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Breastfeeding pods now trending at sports stadiums
Modern Healthcare ^ | October 13, 2018 | Staff

Posted on 10/12/2018 10:26:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A new trend is giving a break to breastfeeding sports fans. Lactation stations have started popping up in sports spaces: basketball arenas and baseball and football stadiums.

Unlike bathroom stalls, lactation stations give moms a quiet and sanitary place to nurse their children—which most moms didn’t have just two decades ago.

In 1999, Americans were almost evenly divided on whether they felt breastfeeding mothers should do so in public or private, with nearly a third neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

Today, over half of Americans say they feel comfortable with mothers breastfeeding near them—yet many public places aren’t the most sanitary.

Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium now offers a mothers’ room with a changing station, two private nursing areas and a television so fans won’t miss any action on the field.

Chicago’s Soldier Field recently installed a lactation station just in time for use by Bears fans; the facility is sponsored by Advocate Health Care, and is decked out with baby wipes, outlets for electric breast pumps and disinfectants.

Soldier Field’s station is from Mamava. U.S. Bank Stadium has four of the brand’s pods to complement its mothers’ room. They’ve also been placed at numerous airports, colleges, hospitals and businesses across the country. Some have even popped up overseas at U.S. Army bases in Germany and South Korea.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: breastfeeding; infants; sports; women
Is there an "uncorking fee" like a restaurant that doesn't have a liquor license?
1 posted on 10/12/2018 10:26:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why not just breastfeed in the stands? I always did. Sheesh.


2 posted on 10/12/2018 10:32:19 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Another “frontier” for “trans” men to conquer ... Or, much more likely, sue over.

Lawyers right now lining up.


3 posted on 10/12/2018 10:37:28 PM PDT by JennysCool
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Huh? “Lactation stations”? Weren’t they originally called “Milkshakes”?

I haven’t kept abreast of this story in years. I’ll just put on a good front and pretend I know what this is all about.

You know I’m going to milk this story for all its worth. I’m no COWard.

I hope this post doesn’t see my blogging career end in udder destruction.


4 posted on 10/12/2018 10:40:24 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Yaelle

I did as well and doubt I would have used a nursing pod or room but it’s nice that they are there. Anything that promotes breast feeding is great. I very quickly learned you either nurse everywhere you go, or you probably won’t be successful at it. If you are going to nurse, you can’t choose when or where with a hungry baby. I just wore loose T-shirt’s , pulled the edge of it up, and you couldn’t see anything unless you put your face right down to my chest. Lol. My kids were nursed on planes, trains, in parks and museums. My advice to any new mother, nurse your baby, don’t try to use a cover up unless you just prefer it. A loose T-shirt works better and gives plenty of privacy, but with the crucial eye contact. They are young adults now and have always been so healthy it is astounding.


5 posted on 10/12/2018 10:51:53 PM PDT by Sharin
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To: Yaelle

show off.


6 posted on 10/12/2018 11:07:48 PM PDT by Pelham (California, how mass immigration transforms America into Obamaland)
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To: Sharin

Exactly. And those covers where you can peek in at your neckline are good for modesty as well as the kid who likes to keep exposing mama and checking the surroundings! Depends on the kid, some stay put and the t shirt is enough. We have photos of me and my cousin nursing our babies together at Dodger Stadium. They are in their 20s now.


7 posted on 10/12/2018 11:13:47 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Pelham

:) I was modest and discreet, you know. I didn’t just whip it out and wave it around!


8 posted on 10/12/2018 11:14:48 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good Lord I am so glad I dont go to sporting events. Every stupid place has to be femmed up.


9 posted on 10/12/2018 11:14:56 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Your post sucks


10 posted on 10/12/2018 11:17:35 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: TexasGator

Hey Texasgator. At least you read my comments.

However, your words do make a great “Epilogue” for it.

If you are old enough to get this, let me know>

“Hot” and “Cold”. What movie? Which actor?


11 posted on 10/12/2018 11:27:42 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
I haven’t kept abreast of this story in years.

Initially, there was only a trickle of information. Now, the story is splattered all over the front pages. But at least the little squirts are happy.

Seriously, can we expect to soon see these "lactation pods" at the drag races, too? I can picture it now: The noise, the exhaust fumes, and the little nursing infants?

Regards,

12 posted on 10/12/2018 11:30:21 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If so, I volunteer.


13 posted on 10/12/2018 11:35:53 PM PDT by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
Punny post

Thanks for not including TTIUWP.

14 posted on 10/13/2018 12:42:52 AM PDT by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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To: Secret Agent Man

“Every stupid place has to be femmed up.”

Don’t despair. I’m sure if a man identifies as a breast feeding woman they will let him in the pod. ; )


15 posted on 10/13/2018 2:07:13 AM PDT by MagnoliaB (You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you might find, you get what you need.)
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To: Yaelle

Yep - wife did it with our kids...amazing what a cloth can do to keep the over-sensitive/immature from getting a “thrill peek”...


16 posted on 10/13/2018 4:13:08 AM PDT by trebb (So many "experts" with so little experience in what they preach....even here...)
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To: Yaelle

I agree. Just bring a blanket. Sheesh.


17 posted on 10/13/2018 4:27:38 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: JennysCool

“Another “frontier” for “trans” men to conquer ... Or, much more likely, sue over.”

It’s like a “tit for tat” story, huh?


18 posted on 10/13/2018 4:40:06 AM PDT by FrankR (You gotta stand for something, or you'll fall for anything!)
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To: Sharin

Today, women don’t do it discretely. Breast feeding today is used as an excuse to show off their boobs to the world. Look at MEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Last week, in Austin, TX, one cow was shirtless during a Kavanaugh protest on the hwy overpass bridge of a major street. Can’t arrest her because if men can go shirtless, so can women.


19 posted on 10/13/2018 4:49:58 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I have no idea why anyone would need a “pod” to breastfeed. That said, I also have no idea why people would bring a breastfeeding infant to a sporting event in the first place. Much too loud, screaming fans... certainly not optimal for a young child, much less an infant.


20 posted on 10/13/2018 6:25:52 AM PDT by Katya (lacking in the feelings department)
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