Breast milk and flying

[spankswife]

Anyone have the regs link about flying w/ BM (w/o a baby) on hand?

Also does my pump bag count as a personal item or carry on?

[awkwardpenguin]

Sept 24, 2015 10:26:23 GMT -5 spankswife said:

Anyone have the regs link about flying w/ BM (w/o a baby) on hand?

Also does my pump bag count as a personal item or carry on?

Your pump bag should actually count as a medical device and therefore not count toward your baggage allotment at all.

[Deleted]

I don't know about the pump bag. I did have just one tote bag and one small cooler I carried on.

Frozen milk requires no extra screening.

For liquid milk, I just had bags and bottles that I put in a small cooler and filled with regular ice. It is possible the TSA agents will give you crap about the ice, especially if it is melty. I did not have any problems with United in Austin or SW in San Diego.

Are you traveling with or without your baby? If you are going more than a couple of days without your baby, milk builds up fast and you may want to check a large cooler with the milk. You could use bungie cords around it to make sure it stays shut.

And an FYI, most airports do not have a good place to pump. In Albequerque the family bathroom had power outlets but no chair. I stood and hand pumped and charged my phone, ha! The Houston terminal I was in had the family bathrooms occupied and I sat in the main hallway on the floor with a cover.

Good situation at the airport--look for an empty gate. It will be out of the way. I did that in San Diego and there were even plugs below the seat.

Good luck!

[MamaMaui24]

I've read here to print the TSA guidelines and carry them with you in case anyone gives you trouble.

[Deleted]

Sept 24, 2015 10:38:47 GMT -5 MamaMaui24 said:

I've read here to print the TSA guidelines and carry them with you in case anyone gives you trouble.

You could pull them up on your phone too;)

No agents seemed surprised when I had milk to scan.

People had no idea where to send me to pump except one guy in San Diego.