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I just completed a study on breastfeeding in the workplace in the
U.S. in which I nterviewed new moms and supervisors of new moms as
well as human resource professionals regarding how new moms continue
working and breastfeeding and how the workplace helps them or
hinders them from doing so. While pumping facilities were helpful for some
women they were by no means ideal. often they were too far from the
mother's workplace to be terribly useful, especially in a large factory or
building and short breaks.
The experience of thewomen I spoke with indicates that FLEXIBILITY
is key. That means flexible breaks, flexible schedules, flexible
maternity leaves, flexible supervisors. Helping women to pahse-back
into work, i.e. return to work gradually so that they come back from
maternity leave part time and work their way up to their previous full
time loads over several weeks or months was very helpful for many women.
It is important to keep in mind that breastfeeding is part of
geing a new mother and that breastfeeding is part of that adjustment but
not all of it. It is also important to keep in mind that even if a
mother breastfeeds her baby for several years, the need to breastfeed
or pump during work hours rarely exceeds nine or ten months (in the U. S.)
IN the course of ones working life that is not that long. If we can
help employers to understand how much the benefits outweigh the
hassles they will begin to promote breastfeeding rather than just tolerating it! Another important issue in this regard is on-site or near site day care.
This is beneficial to mothers and babies for many reasons, not just breastfeeding and should be promoted as such.
Rather than creating a minimal list of what companies can do
to support breastfeeding mothers, can we think in terms of
breastfeeng as the norm, mothers in the workplace as the norm and so
of course women breastfeed at work.
One more comment, I think that eduction programs in the workplace have a role
to play in promoting breastfeeding at work, but I think that women doing it
"early and often" willmake the most impact in the workplace and in
society in general.
Sorry for my rambling on so long. Clearly this is a topic
near to my heart.
Naomi Bar-Yam, ICCE PhD
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