Facebook bans photos of breastfeeding moms

What does everyone think about this? We also find that this is just another reason for moms to be on Wee Web, where you can privately share these types of photos.

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Permalink Reply by Jenny on December 30, 2008 at 12:27pm

Are you SERIOUS? They've banned breastfeeding photos?!

There was a movement to get MySpace to allow them, and I think they do now. I know LiveJournal does now, after protest. Perhaps we should start a movement and all post photos nonstop. (You can tell I don't know how to start a movement.)

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Permalink Reply by Jenny on December 30, 2008 at 12:33pm

Breastfeeding Protest Support Group Thing on Facebook (not my group)

I'm part of it now, though!

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Permalink Reply by Carolina Mama on December 30, 2008 at 12:37pm

Honestly, I think privately is the way to go. I breast fed our twin sons and I would not plant it on Facebook or Wee Wide or Web. :) Personal for sure. There are a lot of things we do personally that are not photo web appropriate. What is the point? You can make a support of breast feeding and not be posting photos etc. It is a personal decision, there's mine. :)

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Permalink Reply by Chrissy Jensen on December 30, 2008 at 4:28pm

I happen to support breast feeding in public 100% but also agree 100% modesty please. I didn't let me boob hang out for the world to see when I breast fed in public, I used a light weight small blanket...it's natural yes and we are all born natural (nude) but do we still walk around that way? No. Keep breast feeding pics private...although they do not offend me I want the choice to see it not have it shoved in my face. That's my opinion.

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Permalink Reply by Lindsey on December 30, 2008 at 8:47pm

Honestly? I think it's B.S. considering the other photos that are left to slide that are of *minors* in sexually suggestive clothes / poses / so on and so forth. Breastfeeding is a beautiful thing and no one is forcing anyone to look at these photos. More power to the mamas that are proud!

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Permalink Reply by Ruthie Appleby on December 31, 2008 at 2:19am

The best answer I have to this is we had a beautiful africian american woman in our church who used to breast feed in the back of the church...it was no big deal to the women until a bunch of teen age boys were tee heeeing and we had a lady in our church who would breast feed in the nursery and there was a strange guy who would want to visit there. I used to be a church secretary. Women don't care but men well they put a paper bag on anyones head and can find some excitement there...not all men just some... So it really should be private to help the men out...they get excited by sight where women need the touch. Believe me after working in church work you hear it all- women would show me their "samples" their urine samples they turned pink if they were expecting, All kinds of stuff...I would just judge by the heart...most women are very innocent during this time so they need to be protected and their babies. I mean after 9 months of all the showing it just seems natural to some..but to others there are married couples that have never seen each other completely undone...so to be respectful to all we have to use wisdom.

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Permalink Reply by Judi on December 31, 2008 at 7:34am

This is EXACTLY what I was gonna say, but you said it even better!!! Come on! There were pretty raunchy Miley Cyrus pics on Facebook and millions of others worse than that! I'm not saying I'd do it, but geez....people are so uptight about breastfeeding! It's natural and beautiful!

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Permalink Reply by Karen Weir on December 31, 2008 at 5:10pm

Breastfeeding is perfectly natural. So is child birth. So is urinating... do we need to post photos of these activities on the web, private or public? I am absolutely PRO breastfeeding, in public and agree that modesty should be practiced. I can tell you that as a mother of a 10 year old child, who was breastfed into his 2nd year, HE would be completely outraged if he came across a pic online (even in my private collection) of him at the breast. I think that as moms of infants, we can forget that the infant is going to grow up and will most likely have opinions on these matters! JMHO

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Permalink Reply by Meghan on January 1, 2009 at 9:30am

I breastfeed both kids for the first years, and am very proud of that decision. But I don't know that I would ever post pics of me breast feeding them online. That being said, if someone feels the need to post pics like that on their profile they should be allowed to. It's there private that they're choosing to share with friends, let them. Maybe more moms should put it out there so that way it will be less of an issue to others. Get with the times facebook or suffer the wrath of Twittermoms.