Laughed at for breastfeeding in public

I am a first time, exclusively breastfeeding my baby. We have gone on several outings. I typically do wear something so that my boobs are covered and baby is able to feed. Well yesterday The outfit I wore was different, I was planning on using a cover if she decides to feed. We weren’t supposed to be gone, 2 hours tops. She had fed before we got out of the car. But I forgot the cover in the car. We are miles away from our car. It would have taken us 20 mins to walk back to the car. We were at a big park and had taken a walk to the farthest part. So when she began crying, I instinctively pulled out my boobs and began feeding. There was no one there, that I saw. But I guess two women were jogging by when it happened. They stopped right in front of me and began laughing. Saying “wtf? Did she really just do that? That’s disgusting. Who wants to see your boobs in public”. The other one does “some people just don’t have any manners. She just pulled out her boobs like nothing. Wtf is wrong with people”.

They stood there and just continued to laugh while i continued to feed my baby. I looked at my husband and he gave me “this is why you need a bottle” look. My husband does not support my choice to breastfeed especially in public. I have had several arguments with him, He doesn’t understand why I chose not to bottle feed!

Anyway I began to cry! I don’t know why I felt so embarrassed. I don’t even know why I began to cry. I guess I didn’t understand why two women were making those remarks and laughing. I even began to contemplate if my husband was right.

It’s been such a tough journey as it is, with a premie. It took us 2 and half months to start breastfeeding because she was in the Nicu and I had to pump and fortify with neosure. We had to work on it when she came. It’s been a tough and alone journey, because no one in my family or his supports me exclusively breastfeeding.

Has anyone else experienced this? What did you do?