Airports With Lactation Rooms

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.

Airports with lactation rooms.

Commercial airports will be required to provide lactation rooms at each passenger terminal building of the airport thanks to the passage of the friendly airports for mothers act fam of 2017. Many airports across the us have a lactation room but not all lactation rooms are created equal. It was passed in 2018 and signed into law. You need a lactation space.

Advocate for your rights. Dedicated lactation rooms will have cleaning requirements and facility service providers and custodians need become familiar with them. But with a new mandate introduced by democratic senator tammy duckworth that all large and medium size airports have. From beer to breastfeeding.

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. 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. 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.

Advocate for lactation support at work airports and stadiums. These airports offer mother s rooms nursing rooms or lactation pods. Friendly airports for mothers fam act. The provisions came from the bipartisan friendly airports for mothers fam.

By maricar santos posted feb 3rd 2017 at 1 56pm traveling through an airport as a new mom can be super stressful. A champion for maternal health. Air travel is about to become a lot more comfortable and convenient for nursing moms. On friday a 2017 bill requiring commercial airports to have designated breastfeeding rooms available became law.