Breastfeeding and Working (Mom-to-Mom #21)
September 7, 2009 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under Mom-to-Mom, pumping
As some of us enjoy a break from working for the Labor Day holiday, I would like to ask your input on breastfeeding and working. I know all about juggling breastfeeding and the work of a stay-at-home mother, but I don’t have insight into breastfeeding and working outside the home.lease leave a comment on any or all of the following questions, and your answers might be used in a future post on breastfeeding and working (so leave your blog link if you would like me to link to you):
- How did you prepare to return to work after maternity leave …read more
Winner of the Hands-Free Pumping Bra
August 15, 2009 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under products, pumping
Thanks again to Easy Expression Products for the Easy Expression Hands-Free Pumping Bra giveaway! Many people expressed (pun intended!) positive things about the hands-free pumping bra and it’s fun to be giving away a product that breastfeeding and pumping mothers find so helpful!
It’s especially fun when Random.org happens to pick a winner who can really benefit from the prize — and that winner is commenter #20 Jennifer B, who said:
I am pregnant with my second child, and I would sooo love having one of these. I thought about getting one when I was nursing my 2 year old, but …read more
Hands-Free Pumping Bra Giveaway
August 10, 2009 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under products, pumping
This contest has ended and the comments are closed.
Now is your chance to win an Easy Expression™ Hands-Free Pumping Bra compliments of Easy Expression Products! In honor of Breastfeeding Awareness Month this August, Easy Expression Products is giving one lucky Breastfeeding 1-2-3 reader an Easy Expression Hands-Free Pumping Bra which has a suggested retail value of $34.00!
Dear Abby: A Bathroom Is Not a Pumping Room
March 16, 2009 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under activism, breastfeeding, law, pumping
Today’s Dear Abby column “New Mom Reluctantly Uses Bathroom as Pumping Station” missed a fabulous opportunity to educate breastfeeding women and their employers about pumping at work. Here’s the response I will be submitting to columnist Abigail Van Buren.
DEAR ABBY:
You are absolutely right to tell “PRIVACY PLEASE” not to be ashamed of pumping at work. I hope you take it one step further and let her and your readers know that California law requires an employer to make reasonable efforts to provide a location other than a toilet stall for the employee to express milk in private (California Labor Code …read more
