A friend who is a former WIC breastfeeding counselor sent me this story:
 
A WIC moms works at a bank. She was off 2 weeks prenatally; she had a 
C-section and was home 8 weeks postpartum; that’s a total of 10 weeks. For 6 
of those weeks she got maternity leave with pay. When she went back to work, 
she was told to punch out when she takes a pumping break. Since she's a 
full-time employee she has to work 7.5 hours per day to make 37.5  hours per 
week. She was told she must stay later to make up her pumping time, which 
means she misses another feeding with the baby.  She requested being switched 
to part-time status, but was told she couldn't go part-time unless a 
part-time job was available, and none was.
 
She tried a few formulas, but the baby didn't tolerate any of them.  She 
tried spacing pumping sessions farther apart to save time, but got engorged 
and could only pump 1 full bottle when she needed 2 or 3 bottles to leave 
with the babysitter.  
 
She got a note from her OB's nurse to allow her to take some unpaid family 
leave, but that runs out next week since they are counting her paid maternity 
leave as part of her total family leave allotment.  The baby is now 3 months 
old.  
 
What experience or ideas does anyone have that could help this mom?
 
Thanks in advance for your responses.
Chris Mulford
Swarthmore  PA 

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