Mum breastfeeding in Sainsbury's car park told to stop by supermarket worker

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A young mum says her confidence was hit after a Sainsbury's employee told her off for breastfeeding her four-week-old daughter, claiming it was "inappropriate".

Beth Coles, 25, was completely covered up while feeding Rosie in the car park of the Kidderminster Sainsbury's branch when she was approached by a member of staff. The mum claims her little girl had a "meltdown" while shopping in the store, so she decided to take her to the car to feed, not once considering it would be an issue.

However, when a female member of staff who wasn't wearing their name badge approached her, the situation soon turned sour. Speaking to the Mirror, Beth said: "She knocked on the window, so I opened the door, moved the child. She said, 'can you stop that, please? It's inappropriate'.

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"My reaction was to just burst out crying. I didn't know what to do. She just gave me a funny look and walked off, and I was like, 'oh, okay your goal was to make me cry'. Beth suffers from post-natal depression and borderline personality disorder (BPD) and had already been feeling down prior to the incident on Friday, June 24.

That evening, she felt well enough after two weeks to take Rosie out shopping with her partner James. She says the incident with the employee has negatively impacted her mental health.

She added: "It sort of solidified my view of maybe I shouldn't be leaving the house because when I do things like that happen." Beth decided to share her story on Facebook which featured a pic showing how covered up she was while feeding Rosie.

The post quickly garnered a lot of attention and one of the group's members took it upon themselves to tweet directly to