This reminded me of my pumping experience while on jury duty (in California, 
circa 1995).  When I got the summons, I called and was told I would be 
exempted if I wanted.  Actually, I said, all I needed was a place to pump. 
The jury supervisor offered me her private office whenever I needed it.  She 
actually vacated her office to give me privacy (not that felt I needed it!)

Since I was working full-time as an RN at the time, jury duty was quite a 
pleasant break for me.  We started late and got off early; had long lunch 
breaks; had Fridays off.  I didn't need to work my scheduled weekends at the 
hospital.  I was able to spend so much extra time with my then 10 month old 
baby.

I thought the funniest thing was bringing my Lactina and small cooler 
through the heavy security and x-ray machines at the courthouse.  The guard, 
who was probably close to 70 years old, looked at this "machine" very 
suspiciously.  When I told him what it was, he blushed down to his toes. 
For the rest of the trial, whenever he saw me coming through with my pump, 
he would make a little joke about "making lunch for my baby".

I would *never* want an at-home mom to get stuck with jury duty and get 
separated from her baby, but like I said, it actually allowed me to spend 
*more* time with mine!  (And unlike the other jurors, I found myself wishing 
the trial would last longer!)

Marita Nickison, RN


 A mother mentioned in the article had a
> difficult time pumping while on jury duty even though she was guarentedd 
> the
> ability to do so. She wound up doing it quickly on breaks in the bathroom 
> and
> had difficulty accessing a frig to keep the millk cold. I twas her 
> experince
> that helped spur the bill.
>    The bill which passed the Senate and has House of Delegate approval 
> would
> make VA the 7th state per the article to exempt BF mothers from jury duty. 

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