{"id":162434,"date":"2025-08-21T00:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T00:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/162434\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T00:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T00:29:09","slug":"city-of-jacksonville-changing-breastfeeding-policy-at-public-pools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/162434\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Jacksonville changing breastfeeding policy at public pools"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (WBRC<\/a>) – The city of Jacksonville is making some changes when it comes to breastfeeding at public pools and splash pads. This comes after park and recreation crews started cleaning and sanitizing the pool after a mother breastfed her baby.<\/p>\n

Ben Nunnally with the city of Jacksonville says they could\u2019ve handled the situation better, but under the previous policy, breast milk was considered contamination. He says the city is making things right.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, the policy we had standing was if any bodily fluid that you can identify goes into the pool then you shock it,\u201d said Nunnally.<\/p>\n

While breastfeeding her child at the Jacksonville Community Center, pool officials began shocking or sanitizing the pool when the mother was done because they believed her breastmilk helped contaminate the pool.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife had breastfed at the pool without issue with my two children and my wife went to the director of the community center, the parks and recreational department, and showed her the law and was like, that\u2019s not right,\u201d said Grant Williams.<\/p>\n

At the time, Nunnally says the parks and recreation department listed breast milk in the same category as feces, vomit, and blood, and considered it a bodily fluid entering the water, requiring the pool to be cleaned and treated for public safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mayor had a conversation with him and during that the mayor said, okay you\u2019re right, we\u2019re going to start following the CDC guidelines so we won\u2019t do that anymore,\u201d said Nunnally.<\/p>\n

According to the CDC. when it comes to breastfeeding in pools and splash pads: \u201cIt is unlikely that breastfeeding in the water presents any more risks for babies and children than the risks of regular pool or splash pad use. The CDC is unaware of any risks to other swimmers related to breastfeeding in pool or splash pad water.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe won\u2019t know about these things unless they\u2019re brought to the higher levels for us to tend to. It\u2019s going to make it easier for mothers to feed their kids when they\u2019re at the pool and really we\u2019re happy to have had a good outcome from all of it,\u201d said Nunnally.<\/p>\n

Nunnally says the city is working on a new policy when it comes to the pool. He says the city respects every woman\u2019s rights when it comes to breastfeeding.<\/p>\n

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