# Kmart Staff Told Mother It Was Unhygienic To Breastfeed

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/family/pregnancy/kmart-staff-told-mother-it-was-unhygienic-to-breastfeed/
- Published: 2015-12-17T16:00:39+11:00
- Author: Kate Davies

## _A scorned Queensland mother who was told that breastfeeding was ‘unhygienic’ by staff at Kmart has taken her complaint global._

Whitley Magnussen from Rochhampton, blasted the retail giant on Facebook after staff
members told her to leave an empty change room for breastfeeding her six-month-old
daughter.

According to Ms Magnussen, she was told by two female staff members that “it was
unhygienic and wrong’�to breastfeed in a fitting room.

“(They�told me) if they had known my intentions they would’ve refused entry to me,”
Ms Magnussen wrote on Tuesday.

“I explained to them both that it’s my legal right to breastfeed wherever I want
however both of the staff members were quick to jump down my throat with reasons
why I shouldn’t do it.”

### Whitley Took To Facebook After Kmart Staff Told Mother It Was Unhygienic To Breastfeed.

[⌊Mother breastfeeding in public at kmart stockland with staff dismissing hygiene concerns⌉⌊Mother breastfeeding in public at kmart stockland with staff dismissing hygiene concerns⌉ ](https://i0.wp.com/stayathomemum.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2F6CBB5500000578-3362488-image-m-39_1450276263672.jpg?quality=89&ssl=1)

The angered mother posted this message on the official Kmart Facebook page on Tuesday
night and it now been shared more than 100�times by readers.

Kmart were quick to respond, apologising for ‘her experience’ and asking Ms Magnussen
to contact them directly and expect to launch an investigation into the incident,
[The Daily Mail](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3362488/Breastfeeding-mother-told-unhygienic-wrong-feed-six-month-old-girl-Kmart-changing-room.html)
reported.

Many fellow Facebook users were quick to react to the young mother’s post, saying
the retail giant ‘should be ashamed’ and have ‘lost loyal customers.’

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 Senior Journalist & Features Editor. As the modern-day media hunter-gatherer, Journalist
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dynamic industry. Hailing from a small town in Tasmania and spending many years 
travelling the world, Kate now calls the Sunshine Coast home alongside her husband
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