or scarves and nursing bras not only for other’s privacy, but because IT IS such an intimate experience between mother and child, that it cheapens it to display it as if you are eating a burger. I am also an OB nurse, and there has been a huge decline in the numbers of breastfeeding moms, and sadly, I believe one of the reasons is the “breastfeeding Nazis” as we call them at the hospital. I have seen these women who are supposed to be nurturing and instructing get angry, berate and mock bottle-feeding mothers in front of newly breastfeeding mothers. There are often medical reasons, especially with neonatals, when breastfeeding is not possible, and this kind of rhetoric only deters women from attempting to give a fair try to breastfeeding and has even added to post-partum depression.
Also, OBs are finding that in new studies, the level of allergies are far greater than back in the sixties and seventies when most children were bottle-fed. This isn’t saying bottle-feeding is better, and environmental factors contribute greatly to the allergy crisis, yet what it has concluded is that they found breastfed babies were no more likely to be immune to all these rampant new food allergies than formula-fed babies.
Breastfeeding is great, and I would encourage everyone to do it. I do think, as a matter of taste and personal mother-child bonding, that it is better left discreet, but the type of venom seen here by those ready to villify anyone who doesn’t breastfeed is also the same type that is causing more and more women to simply forgo it or give it up early in the process.
In addition, colostrum, the gold-colored liquid produced in the few days right after birth is the most important and the one containing the most antibodies to fight off disease. Even mothers who stop after this stage, still reap the physical health benefits for their babies.
For me, it was the beautiful bonding and special mommy/baby time that kept me going, even when it was rough, and again, I would never callously treat that as something for public consumption.
Wow, I can’t believe so many people are against breastfeeding in public (yet they’d probably be the first to click on Britney boob pics).
I agree that a blanket should be given - it should be put over the head of the person who don’t want to see it.
Come on people have some common sense if ya going to breastfeed do it in a appropriate way cover up or go to a room just dont let it hang and let the whole world see.
What’s wrong with breastfeeding? She isn’t showing or parading both her breasts or nipples, just doing a thing that is only natural -and vital for the baby. What’s wrong with that? It’s just a breast. There’s nothing disgusting in that.
I think that the negative attitude towards breastfeeding is sick and disgusting.
Can’t believe some of the responses to this.
For those making the point that she’s breastfeeding in a restaurant, the baby has got to eat too you know. You’d probably be complaining if the baby was crying due to hunger too.
For those that say Maggie could have pumped and gave the child a bottle, you obviously haven’t had a baby. Otherwise you would know the time and effort it takes to pump. Why should see use an artificial niple when she has everything needed right there?
For those who said she should feed baby in the restroom, would you eat your lunch in there?
It says more about you that you have been brainwashed by society that breasts are sexual. We are here as a population because of breastfeeding. Without it we would have died out years ago. Reinforced by comments about how her breasts are ugly and saggy. In some tribes those with perky breasts would be seen as unattractive, saggy breasts show that they have given milk and reared many young and so are revered.
I find it so sad that drinking cow’s milk is seen as ‘normal’ these days just because people get freaked out by a nipple. You do know cow’s milk comes from a breast albeit a cow’s breast? But that’s ok because it’s not from source right?
What a bunch of blinkered, uneducated, brainwashed people.
“People like Maggie who shove their breasts out of their shirt for everyone to see are trying pathetically hard to shove their personal beliefs down everyone else’s throats”
Riiight, Lauren… Maggie shoved so hard, she forced you to get online today and check out all the celeb gossip pages.
Way to go Maggie I for one love hearing about star mamas that are nuring hell maybe more people will take a clue and try it out. NOTHING at all wrong with her feeding her baby wish the US was more like Germany I never got a strange look nuring my son in public. LOVED it!!! As for the lovely cove up comments some of us have babies that wont leave the blanket up my son was like that he wanted nothing near his face other then the boob. As for the comment on the latch from the looks of it she was nuring for comfort not eating and my babies latched different when they did that. My son always nursed that way for the whole 2 years. Sure it has lots to do with the fact he had a bottle the first 2 weeks while in NICU when I wasn’t there to nurse him.
Geez, it’s just a boob.
Breastfeeding a baby is not some intimate, mystical experience, it’s not disgusting or sexual or inappropriate, it’s lunch.
I do love all the people saying that a cover-up should have been used. Yeah, there some great cover-ups for women available nowadays…they’re called burqas. If a boob is that revolting to you, perhaps it would be best if you just avoided going out in public.
MEDIA *****!
“Riiight, Lauren… Maggie shoved so hard, she forced you to get online today and check out all the celeb gossip pages.”
And that makes sense…how? I visit this site to see photos of celebrities-not Maggie Gyllennhaal’s naked breasts. If you’re going for the old “If it bothers you, don’t look!” spiel, save it; once you’ve seen it, there’s nothing that can be done.
Go Maggie! Good for her, she is not afraid to use her breasts what they are for and she is not ashamed! For all you people saying…”nobody wants to see that, blah blah blah…” well YOU do obviously since you are looking. Anyway…if you are afraid of seeing a boob please get some counseling. And if you think breastfeeding should be done in private, do you also think bottlefeeding should be done in private? Hypocrites.
I have no problems with breastfeeding. I breastfed both my kids, but whenever I’m in public, I ALWAYS threw a baby receiving blanket over my baby. It’s completely natural, but I know it could make plenty of people feel uneasy. It’s not fair to make people around you feel that way. She should have covered up. Whatever…
ok thats enough…don’t take it all……its my turn to suck those boobies. lol
this is just too much ((
Bravo to you, A mom of two in D.C., for doing what is best for your babies while still respecting the wishes and feelings of those around you. Breastfeeding is wonderful for mom and baby alike. That said, there is a polite, proper way to do it, and when you are in a public place, imo, it is the mother’s responsibility to nurse her child without making others uncomfortable. And the fact is, many people, especially men, do not want to see the naked breast of a woman they don’t know in public. There are plenty of ways to nurse discreetly in public, even without throwing a blanket over the baby. The parents who choose not to cover up more are either lazy or trying to make a statement.
She looks completely at ease with bfing her child in public. Kudos to her! It’s unfortunate that the pappies capitolized on her but knows the risks of being caught like that. For those who post how she should have a blanket over the baby…would you like to eat under a blanket? Also, someone posted about bfing in a place where people are eating…ummmm…are babies just not supposed to eat then? Geesh people! This is 2007…grow up.
Just another example of how alot of women just let themselves go after having children. How about a brush, some makeup, and a bra? I wouldn’t be surprised if her husband was already looking elsewhere.
Going to the bathroom is natural too but thank god you don’t see people squatting in public. Breast feeding is gross and should be done in private.
Awesome! I love how nonchalant she appears. Baby was hungry and she fed her… I mean, they were at a restaurant, right?
Any one who equates breastfeeding w/ going to the toilet is a misogynistic fool (including women). You may feel she should be more discrete but maybe her shirt was up more fell and the picture was taken. If not maybe she thought she did have privacy where she was sitting. Those who feel the need to insult Ms. Jolie who has nothing to do w/ this are just pathetic and sad. You should be doing your homework instead of sitting on this blog day after day. Yes, I finished my full day at work before coming on here to look at the pictures and find out about my favorites.
I would applaude a mother for sticking with breastfeeding for 8 months and not turning to less healthy alternatives….however…..I wouldn’t want to place a potentially embarrasing photo like that of my child in such a public way. She obviously cares a great deal about her child, those of us that have breastfed know it can be a struggle, especially while working. She should extend that care and concern to her daughters emotional well being by not making her an obvious breast feeding advocate before she can eve walk. The poor thing will have to face critisism and praise for an act she had no choice in for the rest of her life. Kids (and adults) can be cruel, and to have her exposed in such a public way is going to require a pretty thick skin to deal with it. I know my daughter is painfully shy …she would die if her friends had access to something like this. It’s a private thing between mother and child and should have been kept that way…especially with paparrazi present. It’s not like they caught an accidental shot of her exposed while she was settling the baby in. The breast was clearly being played with, and she was shot a few weeks ago just as exposed.
Well, I don’t think that these photos are embarrasing. If somebody teases of something as natural as breastfeeding, I think that their upbringing has failed in some point.
Way to go Maggie!! There is nothing more beautiful them a mother nursing her child!Afterall that’s what breasts are for.
And shame on someone for taking photos of it and putting them up on the net.
YEAH! It is so nice to see women who chose to breastfeed. I personally nurse in public all of the time, but I do cover up. Know why? Because I would hate for one of the idiots that posted comments here to come up and say something to me. It would be a little hard to beat somebody’s ignorant ass while holding my 8 month old!
I am ashamed of all you women who claim to “suppport” breastfeeding, so long as it’s done out of the public eye. This is what Breasts are MADE for, and I really doubt you’d have the same issues if a woman is feeding a child from a bottle. If you wouldnt ask a woman who is bottle feeding her infant to cover (smother) the child while eating, don’t do it for a breastfeeding mother, regardless of how squeemish your puritanistic mind is, that’s PREJUDICE and SEGRAGATION. THe latter of which, was illigal, the last time I checked.
In fact, in most states, if you ask a breastfeeding mother to leave a public place because of her breastfeeding, YOU are breaking the law. Suck on that you low minded, puratinistic sorry excuses for women.
to all the critics:
the idea of people criticizing a mother for breastfeeding! wanting her to hide in a room somewhere and cover herself up. that’s what breasts are for, to feed babies, not to tittilate men. what’s obscene are those women who undergo surgery just to make their breasts bigger! why don’t you criticize bush and company for invading iraq and causing the death of 665,000 people.now that’s obscene. your sense of morality is so PERVERTED! you don’t know the difference between right and wrong. how sad for the world
breasts are for feeding babies. why shouldn’t she be able to in public? if you think it’s disgusting, then you need to mature a little bit.
It is so nice to see someone with such a chaotic schedule commit to breastfeeding!
I can’t imagine what kind of place in life people would have to be in to be upset with someone breastfeeding their baby! Not only is it the way we are designed to care provide for our babies, it is also the most wonderful way to bond.
I would love to see some NON-paparazzi photos of mom and baby breastfeeding!
There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with breastfeeding in public. It is NATURAL! What is NOT natural is that women have to hide to feed their children naturally!! What is accepted in public is feeding ones baby with a baby bottle! This is completely ludicrous that the NATURAL and HEALTHIEST way of feeding babies is viewed in such a way!! Cow milk is not as good as human milk! We make fun of ‘backwards’ contries where women wear burqas, but even though in the West most women don’t wear burqas, we can’t show our breasts in public while men can be barechested if they want, just because our berasts are considered to be sexual objects! This is cultural, there are non Western countries where men have ZERO interest in breasts. From these peoples viewpoint, Western culture can be viwed as backwards when it comes to how breasts are treated and hidden away from the view, because they could turn on men!! This is the SAME reasoning as making women wear burqas so that they don’t turn on men!! All of you people who think she is doing something wrong are just as backwards as the Talibans and you are SICK in the head!
Isn’t it interesting that you can see sexed-out breasts in the window of a Victoria’s Secret on streets and malls throughout America, and yet breastfeeding a baby in public is considered gross and inconsiderate by many who posted these comments. I guess that when breasts are used for something other than titillating men, some people feel threatened and angry.
If you don’t like it, don’t look
Breastfeeding is natural. If you don’t like it, don’t look. Breasts are for feeding infants, they’re not sex toys. If this bothers you, you need to get comfortable in your own skin. Rock on women who BF in public- babies get hungry no matter where they are and they deserve to eat!
and also:
“So freakin disrespectful for the patrons at that restaurant. People are so self-entitled.”
How are you not being self-entitled by demanding that the child eat in a different manor for your personal comfort?
GOOD FOR HER!!!! Breastfed babies should be breastfed ANYTIME ANYWHERE!!!! Only stupid idiots stick a bottle in their poor babies mouth when they are in public!
Hey all you people saying to cover up, FYI, some babies just scream because they get too hot when they’re covered up–I know mine does!!! So umm, screaming, hungry, uncomfortable baby, or happy, quiet, peaceful, content nursing baby? I’ll take the latter thank you. Babies should be fed naturally (at the breast) on demand, not when and how it’s covenient for Mom. The only time they should be given bottles is when Mom’s not able to be around to give baby breast. And FYI, that’s what normal lactating breasts look like. They’re not ugly. All you moms who were too lazy to take the time to connect with your babies to by breastfeeding have ugly breasts! Don’t get me wrong, if there’s a DAMN GOOD medical reason why you can’t breastfeed, by all means, bottle feed. But otherwise, save yourselves the cost of formula and medical bills and give your baby what he or she is born expecting: BREASTMILK!!!!!!! And give it on demand when baby wants it, not when it’s convenient for you. If breastfeeding is inco0nvenient, PLEASE DON’T HAVE BABIES!!!
64 Mmmmm | 06/06/2007 at 4:07 pm
“YIKES to the weirdo who breastfed to the child was 3 .. kids have their full set of teeth by 1 yrs old. Nothing wrong with a bond but come on 3 yrs old, did the child walk up to and ask for a breast? I am down for breast feeding but when they are old enough to ask for it, that is too long and more of issue about the mother then the kid.”
Yeah whatever, it’s called attachment parenting! World Health Org. suggests bfing until AT LEAST 2 years of age. I fully intend to allow my baby to nurse as long as she would like. Why should I force her to wean? More than likely she’ll wean next time I get pregnant, but if she doesn’t, that’s ok, too. In fact, in most countries, it’s quite normal to breastfeed babies for far longer than one year. Besides, if more babies were breastfed that long, maybe they’d be old enough to form memories of breasts being for food and not think of them as sexual objects when they’re adults, ESPECIALLY boys.
The one thing I would say to Maggie, ditch the stroller and get a sling. They’re cheaper and babies usually prefer to be held close to Mommy.
Absoletly Gorgeous!! Good for Maggie, she is using her breast for what they are intended to do..feed her child.
You people who say this is “disgusting” need to get a grip on reality. Breasts were made for feeding a baby. Breastfeeding is beautiful and shouldn’t be hidden underneath a blanket. I chose to be discreet when nursing but if more people openly breastfed maybe people would start seeing breastfeeding as the beautiful thing that it is!! Go Maggie!!
You’re right, Wendy. You know, we could go to any other country and this wouldn’t even be an issue! Only in America is it perfectly acceptable to have SI Swimsuit Edition and Playboy on the shelves, but when Babytalk has a picture of a breast being used for, GOSH, breastfeeding (!) there’s a huge public outcry!
Women have babies and produce milk for them I dont have kids but when I do I will not deny my baby where ever we may be because of some idiot who thinks breasts are made only for sex. I think Id cover up more but have you ever tried to control a hungry 8 month old? Yeah you’re luck only her breast was out!
I just lost respect Maggie G. Sure, feed your kid, but no one wants to see you plop a saggy breast out in public.
Love it. I applaud her for using her breasts as they were designed. So she showed a bit more skin than usual, or than I probably did when nursing. Maybe it was a slip-up, or the photos were snapped in 2 seconds before she pulled her jacket over. But it’s not as though she *took off her entire top* to nurse her baby.
Breasts are for feeding babies.
“YEAH! It is so nice to see women who chose to breastfeed. I personally nurse in public all of the time, but I do cover up. Know why? Because I would hate for one of the idiots that posted comments here to come up and say something to me. It would be a little hard to beat somebody’s ignorant ass while holding my 8 month old!”
LOVE IT! Great comment! I feel exactly the same way :)
I’m happy to see so many people supporting breastfeeding in the comments here! What she’s doing is perfectly fine IMO, and not a big deal. I think the angle of the photo is in a position to show more breast than most people around her could actually see. Anyone disgusted by this is weird–if this is gross to see then watching a baby eat from a bottle should gross you out too (it’s the same thing, a baby eating). Comparing a baby eating to going to the bathroom is weird too–compare a baby eating to any other baby mammal eating. I guess watching them eat should gross you out as well. Seeing a baby human being eating where other human beings eat is appalling? Wow. Pictures in the National Geographic show more boob than Maggie is here.
ehhh that is a pretty unflattering pic. breastfeeding in public’s fine, but i do think she cd be a little more discreet abt it - cover her boob wth a cloth, or sumthin
Kudos Maggie! Maybe when more celebs nurse in public, the stigma will lessen.
To all of you who think its disgusting, I certainly hope you lobby against Victoria’s Secret commercials on TV and other TRULY “inconsiderate” and “disgusting” things celebs do in public everday!
Nurse on mammas, Nurse on!
YUCK!!!!
Oh, c’mon. Women have been breastfeeding since time began. Before this decade, and maybe the last one, mothers miraculously found a way to nurture their babies in a preferred private manner.
While I can’t imagine anyone finding fault with a mother nursing her baby, I do know that some would find it uncomfortable to be present.
While some may want to believe that previous generations in our culture were too rigid, uptight, about what they expected from society, like it or not, they have earned a respect which the present generations have thrown away.
Now we have legalized abortion, hate crime laws, political correctness Nazis, bans on religion, 50+% divorce rate, an unconsciounable number of children living in fatherless homes, and plenty of other mistakes which are directed toward the destruction of America.
Maybe we need to go back and take some wisdom from those who preceded us.
God, that is so hot. I wish more women were as open about it and just let us see it. It’s natural.
I don’t think it’s inappropriate that she is breast feeding her daughter, that’s what they’re there for! I think it’s wrong that some ******* snapped pictures of it and I think it’s wrong that you posted these pictures!
she is not Serious, it is like dah gal have no shame.
she is not serious, but like de gal have no shame
We see more boob in advertisements, t.v. and movies. Not too mention low cut shirts in the summer time in N.Y. There is nothing offensive about a breast. I think women should be allowed to be topless, if men are. There are much more important things to “worry” about than some boob flesh.
Please! Its 2008! Grow up all you stupid people! If you do not like it DON”T WATCH! Pamela Anderson shows just as much or more in public places with those giant silicon things made so guys can wack-off! This child is getting what it needs to live! It is what breasts are made for! and sorry guys but those are what real breast look like! Dudes pkg’s and butt cracks are always hanging out and know one complaines! Is a mom supposed to stay at home all the time if she brst feeds? My baby had a intestinal defect and the ONLY thing he could digest for a yr and a half was brst milk. So I was supposed to stay home,never go out and develop Post Partum Depression? Bunch of hypocrates, all of you! Same dumb ass people who would see boobs on a magazine or in a movie and not bat an eye! GO MAGGIE GO!! Your child is going to be so haelthy and smart she will run circles around the children of the drones who left neg comments here. There are starving,abused, homeless children that could use someone to speak up for them, why not take all your negative and useless energy and use it for good? Papparazzi PISS-OFF! If they left people alone,we would not even see these pics! They just keep on pushing the limits, driving celebs to the point of anxiety attacks and not being able to sleep so they accidently o.d on pills. We are all responsable for all of this mess, we keep buying the magazines! We all suck!
there is no problem with breastfeeding but if i was her i would not breastfeed in public.
Breastfeeding phobias are YOUR issue. A mom who chooses to nurse in public should be left alone and allowed to feed her baby however she chooses. If I came up to you while you were feeding your child a bottle of formula and told you all about how you were feeding your child the second best thing and how that made you a bad mother would you feel poorly?? That happens frequenlty to moms even when nursing discreetly. They are told to “do that somewhere else” and “Just give them a bottle already”. I ask that however moms choose to feed their kids respect that it is the best choice for their family and they don’t need your opinion. If you are uncomfortable with it maybe you should go eat your lunch in the bathroom. Instead of the poor baby being forced to.
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