Share Your Breastfeeding Tales

    Posted November 16th, 2006 by

    Can you believe a woman was recently kicked off a Delta airlines flight for discreetly breastfeeding her child!? Please share your own breastfeeding tales of triumph and embarrassment here (*Click the blog title above or “Read full post” link below, then scroll down to the end of the blog text and Post a Comment)! And don’t forget to sign the petition to tell Delta Airlines to get a clue and be supportive of breastfeeding mothers, as well as tell Congress it’s time to pass the Breastfeeding Promotion Act, which amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect breastfeeding mothers.

    I almost got kicked out of a Flower & Garden Show for nursing my son ten years ago, but that pales in comparison to actually getting kicked off an airplane–as happened recently to a mother on a Delta Airlines flight in Vermont.

    Fox News quotes her as saying, “It embarrassed me. That was my first reaction, which is a weird reaction for doing something so good for a child.”

    So please sign the petition, and forward the link to friends so they can sign on too: http://www.momsrising.org/breastfeeding-petition

    Now let’s hear the stories!!!

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    November 16, 2006 at 2:40 pm by DELSLC

    To the woman breastfeeding on Delta:
    Good grief, stop “victim stancing”! If you were considerate enough of others to choose a discrete aisle and a discrete seat at the back of the plane, why not also be considerate enough to cover your breast discretely with a blanket? Big deal, just do it. Just because you’re sitting at the back of the plane next to a window doesn’t mean there aren’t still people sitting around you who feel uncomfortable at the sight of your breast flopped out. I’m all for breastfeeding, but there’s a dignified way to do it, and flopping it out like Ma Kettle is NOT the way to win converts to The Cause.

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    November 16, 2006 at 2:37 pm by Anonymous

    Well, I have to say that I’m a little surprised at the comments that have been made so far. Yes, there are other important things happening in the world, but this is a big issue also. The fact is, the laws in VT state that she has a right to breast feed when and where she wants. You can try to cover the baby, but honestly most will just throw the blanket off. How would you feel if you were trying to eat and you had someone placing a blanket over your head?!

    I am from the VT area and I would also like to note that there were several families that staged a “nurse-in” yesterday at the airport in support of breastfeeding. If you would like more info, it was covered by the burlington free press, you can see the article on thier website.

    I don’t have any children yet, but my husband and I are trying and I plan to breastfeed. I would like to make sure I have that right no matter where I am at the time. This is a huge women’s rights issue that needs to be brought to light. Bottom line, if you don’t like it, don’t look.

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    November 16, 2006 at 2:33 pm by Anonymous

    Since I wasn’t there to see it, I can’t say if the mother was overexposed or not. Evidently, the flight attendant thought so. I breastfed my son for two years on airplanes, in attorneys’ offices and at sushi bars and never received a single negative comment. Woe to the person who would have tried! I was always careful to not expose my breast while breastfeeding, which really isn’t difficult, even without a blanket. I don’t get why this is even an issue. It is entirely possible to breastfeed without most people even realizing what you’re doing. Delta didn’t tell her not to breastfeed her baby — they told her to do it more discreetly, even offering a solution. Kicking her off the plane is too extreme, but why did she refuse the blanket? There is nothing wrong with breasts, but our culture is not nudist, so it shouldn’t be surprising that some people are going to be uncomfortable with exposure of breasts in public. Especially when it’s usually unnecessary.

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    November 16, 2006 at 2:30 pm by Anonymous

    I’m so sorry that this mother had to go through this embarrassment. While my son was 6months old, we flew from Minnesota to be with my husband at his graduate school in Oregon. I was very stressed out with trying to plan for every possible issue that might come up while traveling alone with an infant. One thing that I never thought twice about was breastfeeding my son on an airplane. I had a layover during our trip, so I sat next to different people on each flight. I carried a small receiving blanket with me, but I could never cover myself completely due to my son’s movements and the tight quarters of airplane travel. I know that a few people around me knew what I was doing, but there were hundreds of people on the flight. Most people couldn’t have cared less, and were probably happy that my son was quiet.

    I wonder how many people on this woman’s flight were inconvenienced, not because of her breastfeeding, but because the airline took that opportunity to delay taking off to attempt to control something that most passengers didn’t even know was going on.

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    November 16, 2006 at 2:29 pm by Anonymous

    There are too many important issues facing mothers today and siding with this woman is not where Momsrising needs to be focusing their attention. Yes, mothers should be allowed to breastfeed in public without worrying about being harassed, but it is also our job as humans to be considerate of the feelings of others. She could have covered herself with a blanket and none of this would have been an issue. There are a lot of healthy, normal functions our bodies perform that we don’t do in front of others or will do discreetly if someone expresses their discomfort. Let’s not jump on the hysteria bandwagon and use some commonsense or we are going to have a tougher time getting respect from others on the issues that matter.

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    Perhaps some people have more cooperative babies than my three sons were, but there was no way I could keep a burp cloth or blanket on my children for more than a fleeting moment. They would instantly bat it down and cry at the blinder-effect. I found that there is always a way to be discrete without forcing a child to breathe recycled hot air under a blanket.

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    November 16, 2006 at 2:21 pm by Anonymous

    I am still breastfeeding my 6 month old and have to travel regularly for work. The new TSA regulations about liquids on flights are a huge inconvenience to working moms because TSA only allows breastmilk to be brought on board if a woman has her baby with her.

    This leaves women the choice of dumping their milk or checking it, which is a huge pain. If you check the breastpump with the milk, it can damage the breastpump, so you wind up having to carry the breastpump but check the milk.

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    November 16, 2006 at 2:20 pm by Anonymous

    When my five-year-old son was four months old, I nursed him on a flight from Indianapolis to Washington National (now called “Reagan” airport, but I refuse to call it that, especially after what Reagan did to the air traffic controllers). Anyway, breastfeeding my baby was beneficial in so many ways: not only did it soothe him, nourish him, and help him to sleep, but it also alleviated the “ear-popping” syndrome associated with altitude change.
    Nobody wants to sit near a crying baby on a long flight. Is it really less desirable to have a happy, breastfeeding child on board?

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    November 16, 2006 at 2:20 pm by Anonymous

    I agree breastfeeding is great and of course people should be allowed to do it. But I’m a mom and I have to say I don’t always want to watch it happen. We need to be respectful of others rights too. All the mom had to do was cover up with a blanket. Big deal. Why not just do it? As beautiful as breastfeeding is, we have to be honest and admit many people don’t want to watch it unfold.

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