Laura Whotton, 26, was rebuked by a staff member at the John Carroll Leisure Centre in Nottingham when she tried to feed her 11-week-old son, Joshua.
Mrs Whotton, from the Carrington area of the city, said that she was trying to feed the boy while also keeping an eye on her four-year-old son, Thomas, who was swimming.
Nottingham City Council blamed “confusion” over the wording of the rules for the centre and has apologised to the young mother.
Mrs Whotton told the Nottingham Evening Post: “People in bikinis were showing more skin and breast than I was.”
She added: “When it happened, it made me feel angry. It could put people off going swimming.”
But regulations have been redrafted over the weekend to make clear that breastfeeding is allowed and new guidelines have been issued to staff.
A spokeswoman for the council said: “Nottingham City Council actively encourages and supports nursing mothers to breastfeed in all our centres and was one of the first local authorities to provide guidance in support of a mother’s right to breastfeed.
“We have clarified the policy at our leisure centres to make it absolutely clear that someone breastfeeding should not be treated the same as someone who is eating and drinking in the swimming pool areas.”
The Government’s new Equality Bill, currently before the House of Commons, includes new measures to enshrine the right of mothers to breastfeed in public places.
Last year Charlotte Church, the singer, added her support to a campaign to encourage mothers in Wales to breastfeed their babies.
Source: telegraph.co.uk
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