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MSNBC Article on Breast Feeding at Work

michelerenee78michelerenee78
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https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41249239/ns/business-careers
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Re: MSNBC Article on Breast Feeding at Work

  • ToBeMrsC6907ToBeMrsC6907
    it is kind of ironic that I worked in a gastroenterology office when I had DS and they were SO accomodating to me being a new, nursing mom.  I always had a place to pump, the time to pump and discretion.  They made it very easy for me.
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  • nickelbabinickelbabi
    Well, it's a step in the right direction, although the article had very little details about what the law would be or when it will happen. I work at a high stress job in a male dominated industry and leaving the baby/going back to work and pumping is one of my top worries. Cali already has state laws and I've already talked to HR and they seem supportive, but nobody here has succesfully pumped at my work for more than a month after maternity leave.
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  • michelerenee78michelerenee78
    there is a link in the article that takes you to the regulations website and from there you can search for the proposed law.  It has a lot of detail in it.  I work for a Children's Hospital.  They have a lactation support room in the hospital, but I'm an off site employee, so I have to figure out what to do.
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  • CADE387CADE387 member

    I am happy for the law as it is a step in the right direction, however it is only for hourly workers not salaried employees. I get no breaks and there is no mandate for my employer to have a room for me and they will not do so when I return to work.

     I work in a cube farm in a male dominated field so I'm still trying to figure out how this is going to work out. There is only one other woman here of child-bearing age and she is a manager so she has an office. She said she only made it 2 weeks with all of the meetings and the pump sounding like a vibrator over conference calls. She then said "good luck" and kind of humphed and walked away.

    Our HR is at our main office in CA, where they do have to have a room and they have said they are not required to do it here and will not do it. great.

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  • soon to be Mrs. Connollysoon to be Mrs. Connolly
    I think that is great. I may have missed it but I didn't see where it mentioned that it was only for hourly jobs.  I am a teacher and don't have my first "break" which is usually filled with meetings until 11:45.   I don't think it is feasible for me to wait till then to pump so I am def. a bit nervous about that.  And it isn't feasible for me to pump in the class with 24 5th grade students there, for obvious reasons!  I am hoping my principal who is a lady in her late 40's with no kids of her own will be accomodating to me.  I can't expect the teacher in the next room over to watch my class every day while I pump.  Not too sure how this will work. 
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  • jc51723jc51723 member
    I guess I am lucky to have an office with four walls and a door that I can close to pump in, but I am very worried about what I will do when I am out in the field working and need to pump.
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  • CADE387CADE387 member

    imagesoon to be Mrs. Connolly:
    I think that is great. I may have missed it but I didn't see where it mentioned that it was only for hourly jobs.  I am a teacher and don't have my first "break" which is usually filled with meetings until 11:45.   I don't think it is feasible for me to wait till then to pump so I am def. a bit nervous about that.  And it isn't feasible for me to pump in the class with 24 5th grade students there, for obvious reasons!  I am hoping my principal who is a lady in her late 40's with no kids of her own will be accomodating to me.  I can't expect the teacher in the next room over to watch my class every day while I pump.  Not too sure how this will work. 

    I'm about to head home (to beat the snow) so I dont' have the link to the actual law, but here are a couple of links.... the first one has a comment with a teacher asking almost the same question as yours.... not sure what the answer is though.

    https://www.momsrising.org/blog/what-the-new-breastfeeding-law-means-for-new-moms/

    https://www.bcbsm.com/healthreform/reform-alerts/ra_12_22_2010.shtml

     

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