Thanks Sarah. Sounds like your situation is ideal for pumping! Not sure what mine would be like but I've send an email to HR asking about available space etc.
If I had returned to work after my mat leave, no there wasn't - I would have been pumping in a booth in the restaurant (not going to happen! lol) or the toilets. There was simply nowhere else to do it.
I had a small room that was also used as a client changing room. I used to sit on the floor with my back to the door. I was only working 1 to 2 days a week and only had to pump once a day. If it was more that that i would have tried to organise something more comfortable.
yes, we do. We have a dedicated 'wellness' room that can be used to anything personal - ie: expressing (although there is no fridge), making personal phone calls, having a rest. There is even a sharps container in there - I guess if you are diabetic and need to administer insulin etc...
I used to work in a vet clinic and there would have been no extra room to be able to set aside as a private room. Even the office had a window that you could see in (and two doors!). I wouldn't be comfortable expressing in the toilet/bathroom, so I'm guessing if I had been in that situation I would have been using a spare consultation room and putting a privacy sign on the door when I was in there. A plus would be that that particular room had a mini-couch in there because the room was also used as a grieving room for euthanasias, so at least the seat would be comfy. Oh and there was a bar fridge in there too.
M, take a look at the breastfeeding friendly workplace program - it offers consutancy services to employers so they can meet the needs of breastfeeding employees. contact is often initiated by employees planning to return to work.
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