A friend of mine recently had a baby and it is pumping breast milk at work. In our building, there is only one room to do so and sometimes it is occupied by other ladies doing the same thing. As a fellow breast -feeder, I understand how frustating it is to go to an unfamiliar location to pump and to find out that it is occupied.
So what did she do since she doesn't have a private office to pump? Well, she pulled a chair into the disable accessible stall on the ladies bathroom and plug in her pump. She is getting the job done no matter what, and I applaud her for that.
The funny thing is that people (other ladies) are starting to question why the chair is there. This has been going on for weeks and even some of them have complained about it. Come on, we all have the same "equipment". Why would someone feel so uncomfortable with this? I don't get it. This is a very natural act. Our mothers did it, their mothers did it. Then what is the big deal?
What gets me fired up is the fact that people, specially ladies, are not supportive of it. The benefits are greater than the act but yet it is rejected by society. If more mothers decided to breast feed I bet that most babies would not suffer from a lot of illnesses.
So the next time you see a chair inside the disable accessible stall just smile, just think that out there is a working mother that cares and that baby is getting the best from her.
Have a good one.
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