Ann Arbor Y: No Breastfeeding Near the Pool, Just Because!

Submitted by Lynn on Sat, 01/14/2006 - 11:59am.

Make up your mind, already, Ann Arbor YMCA! They tell a local TV station that Kelly Fuks was ordered to stop feeding her son poolside because "no food or water is allowed in the pool area and exceptions cannot be made." (By that logic, Fuks should not have been allowed in the pool area at all, because where she goes, the milk goes too.) But what did the Y tell Fuks herself? That breastfeeding was a distraction to the lifeguards. Michigan moms, I smell nurse-in.

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Uh, excuse me?

Submitted by Nita on Sat, 01/14/2006 - 2:50pm.

So, do they not allow baby bottles of formula either? If they are going to uphold the "no food or drink" rule, then bottles wouldn't be allowed either.

But then again, why would they allow those false breasts to be held out there where everybody can see them?

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No bottles either...

Submitted by Anna on Sun, 01/15/2006 - 2:50pm.

Nope, bottle feeding is not allowed pool side, either, according to this: http://thelactivist.blogspot.com/2006/01/ann-arbor-woman-told-to-stop.ht...

Kelly Fuks could have breastfed her infant anywhere in public in the Y with the exception of the pool area but she said, it was too much trouble for her to pack up her children when the baby gets hungry.

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distracting eh?

Submitted by radmama22 on Sun, 01/15/2006 - 6:11am.

There are many things at the pool which can distract lifeguards -- string bikinis and speedos, for instance. Ridiculous excuse!

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