Thousands of heartfelt notes spring up in airport breastfeeding pods - SFGate
Thousands of heartfelt notes spring up in airport breastfeeding pods - SFGate
After one woman left a note of support for other mothers in an airport breast-feeding pod, thousands of more notes are appearing.
Thousands of heartfelt notes spring up in airport breastfeeding pods
Hannah Sampson, The Washington Post Thursday, December 5, 2019
Audrey Gelman was overwhelmed and stressed on Wednesday, traveling away from her 10-week-old son, Sidney, for the first time and trying to figure out how to navigate the demands of new motherhood while catching a flight.
At LaGuardia Airport, she spotted a Mamava pod - a private space set up for breast-feeding or pumping - and ducked in before her flight to Boston.
Inside, she found an unexpected chorus of support from other moms cheering her on.
"Be kind and gentle with yourself. YOU ARE ENOUGH," one note said. "You are literally sustaining life with your incredible milk. Super-hero type stuff!!!" another said.
"LaGuardia's, like, the last place in America I thought I'd have this kind of a sentimental experience," says Gelman, CEO and co-founder of The Wing, a women's co-working space and social club. "But I was moved. I think it was just this amazing moment where women I'd never met before were telling me exactly what I needed to hear."
After one woman left a note of support for other mothers in an airport breast-feeding pod, thousands of more notes are appearing.
Thousands of heartfelt notes spring up in airport breastfeeding pods
Hannah Sampson, The Washington Post Thursday, December 5, 2019
Audrey Gelman was overwhelmed and stressed on Wednesday, traveling away from her 10-week-old son, Sidney, for the first time and trying to figure out how to navigate the demands of new motherhood while catching a flight.
At LaGuardia Airport, she spotted a Mamava pod - a private space set up for breast-feeding or pumping - and ducked in before her flight to Boston.
Inside, she found an unexpected chorus of support from other moms cheering her on.
"Be kind and gentle with yourself. YOU ARE ENOUGH," one note said. "You are literally sustaining life with your incredible milk. Super-hero type stuff!!!" another said.
"LaGuardia's, like, the last place in America I thought I'd have this kind of a sentimental experience," says Gelman, CEO and co-founder of The Wing, a women's co-working space and social club. "But I was moved. I think it was just this amazing moment where women I'd never met before were telling me exactly what I needed to hear."
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