A young Queensland mother has taken to social media to lash out at retail giant Kmart after she alleges she was told by staff members it was “unhygienic and wrong” to breastfeed her baby in a change room at the store.

Whitley Magnussen, mother to six-moth old Layla, claims that while shopping at Kmart in the Stockland Rockhampton Shopping Centre, she was 'ganged up on and shouted at' by two shop assistants as she tried to breastfeed her baby.

View photos Whitley Magnussen, mother to six-moth old Layla. Source: Facebook. More

View photos Part of the message that was posted onto to social media by the young mother. Source: Facebook. More

“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,' she wrote in her social media posting that has since gone viral.

“[They said] if they had known my intentions they would've ‘refused entry’ to me (even though I also had clothes to try on).”

View photos Retail giant Kmart have since reached out to Magnussen. Source: Facebook. More

Magnussen posted her story on Kmart’s Facebook page with many users commenting on her post ranting Kmart should be “ashamed” and that they have “lost loyal customers.”





Magnussen then complained to the Kmart store manager who offered an apology.

The manager according to Magnussen agreed that it was her legal right to breastfeed her daughter.

View photos Whitley Magnussen, mother to six-moth old Layla claims that while shopping at the Stocklands Kmart store in Rockhampton, she was 'ganged up on and shouted at' by two shop assistants as she tried to breastfeed her baby. Source: Facebook. More

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