Emily Calandrelli's experience with the TSA is one NO mom should ever have to face.
session in before her roughly five hour flight. Two male TSA agents told Calandrelli that she couldn’t bring her ice packs through security because they weren’t frozen solid. She asked to speak to someone else and was given the same rundown by another male TSA agent.
“He said ‘if you had milk on you, this wouldn’t be a problem,'” Calandrelli recalled. “He asked ‘well WHERE is the baby.’ He said if my child was with me, it wouldn’t be an issue.” When Calandrelli asked to speak to a female agent, who she hoped might better understand, she was told they would not allow it. She was then reportedly escorted out of line and forced to check her ice packs.
“Yesterday I was humiliated that I had to explain to 3 grown men that my breasts still produce milk when I’m not with my child,” Calandrelli wrote. “Yesterday I was embarrassed telling them about my fear ofMoms flooded the comment section to offer their support for Calandrelli and recallI’m a mom. Been there, done that. This is a medical issue.
This incident shines a light on the painful encounters breastfeeding moms run into out in the world. This week alone, Brianna Terry, a new mom in Michigan,that she didn’t have a proper place to pump when she returned to work. “[My supervisor] said, ‘You could just do it in the bathroom.’ I am like when you are breastfeeding your child that is their food, this is her steak dinner. Would you eat your steak dinner in the bathroom?” Terry said.
It is so important that people in authority — from TSA agents to supervisors — understand the cut and dry necessities that come along with breastfeeding and start treating new moms with respect, understanding and dignity.
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