I recently had a baby at Worthing Hospital and have to say the care was fantastic from beginning to end. All the healthcare professionals were amazing. They all encouraged breastfeeding so I decided I was going to breastfeed my baby.

It was all fine until I decided to go out shopping.

I soon realised that unless you are near a Mothercare shop there is nowhere to feed your baby. I even went into a café and asked if I could feed my baby. The staff said I could but they were busy and there was nowhere discreet for me to do it.

I ended up walking for ten minutes, back to the car park with my baby crying, so I could feed him in my car.

This is not acceptable. Trying to do something so natural and so encouraged should be made easy. The council have places for drug addicts to go and disabled toilets but nowhere for breastfeeding.

  • Terri Boarer, Shoreham