The TSA said Friday that a recent screening of a breastfeeding mother “did not meet our standards.” The agency also said it apologized to Emily Calandrelli in the days after a viral tweet on her security screening at Los Angeles International Airport.
“The last time I traveled with a bag of breast milk I knew it was going to be fine, I had done it before,” Benston said to The Washington Post. “But the guy that was working TSA goes, ‘Wait a minute, let me make sure you can even take this with you.’ ”
Depending on the age of their baby, a lactating parent should typically express their milk every two to four hours if they can’t breastfeed directly, said Jennifer Horne, a lactation consultant with, which connects families with breastfeeding consultants and products. Given the amount of time air travel can take — from traveling to and from the airport to going through security and actually flying — someone without their baby will probably need to pump at least once, she said.
Calandrelli’s experience highlights the challenges that nursing parents can encounter, including finding a place to pump. Legislation Mayer said a parent who is breastfeeding and works outside the home essentially has three jobs: “You have your job job, you have your home job, and you have your breastfeeding job. … Doing that while traveling, it’s just exponentially more complicated and difficult.”
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