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Nursing kids while traveling

Perceptive travel has a good post about nursing traveling moms:
http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/02/27/a-plea-for-nursing-mothers...

"A letter writer in a non-travel magazine I get has sent out a desperate call for advice. She’s a businesswoman who travels a lot, but who also has toddlers and babies at home. Her problem? She’s devoted to giving her kids breast milk, and is having a hard time finding places in airports where she can use a pump to express milk.

I don’t know how much play this issue gets in other countries, but in America breastfeeding has moved from a silent battle of wills to the forefront of what is idiotically dubbed “The Mommy Wars.” And there’s practically no place it’s more important than while traveling — whether traveling for work or pleasure, a mother’s got to feed her kids."

Have you traveled while nursing, or, while having to extract milk for your kids at home?

By Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) on Nov 18, 2008, 03:15 in Travel with kids forum.

babygirl says on Nov 20, 2008, 19:00:

At my work we offer breast feeding / baby care centres. Unfortunately for this woman, I don't work at the airport. The last place I would have wanted to feed my baby or pump milk would be an airport washroom! SO GROSS. I think the feeding part is easy enough, I pretty much did it where ever I needed to but I'm stumped as to where you could find a private spot to pump. The only thing that I could think of is calling the Media Relations person prior to a stopover at whatever airport and asking for their suggestion or advice. The last thing they are going to want is a Human Rights issue so they might be able to offer suggestions or provide a spot.

PS: Our baby care centres are as a result of a Human Rights complaint.

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