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[ID] 483 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen Nonprofit Organization [Comment] A supportive workplace, where managers and coworkers understand the importance of breastfeeding and make space for milk expression, is so critical to working mothers to continue breastfeeding. I returned to work after 3 months of maternity leave, and there was not a set place where I could express milk. After being told I could no longer lock the bathroom door to express milk privately, I managed to get a female co-worker to give me her office so I could have some privacy. It is tramautizing and embarrassing to have to figure all of this out with managers who do not value or understand why it is important. I have talked to women who have designated milk expression rooms in their workplaces, and it increases morale and makes continued breastfeeding so much easier. Being able to express breastmilk to nourish your infant is a basic human right, and there need to be policies supporting this right in the workplace. [Topic] 
Worksite Lactation Support, Onsite Child Care, and Milk Expression
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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