Heathrow’s lack of facilities is symptomatic of the complete lack of thought given to breastfeeding women in the UKLast weekend I travelled without my baby for the first time,and I needed to express milk ahead of my seven-hour flight to fresh York. A member of Heathrow staff told me I should utilize the baby changing room. I felt bad that I would be occupying the room for at least 20 minutes, but I also felt bad because I thought my breasts might otherwise explode, and halfway over the Atlantic.
It seems someone knocked (I didn’t hear them) and when they got fed up with waiting they sought help. I heard keys jangling,and then a male attendant unlocked the door from the external. While my breasts were still exposed and stuck inside a plastic pump, he began lecturing me about how I should pump inside the terminal building or leave the room unlocked.
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Source: guardian.co.uk