Ariana Elder’s 4-year-old son hadn’t been feeling well. The mother took him to a hospital that specializes in medicine for women and children. She couldn’t leave her 4-month-old son, Deklin at home, so he was there too.

They reached the Huntsville Hospital at 11.30 P.M. After sitting there for a while, the little one started bothering her and with no other option left, she had to breastfeed him.

The mother explained, “I started feeding my son and about five minutes later he comes up to me. He’s like, ‘Ma’am, you’re not breastfeeding are you?’ I was like, ‘Yeah!’ Because it was obvious I was breastfeeding.”

She continued, “He said that according to the Huntsville Hospital rules that they’ve had implemented for years, a breastfeeding mother had to be in a room,” According to the report, no such rules exist.

Alabama’s state law says that mothers can breastfeed at any location, public or private, where a mother is authorized to be present.

This incident was harrowing enough to leave a mother in tears and that is what happened that night. The guard then took her to the room where she was allowed to feed her baby.

A representative of Huntsville then confirmed the incident and said that they do follow Alabama state law. Authorities of the hospital apologized to Elder after the traumatic incident.

The spokesperson said, “Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children allows breastfeeding in public. In Mrs. Elders’ situation, a member of our staff made a mistake. We spoke with her earlier today and apologized. We want to assure her and our community that we are reviewing our training process to ensure our staff recognize, respect and uphold the rights of breastfeeding mothers.”

Elder is now sharing her story so that other mothers can take a stand when they are asked to stop while feeding their child. She wants a woman to make her child healthy without feeling guilty about it.

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