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[ID] 297 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen Health Care Provider Other Areas: LLL member, working towards being a lactation professional [Comment] I had been living and working in this country for 3 years and was 3 months pregnant when I realized I would not be given a paid materinty leave! I was horrified, my family and friends a few hours away and north, were at the time getting a 6 month paid maternity and now are receiving a 1 year paid maternity leave. I was lucky enough to be able to quit my full time job, 10 years ago and have work on a part time basis. I have never returned to full time work as I consider my children a full time effort. How can we posssibly expect women to nurse when so many have to return to work at 6 weeks post partum, and the lowest paid workers are generally the women who have to return the earliest and have no way to pump, or take breaks to assist the continuation of nursing. [Topic] 
Paid Maternity Leave
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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