Comments on: Pumping at Work http://spelhouselove.com/2009/10/20/pumping-at-work/ 2 years, 2 kids, 2MBAs Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:09:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Elita @ Blacktating http://spelhouselove.com/2009/10/20/pumping-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Elita @ Blacktating Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:44:07 +0000 http://spelhouselove.com/?p=1410#comment-192 It's terrible the way we treat new mothers in this country. We should really be giving moms meaningful maternity leaves and then far fewer women would even have to pump. However, since we're not there yet, a room with a door that locks and an outlet is the MINIMUM your employer can do for you. Glad you stuck up for yourself, and by proxy all of the other women at your job who will be able continue to breastfeed after returning to work. It’s terrible the way we treat new mothers in this country. We should really be giving moms meaningful maternity leaves and then far fewer women would even have to pump. However, since we’re not there yet, a room with a door that locks and an outlet is the MINIMUM your employer can do for you. Glad you stuck up for yourself, and by proxy all of the other women at your job who will be able continue to breastfeed after returning to work.

]]> By: Liz http://spelhouselove.com/2009/10/20/pumping-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Liz Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:49:40 +0000 http://spelhouselove.com/?p=1410#comment-188 Oooh, this hit a nerve. I HATE that by asking for this you feel like you were making a scene (or maybe more accurately, that you had to actually make a scene to get attention). Whereas I think if men were asking for something necessary at work, they would merely be "putting in a request" Pumping at work seems like a nightmare. My dear friend would put in "pumping blocks" in her calendar, only to have her admin move them around to accommodate meeting requests. Oh, the education that needs to happen... Oooh, this hit a nerve. I HATE that by asking for this you feel like you were making a scene (or maybe more accurately, that you had to actually make a scene to get attention). Whereas I think if men were asking for something necessary at work, they would merely be “putting in a request”

Pumping at work seems like a nightmare. My dear friend would put in “pumping blocks” in her calendar, only to have her admin move them around to accommodate meeting requests. Oh, the education that needs to happen…

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