Club Breastfeeding Mums

[buds]

24hr-mum:

oic. that is how the age gap between 2 kids can be just 1 year. i always wonder how 1 child is eg p1, the other p2

The \"husbands\" like to use this myth to get the wife in action sooner... :lol:

Eg.. \"Haiyah dear, didn't you know breastfeeding mothers cannot get
pregnant one... you arh...\" :roll: That's what happened to my friend
i guess. Under trance. :rotflmao:

[24hr-mum]

maybe the husbands have been 'weaned off' during the wife's 10mth pregnancy and cant tahan?? so they so eager after delivery... :lol:

[buds]

Actually she said it in his presence and also our close relatives in jest.

He just did this... ... and then this... :politebleah: ... everyone just
:rotflmao:

[buds]

24hr-mum:

maybe the husbands have been 'weaned off' during the wife's 10mth pregnancy and cant tahan?? so they so eager after delivery... :lol:

Weaned off? :laugh:

Wuakakakakaaah! :rotflmao:

Eager?

I think it's a mix of eagerness... humsupness... and definitely
gancheongness... cos cannot withstand the long wait... too
fast cum... so too fast come one more bao-bao... :rotflmao:

[MummyThreeStreams]

There was a letter in the forum pages on Thurs 16 Dec about a company which has banned its employees from expressing milk at work, even though it is done in the toilet during the employee’s ‘personal time’, i.e. before work and during lunchtime.


It made my blood boil. :x

First, it’s crazy for a mom to have to use the toilet to prepare her baby’s food; second, she wasn’t even expressing on company time! I don’t understand it! I may be asking too much for companies to provide lactation facilities for staff, but surely it isn’t too much to expect the company not to butt in on whatever I wish to do in my lunch hour or just before I start work?! I really feel for this mom and wish I could help her somehow…

Has anyone faced similar situations at the workplace? I’ve never had this problem, and it pains me to see how some employers are so ignorant. Would love to hear your stories, of supportive and unsupportive workplaces. For those who faced difficult situations, how did you overcome them?

[buds]

For workplace in my experience, not so much employers but ignorant

singles who were either not married yet or those who do not have any
children and a few who actually cannot have children...
they give the red eye. :x

No matter if they were in children related industry & graduates at that too! :roll:

Even if it's not done during company time. Sigh. Can you believe these ppl..

[peh-boo]

MummyThreeStreams:

There was a letter in the forum pages on Thurs 16 Dec about a company which has banned its employees from expressing milk at work, even though it is done in the toilet during the employee's 'personal time', i.e. before work and during lunchtime.


It made my blood boil. :x

First, it's crazy for a mom to have to use the toilet to prepare her baby's food; second, she wasn't even expressing on company time! I don't understand it! I may be asking too much for companies to provide lactation facilities for staff, but surely it isn't too much to expect the company not to butt in on whatever I wish to do in my lunch hour or just before I start work?! I really feel for this mom and wish I could help her somehow...

Has anyone faced similar situations at the workplace? I've never had this problem, and it pains me to see how some employers are so ignorant. Would love to hear your stories, of supportive and unsupportive workplaces. For those who faced difficult situations, how did you overcome them?

nowsdays some toilets have nursing rooms beside so maybe can use that room for ur privacy lor.
i had seen a couple coming out of the nursing room -no kid just a man n a woman- wonder what they were doing inside? meeting? :?

[foreverj]

what was the reason given for banning? this is an outrage! :x


in my ex-company, i was very fortunate that one of the partners noticed i was pumping milk in the toilet. she gave me n another colleague the key to one of the empty offices so that we could pump milk there in privacy. it helps that the lady partner also pumped milk for her baby - but she has her own office of course.

we were very fortunate, thanks to that lady :love:

my next co. had breastfeeding facilities for its staff, so i was able to continue my daily ritual during lunchtime.

i honestly can't think of any valid reason why an employer can ban its staff from expressing their milk, esp when its personal time and doesn't affect anyone else.

[MummyThreeStreams]

Here's the letter that was printed in the Straits Times Forum Page:


\"MY WIFE WAS STOPPED FROM EXPRESSING BREASTMILK IN HER WORKPLACE\" - Mr. Meng Tzee Luai.

\"Recently, my wife's superior in the company stopped her from expressing and storing her breastmilk in her workplace. She had been doing it discreetly in the women's washroom and outside working hours, that is, before 9am and during her lunch breaks. Still, her superior was unmoved, cited company policy and, in a twist of irony, in the same breath commiserated with my wife by telling her that she understood what my wife was going through as she was a mother too.\" - The Straits Times, page A31, Thurs 16 Dec 2010.

buds:

For workplace in my experience, not so much employers but ignorant singles who were either not married yet or those who do not have any children and a few who actually cannot have children...
they give the red eye.

So buds, the superior who stopped her was a mother herself! I don't know what her problem was...if she could commiserate with the mom in concerned, then clearly she had been caught in that situation before. So why did she have to lay down the law on this mom?

foreverj:

what was the reason given for banning? this is an outrage! :x

i honestly can't think of any valid reason why an employer can ban its staff from expressing their milk, esp when its personal time and doesn't affect anyone else.

The superior cited \"company policy\" (no explanation in the letter), which is a cop-out! As you said, it's an outrage and I can't think of a valid reason! In fact, I can't even think of an invalid reason!

I think if you work in a big enough firm, they will usually are able to provide some basic lactation facilities. The smaller firms may not be able to justify the cost, but like you said, just using an unused meeting room/office or even a pantry is OK. I know of a couple of moms who pumped at their cubicle (shielded by high walls, a shawl and understanding female colleagues).

[mrswongtuition]

MummyThreeStreams:

Here's the letter that was printed in the Straits Times Forum Page:


\"MY WIFE WAS STOPPED FROM EXPRESSING BREASTMILK IN HER WORKPLACE\" - Mr. Meng Tzee Luai.

\"Recently, my wife's superior in the company stopped her from expressing and storing her breastmilk in her workplace. She had been doing it discreetly in the women's washroom and outside working hours, that is, before 9am and during her lunch breaks. Still, her superior was unmoved, cited company policy and, in a twist of irony, in the same breath commiserated with my wife by telling her that she understood what my wife was going through as she was a mother too.\" - The Straits Times, page A31, Thurs 16 Dec 2010.

buds:

For workplace in my experience, not so much employers but ignorant singles who were either not married yet or those who do not have any children and a few who actually cannot have children...
they give the red eye.

So buds, the superior who stopped her was a mother herself! I don't know what her problem was...if she could commiserate with the mom in concerned, then clearly she had been caught in that situation before. So why did she have to lay down the law on this mom?

foreverj:

what was the reason given for banning? this is an outrage! :x

i honestly can't think of any valid reason why an employer can ban its staff from expressing their milk, esp when its personal time and doesn't affect anyone else.

The superior cited \"company policy\" (no explanation in the letter), which is a cop-out! As you said, it's an outrage and I can't think of a valid reason! In fact, I can't even think of an invalid reason!

I think if you work in a big enough firm, they will usually are able to provide some basic lactation facilities. The smaller firms may not be able to justify the cost, but like you said, just using an unused meeting room/office or even a pantry is OK. I know of a couple of moms who pumped at their cubicle (shielded by high walls, a shawl and understanding female colleagues).

Don't be surprised that there are such FEMALES around...

Cos I had a boss that told me on my first day at work,\"I'm also a mother and I brought my kids up without sacrificing my career. Since I can do it, so can you. So don't tell me if you can't do or attend anything because of your family issues.\"