NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- A new mother in New Jersey is sharing a disappointing experience she had over the weekend in hopes of raising awareness about the law when it comes to breastfeeding.

She says she was refused entry into a fitting room at a store in the Jersey Gardens Mall after she asked an employee to breastfeed.

She recorded the interaction on her phone because New Jersey law allows a mother to breastfeed anywhere they need to.

Sahana Chowdhary pulled out her phone and took a video after she said she went through hoops trying to breastfeed her hungry baby.

"Fitting room is for trying on clothes it's not for feeding babies, I cannot give you a space you're not supposed to be feeding in public," a man said in her video.

The battle to nurse her 8-month-old Alina happened at Cohos i

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