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angelrue522
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Flying out for the weekend pumping question/dump milk?
angelrue522
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So we are flying out of town without LO leaving on Friday coming back on Sunday. I will be pumping but I guess I have to dump all my pumped milk? I don't see how I could bring it all back on the plane. Any advice?
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Re: Flying out for the weekend pumping question/dump milk?
Breast milk is exempt from the 3 oz. limits and may be brought on the plane (in a cooler with ice packs, for example).
https://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/children/formula.shtm
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Yes, you can bring it back. You can keep it on ice in a softsided cooler (if in a hotel) or a fridge if you have access. Gel packs must be frozen to take through security (so even on your outbound flight). Make sure to bring your pump, lots of storage bags, etc.
Probably about 40 oz....
You can absolutely bring your pumped milk on a plane. It counts as a medical liquid, and no doctor's note is required. I just did this a few weeks ago (with four days of pumped milk) and here is what I did -
1 - read the TSA page about medical liquid (I also printed it out and carried it with me, just in case)
2 - I was staying at a rental house with full fridge, so I just kept all my milk in the fridge until the morning we left. I loaded my soft cooler bag (which I usually use for frozen goods at the grocery store) and put all the milk in large ziploc bags. Then I put in all my ice packs, and even made ice packs with ziploc bags and ice.
3 - I went through the medical liquids lane at the airport, and just told them what I was carrying. They put my bag through the xray, then pulled it for further testing.
4 - The lady first swabbed the outside, then unzipped the bag. She put all the bags through a test - if they passed they were done, if they failed they required further testing. The lady told me medela bags usually don't pass their initial test because of the material and they are usually not completely full.
5 - The bags that required additional testing needed a vapor test - so I was asked to open each bag and she placed a test strip above the opening. The milk was never touched or compromised. Once everything was done testing, I packed up my bag and away we went.
Hope this if helpful - I wasn't sure how it was going to go, but I was spending so much time pumping I was determined to bring it back and not waste it. It will take additional time, but as long as you have patience you should be fine.