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How to Successfully Combine Breastfeeding and Work
By Helen Froud
Your rights to lactation support at work vary from state to state. Many large corporations have positive policies to encourage breastfeeding, and some states have enacted laws that require employers to make positive provisions for nursing employees. The best-known "good practice" states include Florida, Minnesota and Texas; contact your local La Leche League (www.llli.org) chapter for further details about your rights where you live.
In the absence of supportive laws in your state, you may find that your employer is committed to the positive environmental impact of breastfeeding. Fiona Narburgh works as a sustainability expert at a British County Council. "I wanted to feed my baby during my lunch break," Narburgh says. "My employers were supportive to the principle, and my husband, who is the main caregiver for our two sons, brought my baby to me to feed most days." This kind of support is rare, but you should remember that many corporations have environmental stewardship plans and can be convinced of the positive eco-benefits of breastfeeding and work. Many service sector companies have policies to support customers who breastfeed; remind them that these should apply to staff, too.
Some key factors emerge in making breastfeeding and work a success. Many women agree that determination and good personal organization are key factors for working, nursing moms. "You must be confident that what you are doing is best for your baby, and you must supply the inventiveness to make it work," Dilys Wynn says. "It is up to you to work out where to pump, where to chill and store your milk and how to schedule work breaks that coincide with let-down times. If your employer can help with that, it's a bonus."
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