A new mother has been told to stop breastfeeding her baby at a public pool, leaving her shocked by the order and determined to help other women know their rights.

Yolanda Shipley uses breastfeeding to soothe her seven-month-old — a motherly instinct that saw her publicly shamed.

“Somebody came over and told me that I was not allowed to breastfeed her in the water. Being, you know, approached and told that I wasn’t allowed to be doing that, it’s very embarrassing,” Shipley said.

Shipley had all five of her children swimming at Blacktown Leisure Centre in Sydney’s west on Saturday. Leaving the pool to feed would have meant abandoning the other children in the water. She was fully clothed at the time.

“A part of me wanted to push the matter further there and then, but it was my daughter

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