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[ID] 807 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen [Comment] An area that would help promote breastfeeding for working lactating mothers, is mandatory areas for milk expression and the time needed to do it. Many mothers are not given this opportunity and it makes it much more difficult to pump during working hours if expression needs to take place somewhere inconvenient or less than welcoming. Women who have to resort to restroom stalls, storage closets and cars are much less likely to continue breastfeeding. In addition, lactating mothers have different expression needs. Babies are individuals too and aren't necessarily on feeding schedules that are every 3-4 hours. Therefore, mothers that are only given time during meal hours may be forced to have a lower milk supply because they are unable to express milk as often as necessary to keep up the needs of their baby/babies. [Topic] 
Worksite Lactation Support, Onsite Child Care, and Milk Expression
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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