A LOCAL WOMAN SAYS SHE LEFT HER DENTIST'S OFFICE EARLIER THIS MONTH IN TEARS OVER BREASTFEEDING HER BABY. THE FORMER NIC-U NURSE SAYS SHE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO FEED HER BABY. BUT DID SHE? NICOLE DUCOUER INVESTIGATES HOW MOM'S AáRE, AND SOMETIMES AREN'T, PROTECTED BY BREAST FEEDING LAWS. KAITLIN BATTLE HAS BEEN GOING TO WINSTON SALEM DENTAL CARE SINCE SHE WAS 7. NOW A MOTHER OF TWO, SHE SAYS WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THIS OFFICE MADE HER BLOOD BOIL. CLIP 1 10:39 I AM OFFENDED THAT PEOPLE ARE OFFENDED BY ME FEEDING MY BABY." BATTLE SAYS SHE WAS BREAST FEEDING HER 5 MONTH OLD BO IN THE LOBBY. WHEN SHE WENT BACK TO GET HER TEETH CLEANED A WOMAN CAME IN SAYING SHE WAS SENT BY ADMINSTRATION TO TELL BATTLE THAT IF SHE WANTED TO BREAST FEED SHE WOULD HAVE TO DO SO IN THE LOUNGE.. NOT THE LOBBY AROUND PATIENTS. CLIP 1 11:32 SHE WAS VERY RUDE AFTER HER APPOINTMENT SHE MET WITH THE ADMISTRATOR DENNIS STRAND. STRAND WOULDN'T COMMENT ON CAMERA BUT TOLD ME HE DIDN'T KICK HER OUT AND WAS TRYING TO MAKE MOM AND PATIENTS HAPPY...AND THAT BATTLE BECAME VERY ANGRY. BATTLE SAID HE ARGUED WITH HER ABOUT HOW SHE NEEDED TO BE COVERED AND THAT OTHER PATIENTS COMPLAINED. BATTLE IS WEARING THE SAME OUTFIT IN OUR INTERVIEW THAT SHE WORE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. SO SHE SAYS THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE SEEN. SHE SAYS SHE DIDN'T HAVE A BLANKET OVER HER AND BO, BUT WAS NOTHING WAS EXPOSED. NORTH CAROLINA LAW SAYS ... "A WOMAN IS ALLOWED TO BREASTFEED IN ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE LOCATION, AND THAT SHE IS NOT IN VIOLATION OF INDECENT EXPOSURE LAWS. " BUT WHAT ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF A PRIVATE BUSINESS? "RAW VIDEO REPOSITORY" " ND PARRISH INTV" 1:53 THE FEDERAL GOVN'T GIVES EMPLOYERS THE RIGHT TO SAY IF YOU HAVE YOUR CHILD AND YOU'RE GOING TO BREAST FEED THAT THIS IS THE DESIGNATED AREA SO IT DOESN'T UPSET THE WORKPLACE AND SUCH 05" WE SPOKE TO WINSTON-SALEM DENTAL CARE'S LAWYER, PETER JURAN WHO SAYS THIS BUSINESS DID IT'S BEST TO ACCOMODATE BATTLE AND THE COMPLAINING PATIENTS... AND THEY FOLLOWED THE LAW. MEANWHILE, BATTLE HAS TOLD HER SIDE OF THE STORY ON FACEBOOK.. AND SHE IS RECEIVING LOTS OF SUPPORT. SOT THURSDAY BIN ND DENTIST DRAMA CLIP 1 " 14:32 IT SHOULD BE A NON ISSUE. I JUST WISH WE WOULD BE DESENSATIZED TO BREASTFEEDING BATTLE TOLD WXII THE ADMINSTRATOR DENNIS STRAND APOLOGIZED... WHICH STRAND SAID HE DID. BUT SHE WILL NOT BE GOING BACK. NICOLE DUCOUER WXII12 NEWS.