Airports With Lactation Rooms

Many airports across the us have a lactation room but not all lactation rooms are created equal.

Airports with lactation rooms.

Airports are now required to have lactation rooms in each terminal. The first thing to do when it s time to breastfeed in an airport if you aren t comfortable just finding a quiet corner of the terminal is to ask an airport worker someone at the airport information desk or even an airline s gate agent. By maricar santos posted feb 3rd 2017 at 1 56pm traveling through an airport as a new mom can be super stressful. Advocate for your rights.

Friendly airports for mothers fam act. On friday a 2017 bill requiring commercial airports to have designated breastfeeding rooms available became law. These airports offer mother s rooms nursing rooms or lactation pods. From beer to breastfeeding.

On friday october 5 2018 the president signed the five year reauthorization of the federal aviation administration faa which included language that requires airports to provide lactation rooms that are accessible to the public this requirement will go into effect in 2021. A champion for maternal health. Air travel is about to become a lot more comfortable and convenient for nursing moms. Dedicated lactation rooms will have cleaning requirements and facility service providers and custodians need become familiar with them.

You need a lactation space. The provisions came from the bipartisan friendly airports for mothers fam. It is important to note that 37 n 37 reported having designated lactation rooms and that 25 n 25 considered the unisex family female restroom as a lactation room two percent n 2 of the airports offered no comment as to what was available in the. Eight of the 100 airports interviewed offered a private space other than a bathroom with an electrical outlet table and chair.

Advocate for lactation support at work airports and stadiums. Previously airports could provide lactation rooms at their own discretion and while many did most failed to provide all that a breastfeeding traveler needed. A study conducted in 2014 among 100 airports found that 62 reported being breastfeeding friendly and yet only 8 of those met the minimum requirements for a person lactating or. In 2017 the friendly airports for mothers fam act was introduced with bipartisan support.