Breastfeeding At Work

Riversong

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mynameistallulah

They cannot dismiss you for wishing to express, but they can dismiss you for a myriad of other reasons at such an early stage.

How regularly do you need to do it?

Riversong

Twice a day for ten minutes.x

marybelle01

I think that reasonably it has to depend on how inconvenient or disrputive to your work or that of others the breaks you need are - and we couldn't tell you that even if we knew what you do. So the only sure fire way to find out is to discuss it with the manager, having worked out a way of ensuring that this doesn't cut in to your working time - so shorter lunches, staying a bit later, or whatever. They are almost certain to be unsympathetic if it comes across as you working less time, so you need to present solutions, not questions.

PS - the quote in your signature is incorrect. The correct quotation from Amok Time is "After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true."

McKneff

Could you go someway to compromising, express at home in the morning, bottle feed during the day. Breast feed when you get home.
Baby wont come to any harm mixing the two.

If your request for part time is appoved it may be even easier.

LittleVoice

McKneff wrote: »

Could you go someway to compromising, express at home in the morning, bottle feed during the day. Breast feed when you get home.
Baby wont come to any harm mixing the two.

If your request for part time is appoved it may be even easier.

The question was about "expressing" during the day, not about breastfeeding during the day.

I have no personal experience of this but I think breastfeeding would take longer than ten minutes.

Riversong

i express 4 oz a time, it takes me ten minutes.

Valli

LittleVoice wrote: »

The question was about "expressing" during the day, not about breastfeeding during the day.

I have no personal experience of this but I think breastfeeding would take longer than ten minutes.

But the thread title is 'breastfeeding at work' hence the confusion.

OP what is the company's attitude to cigarette breaks? If cigarette breaks are given during the day then that might be something to point out, as timewise it looks like about the same time IYSWIM

Oh, and join a union.

McKneff

I'm a bit confused. Is it for your own personal comfort that you express during the day then. And then obviously feed baby later on.

SailorSam

If it's a big company maybe it's something that has cropped up before, i agree with Valli compare it with a cigi break you certainly shouldn't think you're being trouble. They should have somewhere comfortable for their staff to go.

ktothema

I had thought they'd brought the right to express in a safe place into law, but it's just a recommendation. However they should allow you time to express (there's a few case studies about winning sexual discrimination cases where they've not been allowed to express). This is ACAS' advice:
http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3731