Hey there brilliant bumpies - I have a situation I'd love your input on. I just came back to work this week, it's going well, but I've run into an issue when trying to use the mother's room to pump.
There's a calendar to book the mother's room, and this one woman has it booked for 3.5 hours out of the day - beginning in the morning when she has it booked 9-10:30! I'm not sure what she's doing in there for an hour and a half, or if she's not really using it for the whole time but wanted it "saved'. Either way, the situation sucks, I mean, there's 500 people at this company and one mother's room - we have to share.
So...should I contact her directly and ask her if she has any flexibility to change that first session? Or should I contact HR?
Re: Booking the mother's room at work
I would guess she probably has it "saved" and goes as her schedule allows. I always booked ours for an hour, but there was only ever 1 other person using it.
I actually wouldn't go to her, because of how ours is set up. But if that's what works for you in your situation, I don't see anything wrong with it.
I take my time in our mother's room, because as far as I know, there's only one other mom and she uses her office. If there were another mom who needed it, I'd be a lot quicker about things.
It's a tiny room, the size of a cube, there's really only room for one person in there. There's only one outlet and one chair. I mean, I guess one person could stand at the counter while the other sits, but I don't feel like getting to know my coworkers that well :P
We book ours for 30 minutes. We had them for an hour when there was only 2 of us using it though.
I would email her, mainly because on those days you have a meeting and can't get in your scheduled time you want to have some type of relationship with the other mom's room users. Maybe send a blanket email to all users first to introduce yourself and then email her directly.
Good luck!!
Totally. Ours is nice with a chair, a couch, a sink and a fridge. It's a little bigger -- four people could probably be in their comfortably, but there are no dividers and I just wouldn't want to see all of that in the professional setting - even WITH a nursing cover.