Kenderyl

This cruise is a honeymoon cruise, baby will be 18mo and is staying home for obvious reasons. I disagree with it not being a right, but it's okay that some feel differently about this. For me, it is no different than needing to store insulin or have a special needs diet that must be accommodated. Regardless, the cabin coolers are not guaranteed to keep breastmilk at proper temperatures, dry ice is NOT allowed on Carnival ships, and the cruise we're taking is 9 days - booked before we learned that the information we'd received was incorrect and that the special accommodations department has nothing to offer us - I was actually told to either bring baby or pump/dump. :mad: I really just feel that if a diabetic or celiac person can have accommodations for things, that a breastfeeding mother who is without a child should have them too. It's not asking that much to store breast milk in a freezer - I guarantee they already store products from sheep, cows, goats, etc... and the milk is being stored in it's own container, triple bagged.. so what is the big deal? But whatever. We'll manage somehow.

I'm about to be facing this in Sept 2018. I would NEVER Pump & Dump! I work super hard to feed my nursling, who has medical needs and a host of intolerances. This really comes down to it needing to be more broadly discussed and accepted worldwide. I'm about to take a cruise on Carnival and I'm fighting tooth and nail for my right to have my milk frozen. Once we disembark, we'll head straight to a Postal Shop to overnight my milk on Dry Ice. It'll be worth every penny!