The nursing mom\u00a0was ordered not to breastfeed her baby in public because she was in a “multicultural building,” says Emma Mitchell, 32.<\/p>\n
She told the British newspaper The Daily Mail,<\/em> that she was about to feed 19-week-old son Aaron when a receptionist at a town hall warned her to stop.<\/p>\n “Last night Mrs. Mitchell condemned council staff,” reported the newspaper, “<\/em>saying it was time people recognized the law which allows nursing mothers to breastfeed in public.”<\/p>\n “It was just awful. I felt humiliated, intimidated and guilty through the whole thing,” Mrs. Mitchell told a reporter. “What I was doing was one of the most natural things a mother can do. You hear everywhere that breast is best for your baby, so why wouldn\u2019t I be allowed to do that?”<\/p>\n The incident occurred when she was in the Citizens\u2019 Advice Bureau in the Oldham Civic Centre, asking about hiring a babysitter.<\/p>\n Aaron became hungry and started crying. She then asked the receptionist if she could use a corner of the room to feed him. The receptionist refused, saying it was a “multicultural building.”<\/p>\n “She then rang the manager,” says Mrs. Mitchell,\u00a0“who told me that I couldn\u2019t breastfeed here and to go into the shopping centre\u2019s public toilets instead.”<\/p>\n The idea of having lunch in a toilet was unacceptable. Another staff member\u00a0“told me that I had caused an uproar,” according to newspaper account.<\/p>\n