In a message dated 4/1/2005 8:01:24 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: Dear Lactnets; I have a client that will be traveling to Canada from Us for 4-5 days without baby. Plans to save EBM to bring back. Has access to a friends freezer while she is there. Can you transport dry ice on an airplane to keep the milk frozen. I'm not sure how long the flight is. She is planning on packing milk in with luggage in a cooler. I thought frozen water bottles may keep better then packed regular ice if dry ice not allowed. Let me know your thoughts, and wisdom. Yours in lactation, Terri Klein, RN, CLE, CLC From Darillyn in a previous post: Actually, it is possible that she doesn't really want to leave her baby behind... She might even be thankful to have someone give her "permission" to take her baby with her, and assure her that there will be ample time to travel with no baby, in the future! ******************************* From Christie: As someone who has traveled with breastfed babies extensively I highly recommend it versus pumping and transporting milk. It wasn't clear to me from the original post whether or not this mom was traveling for business or pleasure. If this is a business trip and she won't be available for the baby during meetings etc. could a family member or friend go with her and the baby? Does the friend with the freezer also have a good sitter or would they be willing to watch the baby? I agree with Darillyn that sometimes mom need permission to think and act outside the box. People all looked at me sideways when I took my kids on business trips (I flew my in-laws to where ever that was to spend time with the kids while I was working) and some of those were after they were weaned! I just refuse to leave my kids for more than a couple of nights and not at all if they won't be with Dad at night (he is out of the country a lot with the Army). This is large expense and a logistical pain but worth the effort when one considers the logistical nightmare of transporting milk and worry of leaving a baby. This might not be feasible for mom but many times I have suggested this to mothers and find out that no one else even thought it was an option (including mom!). Best of luck to her! Christie Pillado *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html