Traveling & Breastfeeding, & Shipping Human Milk
We often hear from families concerned about their first trip off island with their new little human. We also frequently get questions about traveling with and shipping human milk. Whether you are breastfeeding and traveling with your baby, exclusively pumping, or preparing for travel without your baby, we hope these tips and resources may be helpful:
La Leche League has tips for traveling with a breastfed baby.
Milkworks.org has advice about traveling with human milk.
Here’s a resource if you are traveling with a pump.
Stanford School of Medicine offers instructions for storing and shipping human milk.
Human milk can be shipped safely as long as it remains completely frozen. Insulated boxes such as fish boxes can work well for shipping. You can get cold shipping containers from companies like FedEx.
We’re not currently aware of a source of dry ice in Kodiak. However, if you are traveling from a community where you can get dry ice, it can be very helpful!
Please contact us with any questions, and safe travels!
DISCLAIMER: We know when you surf the web for information, you can get conflicting results, and it’s not easy to know whether you are finding evidence-based, high quality recommendations. That’s part of our job here at Kodiak KINDNESS; we are here to support your informed decisions about infant feeding through your baby’s first year. We’ve done some background work, and to the best of our knowledge, this post reflects current best practices. However, the information contained in this post and any links contained herein is for your informational use only; it is not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Furthermore, Kodiak KINDNESS is not responsible for the accuracy of any information contained in this post or links contained herein; it is for you to review at your own risk and discuss, as needed, with your health care professional in order to make a plan that suits your individual circumstances.