Little Angels are a brilliant and influential network of breastfeeding support groups in Blackburn.  They seem quite keen on ‘nurse-ins’, though…something I don’t really like the idea of!  I remember my mum telling me about a ‘nurse-in’ in Mothercare years and years ago when they said that women couldn’t breastfeed there, believe it or not!  I can see that that was probably a necessary stunt at that time.  A Little Angels ‘nurse-in’ was filmed as part of that tv. programme.  They’re also co-ordinating a nationwide one to take place during Breastfeeding Awareness Week (if you want to take part, please breastfeed your baby at 1pm on Saturday 20th May).  But what about the babies?  I’m desperately resisting replying to the email I received telling me about this and saying “what if my baby doesn’t want to feed at 1pm?  Should I force her?”.  I also think that ‘nurse-ins’ just prove to the breastfeeding-unfriendly world that those who want to support breastfeeding are just what they always suspected: militant!  The Militant Breastfeeding Cult website pokes fun at people who think that.  I like the website a lot, but I don’t find it funny being labelled as ‘militant’ - in fact it drives me mad!  And anything that adds to the view of pro-breastfeeders being militant annoys me too.  Surely there are ways of protecting and supporting breastfeeding that don’t involve rubbing people’s faces in it?  Thoughts…?