Diana,
I took the exam last year, while I also had a 10 month old who was
breastfeeding. I made sure to put on my application my need for a place to
pump. I was told I could not have any extra time if I needed to leave during
exam time to pump, which my schedule was to pump at 10, 12 and 2. (usually
the 12:00 was to go see my daughter and nurse her) But, the way the flow
of the exam worked, I was able to nurse before the exam, pump after the first
session, pump after the second and was still fairly comfortable. I probably
could have pumped sooner, but the exam was too important for me to risk not
having time to finish.
I will say though, that when I called the exam site to arrange a pumping
place, I was told I would need to pump in the bathroom. This wasn't
acceptable for me, so I put up a bit of a fuss and was given a room to pump
in. I told the site administrator that I thought it ironic that they supported
breastfeeding, but was asking me to pump in a bathroom. And, that they
wouldn't give a breastfeeding mother who had to pump time extension for the
time they had to pump- for example, adding 15 minutes to the end of the
exam if it took 15 minutes to pump. So be it, I still passed! And I still had
time to pump!
Good luck to you, hope you decide to take the exam this year!
Jamie Huddleston, IBCLC
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