While I try to be discreet, and try to find semi-private areas if I find myself with a hungry babe when we're out, sometimes it just doesn't happen. Sometimes it's best to just sacrifice your own modesty for the happiness of your child. Cole doesn't really like to be covered up, and never has. Maybe that's because he was born in the summer, and it gets really toasty under a cover.
One memory that I will have forever is when I went to the mall with my best friend, when Cole was just over a month old. He got hungry, so I went to the little sofa outside of the bathrooms in Macy's, and sat and nursed. People came by, both men and women, and they saw and knew what was going on, but I looked at them, unashamed, and they were all fine. One little elderly woman came over, and patted Cole on his head and told me what a sweet little boy he was. While he was still nursing. She really seemed to have no problem with it! I think a big part of nursing in public is to do so as discreetly and modestly as you can, but without being ashamed. If you feel ashamed, then people pick up on it.
As to the "indecency" argument - I don't know... maybe you can see a tiny strip of my tummy in the picture below... and that's in a normal shirt, not even a nursing shirt.. oops, so indecent of me..
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