Breastfeeding While Travelling

Travelling with a baby can be exciting, but breastfeeding on the road, in the air, or away from home can also bring unexpected questions and challenges.

Breastfeeding While Travelling: A Parent's Guide offers practical, reassuring, and evidence-informed guidance to help breastfeeding parents feel prepared and confident wherever their journey takes them.

From planning before departure to managing feeding during delays, this guide covers the everyday realities of breastfeeding while travelling, including:

• Preparing a practical travel feeding kit
• Breastfeeding safely during car journeys
• Breastfeeding on airplanes, including during takeoff and landing
• Finding comfortable places to breastfeed in airports, stations, and other public spaces
• Breastfeeding on trains, buses, and ferries
• Creating a comfortable feeding space in hotels, rentals, and family homes
• Breastfeeding in public with confidence
• Pumping and maintaining a practical pumping routine while travelling
• Expressed breast milk storage, cooling, hygiene, and transportation
• Managing hot and cold weather while travelling
• Handling delays, missed connections, and changes in routine
• Supporting breastfeeding with older babies and toddlers
• Managing common unexpected challenges, including missed pumping sessions, equipment problems, and lack of refrigeration
• Navigating illness and new medications while breastfeeding
• Knowing when to seek professional or medical support

The book also includes frequently asked questions, myths and facts, a travel planning checklist, and a travel-day feeding checklist to help parents prepare before they leave.

Written by Dr. Shela Hirani, PhD, MScN, BScN, RN, CGNC, IBCLC, FAAN, an internationally recognized researcher, educator, author, and breastfeeding advocate, this guide combines professional expertise with compassionate, practical advice for real-life travel.

You do not need a perfect routine to breastfeed successfully while travelling. You need preparation, flexibility, and confidence in your ability to respond to your baby's needs.

Wherever your journey takes you breastfeeding can remain a source of nourishment, comfort, and connection.