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Woman (and mom) here and think it is acceptable given the disruptions of daily life present in calls all the time now. Maybe “unprofessional” but so is your kid running around in the background interrupting you and I don’t think people would be so quick to say turn the camera off. I’ve done a few calls on video with my toddler sitting in my lap and would do the same if I were breastfeeding right now.
As a woman, I think it’s unprofessional with the camera on—just as I would find it unprofessional if a colleague were eating on camera during a call. If you need to feed your child or eat during a call, turn the damn camera off.
Female here, but that’s a big no. Would a woman seriously sit in the middle of an in-person meeting in a conference room and breastfeed their baby? It’s unprofessional. Just turn the camera off
Exactly just turn the camera off. If anyone asks she could tell them she was breast feeding.
Baby was hungry. 🤷♀️
You’re kidding me right?
Surely webcam off if you choose to Breastfeed.
Has the original poster replied to any of 625 replies yet? This is old.
Acceptable but personally I wouldn’t have the camera on
But, (form a BFing mom), also, it’s not hard to turn camera off. So many sickos today—that’s my main reason. Also, one doesn’t need to have video on to be a top contributor in their meeting. Zoom videos often rotate to participant videos, and do you really want that top screen and center on another’s screen? When BFing in public, covered or not, your aim isn’t to be the focus of ones attention and zoom often acts toward captivating “one’s attention” by automatically flipping to full screen or majority screen video of a person who sounds to be taking (even if they aren’t, and are simply active physically).
Ms. Slaughter talks about putting on a nursing cover on and continues with her job. Basically, she read the room.
She’s in leadership, she’s busy, she’s in a zoom meeting. She’s nursing a kid, (her third). Males in the meeting kept solid eye contact. She’s modest. Not a big deal.