The Military Working Mom

Service Women Advocating for Breastmilk Transportation Reimbursement

Episode Summary

Have you ever been asked to travel, deploy, or PCS while you were still breastfeeding? Did you go because you felt like you had to for your career? Or did you happen to turn it down because there was not a viable means for you to get your breastmilk home for your child? In this episode we have gathered some of the representatives across the services who are pursuing to change the Joint Travel Regulation's wording so that the DoD would be required to reimburse the transportation of breastmilk to help both mom and baby.

Episode Notes

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

1. Spread the word!   Breastmilk transportation will not only help give babies the best for of nutrition.  But it will also help with the service woman's QoL and perhaps even increase retention rates!
2. Take this survey!   We have created this unofficial survey to gather more data that cannot be captured by military systems.  please help and send it to any service woman who has had a child while on orders. Click HERE to take the 2 minutes survey

Full Episode Notes are located at: www.themilitaryworkingmom.com/episode052

MILITARY WOMEN EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT:

We may still be working the Joint Travel Regulation (JTR) change to include official reimbursement for breastmilk transportation, BUT in the mean time we have secured an EXLUSIVE discount through the #1 breastmilk transportation company, Milk Stork, who has graciously offered all DoD women FREE shipping on their order as well as a round-down to the nearest $5!. They offer a patented cooling technology that keeps your milk at temp for 72 hours once the bag is activated to ensure your milk does not spoil. They also offer BOTH shipping boxes and carry on bags in case you wish to travel with your breastmilk rather than ship it!