I was wondering about that too. But I can see 2 sides here..Breast feeding moms are technically allowed to nurse basically anywhere, and I'd think that would include pools, too at first. But then I thought about their "no food or drink" rule.
We always use the argument that a baby should be able to eat where everyone else eats and share the same rights. "You wouldnt want to eat your lunch in the bathroom, why should a baby have to?" is commonly used. So I actually can see how that rule should work both ways. If babies can eat anywhere that we can, then they may also need to be restricted in the same areas that we are. In the same sense that we may say "why can you eat here in the open but my baby has to go somewhere else?" others can also say "why can that baby eat his lunch here when I have to go somewhere else?"
I understand that the needs of nursing babies differ from others, I'm just saying there may be a reason why the pools have that rule. Breast milk is food, after all.
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Marcy&Dono 
Just as an FYI for future people reading this thread, I'm pretty sure it is illegal for a pool to "not allow" breastfeeding. I guess it depends on what the state/city ordinances are about it, but most states/cities have special protections in place specifically to allow a mother to breastfeed anywhere she is normally legally allowed to be, which would include swimming pools.
