CHESAPEAKE, VA- A Virginia mom brews up controversy, after breastfeeding at a bar while drinking a beer. 
 
 Mom Crystal McCullough was with her infant daughter at Big Woody's bar Monday, celebrating closing on a new home. 
 
 She doesn't deny drinking alcohol while feeding her baby, but says she only had a few sips of beer. 
 
 But other customers noticed, and employees closed her drink tab. 
 
 McCullough says she's upset over how employees handled the situation. 
 
 "I was so angry and so hurt and in disbelief," she said, "I have nothing to hide. I don't deny that I had alcohol and was breastfeeding, but it's how I went about it and how I always go about it that makes the difference." 
 
 "Our concern was for the child, really that's what it is," said bar employee Craig Davis, "He kind of said the breastfeeding is kind of bothering a few customers. He didn't want to say bad mom, didn't want to judge anybody." 
 
 The incident has earned McCullough support, and also some criticism. 
 
 Guidelines vary on how much mothers can drink while safely breastfeeding their children. 

 Crystal McCullough says she and her husband met some friends for drinks at Big Woody's Bar & Grill to celebrate the Labor Day (Photo: Family photo via WVEC) 
 
 CHESAPEAKE, Va. - It's a story that's exploded on social media. A mother breastfeeding her baby at a popular bar and restaurant in Chesapeake, is told to stop. The manager says the act was bothering other patrons. 
 
 Crystal McCullough says she and her husband met some friends for drinks at Big Woody's Bar & Grill to celebrate the Labor Day holiday. When she began breastfeeding her child, the manager approached her and asked her to be more discreet, saying patrons were complaining. 
 
 "This is a natural right that you're allowed to give your child. I said that it's the law for breastfeeding in public and that I'm allowed to do this. And then he proceeded to look at the table and saw a beer in front of me," she said. 
 
 Crystal says she had one or two sips of beer before she began nursing her nearly one-year-old child. She says she is well aware of the dangers of drinking and breastfeeding. 
 
 "At the time, I was only drinking water. I did have a beer and a shot, but that was for later. And I said, 'No I'm not.' And he said, 'Well I do have the right to refuse you service so I'll be cashing you guys out." 
 
 Furious at how the situation was handled, she took to social media to tell her story, and it blew up --some taking her side, others blasting her. But bar owners say it's not the breastfeeding they had a problem with. 
 
 "She was asked to leave because it became confrontational, and we couldn't resolve it amicably. Could we have handled it better? Sure. But this has been made out to be that we are anti-women breastfeeding in public, and that's not the case whatsoever," co-owner of Big Woody's Jeff LeRoy said. 
 
 In Virginia, it's perfectly legal to breastfeed on property owned, leased or rented by the state. But private entities have the right to ask a woman to stop. 
 
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 A Virginia woman is lashing out after a local bar reportedly kicked her out for breast-feeding while drinking a beer. 
 
 Chrystal McCullough claims the staff at Big Woody’s bar in Chesapeake, Va., where she was celebrating closing on a new home over Labor Day weekend, closed her tab when they noticed her breast-feeding her infant daughter. 
 
 “I have nothing to hide. I don’t deny that I had alcohol and was breastfeeding, but it’s how I went about it, and how I always go about it that makes the difference,” McCullough told MyFoxPhilly.com. 
 
 McCullough claims she had two sips of beer before she began nursing her daughter. 
 
 Staff, who allegedly noticed a shot of Fireball whisky in front of McCullough, said they closed her tab out of concern for the child. 
 
 “I had a huge water I was downing. I had a beer and a shot of Fireball in front of me, but that was for after I was done,” McCullough told WTKR.com. “And I had one sip of beer and I’m not planning on the rest until I’m done nursing,” she said. 
 
 According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), an occasional alcoholic drink is safe while breast-feeding, but the group recommends a mother wait two or more hours before nursing. 
 
 “She was asked to leave because it became confrontation, and we couldn’t resolve it amicably,” said Jeff LeRoy, co-owner of Big Woody’s. 
 
 “Could we have handled it better? Sure. But this has been made out to be that we are anti-women breast-feeding in public, and that’s not the case whatsoever,” LeRoy told KHOU.com. 
 
 McCullough initially took to her Facebook page to criticize the bar, where she garnered both support and criticism. She has since said on Facebook that she has contacted the owners of Big Woody’s about a fundraiser to raise awareness for breast-feeding mothers in Virginia
– Customers at Big Woody's bar in Chesapeake, Va., weren't terribly comfortable with two of the pub's patrons over Labor Day weekend: Chrystal McCullough and her infant daughter, whom she was breastfeeding while having a beer, Fox News reports. Staff closed her tab down and asked her to leave, but while McCullough doesn't deny drinking, she says she only had a couple of sips, that she was guzzling water, and that the rest of the beer—and the shot of Fireball whisky in front of her—was for when she finished nursing, she tells WTKR via Fox. McCullough says the problems began when a manager came over to ask her to be more "discreet" about breastfeeding her baby, KHOU notes. It was then that he reportedly noticed the drink in front of her and said, "I'll be cashing you guys out." McCullough was asked to leave because "it became confrontational," one of the co-owners tells KHOU—but McCullough says they violated her rights as a mom and hurt her feelings. "[Breastfeeding] is a natural right that you're allowed to give your child," she says. She adds, "I was so angry and so hurt and in disbelief. I have nothing to hide," according to My Fox Philly.