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Cover up! Airline breastfeeding policies…

August 25, 2008




If I could summarize briefly what airline policies towards breastfeeding seem to be, it is that women can breastfeed, but should cover up when doing so. Whether or not the baby is comfortable (or subjected to disgusting airline blankets or not) doesn’t seem to be a big concern for most airlines. Instead, they are more concerned [...]

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Friendly skies? Not always for breastfeeding mothers

August 16, 2008




A while ago I wrote a post called when breastfeeding is a safety hazard as a reaction to what I thought was a ridiculous clause in an airline policy. I’ve been thinking a lot more about breastfeeding on airplanes since then and enjoyed the conversation that we all had about the issue in the comments [...]

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When breastfeeding is a safety hazard

July 29, 2008




Yesterday I read a message board post about yet another woman who was told to stop breastfeeding on an airplane (United Airlines). Here is a snippet from her post: I had my eyes half closed and she was nursing herself to sleep when all of a sudden I feel this blanket being thrown over us. I jerk [...]

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