Mother in tears after being called a 'SLUT'

Mother in tears after being called a 'slut' by two customers for breastfeeding her son in Costa coffee

• Rhea Holley verbally abused by couple in their 60s as she fed baby Arthur
• 27-year-old was in 'breastfeeding friendly' Costa Coffee in Purley, London
• Baristas 'reprimanded' the couple who had called Mrs Holley 'disgusting'
• New mother praises staff after being left in 'floods of tears' over the abuse

By Julian Robinson

A new mother was left in floods of tears after being called a ‘slut’ by two customers for breastfeeding in Costa coffee.

Rhea Holley was with a friend, both with new babies, in Costa Coffee in Purley, south London, when her son Arthur began to cry for a feed.

The 27-year-old, from Faversham in Kent, said she knew that Costa Coffee was ‘breast-feeding friendly’ and so she started to feed her 11-month old.

Within seconds, however, a couple sitting nearby started calling her a ‘slut’ and telling her she was ‘disgusting’ and that her feeding the baby in public was ‘offensive’.

Mrs Holley said she was left in ‘floods of tears’ after being abused by the couple, who were in their 60s.

Said she spoke to Costa Coffee workers, who ‘reprimanded the couple’, telling them breastfeeding was allowed in public.

One barista told the couple that The Equality Act 2010 bans anyone asking a breast-feeding woman to leave a public place, such as a cafe, shop or public transport and warned them to stop being abusive.

Speaking after the incident in Brighton Road, Purley, mother-of-one Rhea said: 'Arthur was asleep at the time so I went in and ordered us some drinks and cake.

'While we sat there Arthur woke up and he was quite upset and so I started to breast-feed him.

'A couple were on a table that was facing in such a way that they did not have to look at me.

'I heard one of them say "it is disgusting", that I know what time babies should be fed and should stay at home then, and that I was a "slut".'

Support: Staff at this Costa Coffee in Purley, south London, pictured, 'reprimanded the couple' who had made the abusive remarks to new mother Rhea Holley

Rhea Holley, pictured right with son Arthur, praised staff at Costa Coffee (file picture left) for supporting her after she was branded 'disgusting' by a pair of elderly customers while she was breast-feeding

Speaking about the barista and Costa staff, who ‘told off’ the couple, she said: 'It was so good of them - not only to stand by the law on breast-feeding but also to be so supportive of someone feeling so upset.'

A spokesman for Costa said: 'Mothers bring in children of all ages to Costa and they are always warmly welcomed by us.

'We have always been very happy for mothers to breast-feed in our stores offering a family-friendly environment that is the perfect place for mums to relax with their children.'

HOW THE EQUALITY ACT AIMED TO PROTECT BREAST FEEDING MOTHERS

The Equality Act 2010 made it illegal for anyone to ask a breastfeeding woman to leave a public place such as a cafe, shop or public transport
It states that a business cannot discriminate against mothers who are breastfeeding a child of any age.

In Government guidelines, companies are advised to make sure women they are providing a service to 'are allowed to breast feed on your premises if they want to'.

It also advises that staff are trained to understand the rights of breast feeding mothers.

Under the Act 2010, discriminating against someone because they are with a breastfeeding mother is also prohibited.

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A reality show too far?

A reality show too far? New U.S. series films women giving BIRTH in the wild with no help from doctors

• Born in the Wild will follow young parents who take home birth to the next level by leaving even shelter behind
• The show was inspired by a viral YouTube video that's racked up 20M views and shows a woman giving birth in a tropical creek
• Producers say no first-time mothers will be allowed and that the TV crew's presence will increase safety for the mothers--but there will be no doctors
• Critics fear the show will start a dangerous trend that will endanger mother and child

By Joshua Gardner

A new reality show announced by Lifetime on Wednesday will follow young parents who forego not only hospitals during the birthing process, but also any shelter at all.

Born in the Wild will portray the men and women who decide that giving birth surrounded by only the beauty and serenity of nature and away from any doctors or modern interventions is the way to go.

Inspired by the huge popularity of a YouTube video that shows a woman giving birth in a tropical creek, some critics say such a show could kick off a dangerous trend that will endanger mothers and their babies alike.

Born in the Wild: Lifetime has announced they'll air a show that follows parents who decide to give birth in nature with no doctors

'What happens when the craziest experience of a woman’s life becomes truly wild, and soon-to-be parents decide to take on an unassisted birth in the outdoors?' wonders the press release.

Producers hope the answer is ratings gold as Americans accustomed to hyper sterile hospital births and who are only starting to learn of the rising trend in home births watch with rapt attention.

Lifetime says the show's subjects may not be first-time parents and will be closely watched by crews.

'We’re taking extreme precautions to make sure the mothers and the babies are safe,' Eli Lehrer, Lifetime’s senior VP and head of nonfiction programming, told Entertainment Weekly. 'Our presence at these births is going to make them far safer than if they were doing it on their own.'

Inspiring: The show was inspired by this woman's video, which showed her giving birth in a creek bed and has racked up 20 million views since February

However, critics saw the people who may feel compelled to 'try this at home,' as it were, won't have the luxury of a TV crew.

That means these impressionable souls could be in even greater danger, the position some would say the inspiration for the show was in when she documented for YouTube her own birth in nature.

YouTube user Birthinnature has just one video associated with her account, but that single offering has racked up an incredible 20 million views since it was posted in February.

It shows the slow process of a woman giving birth from start to finish, while surrounded by her family, in a creek bed.

'It has had a profound effect on my mothering and for my children especially,' the mother in the video said of the nature birth.

The subjects of Born in the Wild who are after that same motherly high have yet to be revealed, but Lehrer says there aren't all that many of them.

'I truly don’t think this is something people would enter into lightly,' he says. 'This is a very specific subset of people doing this.'

Dangerous: Critics fear the show will encourage parents to endanger their children but producers say only a small subset of people would ever choose to participate in such a birth

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