"As a first-time mom and the first person to have a baby where I worked, I was given an office but asked to answer phones and do work while I pumped. I would pump once in an 8 to 5 workday. My milk supply dried up within a week of going back to work." — Jill L.
"The designated 'lactation room' is a shared conference room that co-workers are constantly dropping into unscheduled and aren't respectful of the times we have it scheduled for pumping. Also, there is no key to the door lock and our nightly cleaning people lock the door every night, so we have to find someone to pick the lock every morning." — Tisha T.
"My boss at the time hated my new family commitments and made it very difficult [for me]. She moved my hours around, had me on a different route, and cut my hours to part-time. I thought I was going back to a stable position, where I could pump at work. Nope! She stuck me driving a long route from [Portland, OR,] to Seattle and Portland to Yakima, WA. I pumped in truck stops [and] parking lots with lots [of] people around. It was awful. I was so stressed out my milk started drying up." — Amber-Lee S.
"Our office does not have a designated pumping area so I was sent to pump in the supplies closet because, 'no one ever really goes there.' Ha! I was about 10 minutes into pumping my first day back and a woman walked in on me. I inevitably decided to leave the company and stay home. Now I can breastfeed and not deal with the pump all that much." — Brooke H.
