Expressing milk at work

poet123

I don't think she has even had the baby yet according to her sig.

ktothema

poet123 wrote: »

I don't think she has even had the baby yet according to her sig.

Oops - good point!

Nice to see someone preparing nice and early. I desperately buried my head in the sand about returning to work right up until the point I had to get stuff sorted.

dizzyrascal

ktothema wrote: »

Oops - good point!

Nice to see someone preparing nice and early. I desperately buried my head in the sand about returning to work right up until the point I had to get stuff sorted.

Although a little bit too organised as she doesn't yet know if she will be able to successfully breastfeed, how long her milk will last, when she will introduce solids etc.
Whilst it's good to plan, so many things could change between now and when she returns to work.

ktothema

dizzyrascal wrote: »

Although a little bit too organised as she doesn't yet know if she will be able to successfully breastfeed, how long her milk will last, when she will introduce solids etc.
Whilst it's good to plan, so many things could change between now and when she returns to work.

very true, but then in this world of pushing breastfeeding so much on mother's and everything else being evil it really doesn't surprise me that someone would want to know that now. Though my personal bitterness over that belongs on a different forum.

Also, I don't think OP has said how much time she's taking as maternity so anything other than breastfeeding issues may not come into it.

Poppie68

moneypuddle wrote: »

Possibly but its a very busy environment here. I probably leave the office for lunch about once a month and often just eat at my desk or down in the kitchen as its quicker.

Sitting at your desk to eat your lunch is your choice. Legally you are entitled to a lunch break away from the work place. Pop home or if able to sit in your car and express.

Owain_Moneysaver

moneypuddle wrote: »

To be honest I think they might feel uncomfortable about it too, especially one in particular

The left one or the right one?

denla

joannaspanner wrote: »

Might it be worth speaking direct to the receptionist at the business centre? I'm a receptionist at a Business Centre, and If I was asked, I would just let them use a room for 10 minutes or so to do this ( I personally wouldn't be petty to charge) same as I do if people just need some privacy for 5 mins to make a private call or something like that? Might be worth trying.

Good of you. But if your boss found out and does everything by the book, without mercy, that's you getting a written warning. You're a receptionist, not the Business Centre owner. It's not within your authority to let out a room however short the duration, for free.

bevanuk

What if it gets spilled everywhere? Are the employers supposed to pay for the clean up? Or the business centre?
Use the toilets/car or take a bit longer off work is the best idea.
No point being to stubborn about it - there really isn't anything the employer can do to help, aside cost themselves a fortune.

joannaspanner

denla wrote: »

Good of you. But if your boss found out and does everything by the book, without mercy, that's you getting a written warning. You're a receptionist, not the Business Centre owner. It's not within your authority to let out a room however short the duration, for free.

Thanks for that. As you know more about my job than I do, please feel free to come in for me tomorrow so I can have a long weekend !

:rotfl:

caevans

As an aside re the questions as to why she can't just wait until she gets home to express - if you have been feeding your baby during the day, you can't just stop doing that. Your body still expects to feed baby at, say lunchtime, i.e. your boobs fill up with milk. So, if you don't have a baby with you to feed a) they become painful with no release and b) you might start leaking. Not a good look.
Like others have said, it also depends how old baby is. I am going back to work soon and my baby will be 10 months old. I have stopped feeding her during the day (giving her water instead). So, my body recognises I don't need milk during the day, so I don't have the problem outlined above!
All very complicated the human body.......