A mother leaves a hospital in tears after she says she was intimidated for breastfeeding in public.

Kathleen Evertsen says she was forced to finish feeding her four-month-old son in her car because she felt so uncomfortable. Now, she hopes by sharing her story, other moms won't have to go through what she did.

It's snack time at the Evertsen house. Dad gets Hailey, Chris, Shaylin and Jackson their munchies.

But, when it's little Nathan’s turn, it's up to mom. And, when Nathan’s hungry, he won't wait.

Kathleen breastfed each of her six children and says she's never had a problem feeding them in a public place, until waiting for an appointment this week.

"A lady said we'll take you to a private room and I thought ‘what great treatment,’” Evertsen says. “Then we got out in the hall and a nurse said there’re people coming. The man leading me turned right around and was very close to me. I told him I didn’t mind and he said 'other people do.' I tried to walk by and he wouldn’t let me and that’s when I started to cry. He was very close, I felt very intimidated."

Kathleen says she's heard breastfeeding horror stories from other moms, but never thought it'd happen to her, especially not where it did.

"That's the most shocking part,” she says. “That it happened at a hospital of all the places in the world."

Now Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire is apologizing.

"Our intent was to provide her with a private room and she came out into a throng of people. The director of our radiology department was a little overzealous in trying to rush her,” says Director of Communication John Ganahl. “I regret she felt uncomfortable in how she was treated"

"We are saddened when it’s part of our goal and mission to help women feel comfortable breastfeeding,” says Kathleen Axelsen, clinical director of nursing special services. “That's not who we are. We want her to feel supported here and hope she accepts our apology."

Kathleen says she doesn't want to punish Sacred Heart. She just wants people to understand that breastfeeding is about the baby.

"In this country, breasts are so sexual, we're not there to make a scene," she says.

And hopes that her speaking out will prevent another mom from leaving somewhere in tears.

"It's their right and their baby's right to eat wherever and they shouldn't feel intimidated.”

Kathleen says she delivered Nathan at Sacred Heart and says everyone was always very supportive of breastfeeding. She says that's why she was so surprised when this happened there.

Directors at the hospital say they're planning on giving all departments that don't see a lot of moms and babies a refresher on the fact that in Wisconsin it is legal for a woman to breastfeed in all public places.