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I checked it. Just put a small cooler in my luggage with ice packs. Asked the hotel to freeze my ice packs. Also called ahead to have a fridge put in my room. I froze the milk when I got home. It was easier than I expected.

I've checked mine every time I've flown and had no problem. I've also found every hotel to be super accommodating and willing to store milk/icepacks/etc. Good luck!

I would carry on with an ice pack. Once you get through security, get ice from Starbucks or a bar. I put my milk in freezer bags and then put them all in a ziplock and put that in a lunch box

@MACSUNSHINE: I don't want to sound like negative Nancy but be prepared! It may be different because I was traveling within Canada and since we have a 1 year maternity leave I feel like pumping and flying is not as common and I had some pretty major issues.

One time I was taking an early morning flight 7am and my daughter nursed at 5am so when I got to the airport at 6 I went to security. I had frozen my ice pack the night before because I was going to be traveling for close to 8 hours before arriving at my destination. They wanted to confiscate my ice pack because it had condensation on it and all of my milk bottles were empty no amount of trying to explain that I hadn't pumped because my daughter had just eaten was working. I had the TSA rules printed and they still didn't want to allow it. I escalated it twice before a manager came out from the back and reluctantly agreed. I made it to my gate with minutes to spare.

The other time the security agent (young guy, mid20's) tried to tell me I couldn't bring pumped milk because my baby wasn't with me. "Why do you need milk if the bay isn't here" <- insert me trying to explain why while my male boss stands 2 feet away waiting for me. I requested a female supervisor who was amazing! She came over and pretty much told him that regardless if the child is with me I can bring milk and to let me go. I wanted to kiss her!

Every hotel I stayed at was great about providing a fridge (let them know you need it for medical reasons so they prioritize you if they don't have one in every room). In the odd situation where they weren't able to freeze my ice pack I just put it in my checked bag defrosted and used I to keep it cool.

Make sure your ice packs are completely frozen. I was forced to toss some extra ice packs that I hadn't frozen because I didn't end up needing to use them.