Kelsey Hutchinson, 30, says she was taken aback when she was told she wasn't allowed to breastfeed her six month old baby inside the pool at 14 Wing Greenwood PSP. She shared her story in the hopes of educating people on their right to nurse in public.
A nursing mother says she was left feeling embarrassed and overwhelmed after being told she wasn't allowed to breastfeed her baby in or on the deck of a pool at a Nova Scotia military base.Kelsey Hutchinson, 30, says she was taken aback when she was told she wasn't allowed to breastfeed her six-month-old baby inside the pool at 14 Wing Greenwood PSP. She shared her story in the hopes of educating people on their right to nurse in public.
Hutchinson said she was taken aback, but agreed to get out of the pool and started to nurse her baby on the deck, so she could be near her family. "When it was clear that there wasn't going to be a resolution, I told him he was welcome to get a manager. And so at that point, the manager came over and started the conversation with, 'I heard you have problems with my staff,'" said Hutchinson.
It also said it had consulted the Canada's Lifesaving Society's position paper on breastfeeding in aquatic facilities, as well as various provincial guidelines. "All PSP staff have been educated on these best practices and individuals are welcome to breastfeed in and around all of our facilities," Gignac said in a statement to CBC News.
"Do I think it was a perfect response or a thorough response? No. I think there was some deflection for sure," she said.Carrie Clem, a leader with La Leche League Canada's Berwick chapter, said it's unfair Hutchinson had to "be political" in order to assert her right to nurse, something not everyone would have done in that situation.
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