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Poll: Pumping at Work - Where?

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If you pump at work, where? It seems like there is tremendous variation from office to office. [Poll]
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  • SofkaSofka
    don't hate me...we have a great pumping room, which can be used by 2 Moms at once, we have lockers to store your pump, magazines to read, sink to clean up, fridge/freezer to store and even a TV. I know I'm totally spoiled but I credit the room for still pumping/BFing (not a drop of formula!) 10 mo later
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  • Hey JellisyHey Jellisy
    I am so jealous Sofka.  Every day I have to search for a place.  It really sucks and is more than a little stressful.  But 5 months in and still EBF so it's still going...
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  • HikerBride07HikerBride07
    Wow Sofka, I thought I had it good.  We don't have a sink or TV in ours.  I hate washing pump parts in the bathroom.  And I'd probably take a lot longer if there was a TV in there.
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  • SofkaSofka

    I don't wash anymore, I just put all the parts in the fridge, rinse at the end of the day and DH washes them at night

    I used to pump during TODAY SHOW, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, and ELLEN

    I'm trying to wean now so I'm stuck watching whatever is on, although STILL STANDING is pretty funny

     

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  • MingoMollMingoMoll
    They put up a partition, so I'd say it's a semi-shared office. I block the partition opening with a chair when I'm actually pumping.
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  • tomandcourttomandcourt
    I haven't checked it out yet, but our building does have a lactation room. You have to reserve times to use it, though, so that's the option I chose. It's better than pumping in the bathroom, though, or my cube!
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  • femmeftle9femmeftle9 member

    Ditto Sofka. My office has a "wellness room" which has a door/lock, & was instrumental in my BFing for 10 1/2 months. In DC (where I work), it is actually a legal requirement at the workplace that the employer provides a private space that is NOT a bathroom for a mom to pump BM.

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  • SofkaSofka
    we dont have a lock but that's OK:)
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  • ArtslvrArtslvr
    Enough of us made enough noise at my work to FINALLY have a dedicated pumping room, which we sign up for.  Its really a storage closet, but at least it has a lock.  Not ideal, but better than searching for a room.
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  • ErinInVAErinInVA
    I was only the second person in our departments history to pump, so they had nothing. I pumped in the locker room. I made it about 4.5 months exclusively, but my supply started to dwindle and it got very stressful for me to feel like I was failing her. I stopped pumping at work and she gets formula while she is at daycare. I've been about a month without pumping during my work days. I work shift work and to date have had no problem nursing her on demand on my days off. Not what I was planning/hoping for, but it's better than nothing. I definitely wish we had a dedicated area for pumping. 
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