I'm also usually pretty modest. But I also didn't like feeling cooped up in the house, and eventually wanted to go out with the baby.

I started out with the cape. Couldn't see what I was doing with that on, and didn't feel comfortable without being able to see what the baby was doing.

I tried blankets. They always fall off.

Eventually, I found those built-in bra nursing shirts the others are talking about, and those worked really well. They keep you mostly covered, while allowing the baby access ... and you can still see the baby's face/eyes.

However, to tell you the truth, by the end of my breastfeeding days, I just didn't care WHO saw me, or where I did it. I always tried to go to a restroom or discreet place, but sometimes that just isn't possible.

One day, after a frustrating couple of hours trying to get some newspaper clippings photocopied at a Kinkos' type place, the baby was starving and crying ... so I went out to the car in the parking lot, hiked up my shirt and let her go to town -- regardless of the people coming and going around us. I just DIDN'T CARE anymore. :) And no one was silly enough to say anything to me at that moment, or I would have gone off. ha!

My friends and I still giggle about the time we were at the mall, and I had been feeding the baby and she had unlatched. I didn't know it. I was still holding her, and didn't realize I was exposing myself to the entire world passing me by at the food court! LMAO! And again, no one said a word. :)

I only had one sort of rude encounter with a couple who stared openly at me and scoffed when I breastfed at a crowded restaurant. Oh, well. I wasn't exposed (that time! ha!) and figured Mia had every right to eat there as we all did.

Good luck, and go out there proudly! You are Mama, hear you roar! :)