I received this email and have permission to post.  I have already 
referred this mother to the 3 breastfeeding laws in Minnesota (which 
likely will not help her much).  Does anyone have any other thoughts or 
ideas I could give her?  I do not know the reason for the court 
appearance, but I understand it has nothing to do with breastfeeding.  She 
would appreciate any ideas.


I have a serious question and was hoping you could help me. Today my 
husband was speaking with his lawyer about a conflict with timing made for 
our court case. It requires a five hour drive and was scheduled for 1:30 
pm (ordered by the court magistrate overseeing our case) until our court 
appointed attorney decided to change it to 9am without speaking with us 
first. We will have a seven week old (assuming it is born on time) and we 
choose to breastfeed. We explained to the attorney that it was not 
possible to drive there at that time in the morning when taking into 
consideration that I am the sole driver in our family and will need to 
stop to breastfeed along the way. He told my husband to "drop the kid off 
at your parent's" and scoffed when we reminded him that it would be 
breastfed and that wouldn't be possible. He refuses to change the court 
time to allow for us to take proper care of our child. At one point in 
time he said "I don't care. Stay at the mission if you have to". The 
mission is essentially a place for homeless people in the twin cities 
area. I have been unable to express breastmilk, or leaving my child with 
my parents would be a more viable option. We felt this was discrimanatory 
and feel that we should have the right to choose to have our newborn child 
with us due to breastfeeding laws. What do I do about this?

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