a snippet form the BMJ this week:

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7223/S2-7223

Having babies as a surgical trainee

Breast feeding
Many working mothers like to keep the late night feed, and perhaps the early
morning feed, as a breast feed. It might be difficult to get the Specialist
Advisory Committee to recognise your training if you invoke the rule allowing
exemption from on call duties while still breast feeding. It is not easy to nip
back to the residences or find a cupboard to use your expressing machine between
cases. I have always found the special care baby unit very helpful. They can
keep the paraphernalia in a tub of Milton for you, and you can store labelled
milk in their freezer to take home later. You don"t need bras with zips in (just
loosen an ordinary bra strap). It takes about 25 minutes, and you can write up
notes or read while expressing. You might want to tell people that you are going
to another ward, as some men can"t cope with the thought of breasts and suction
machines even if they approve of working mothers and female surgeons

Magda Sachs
Breastfeeding Supporter, BfN, UK

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