It s one of the biggest concerns for nursing moms who plan to pump at work.
Pumping at work.
The good news is that whether you work in a retail store a restaurant or an airplane hangar there are ways of making space for you to pump.
Plan to breastfeed your baby in the morning before you go to work then pump every 3 to 4 hours during the day depending of course on your baby s frequency at home.
Scheduling pumping sessions at work pumping often while on the job will help keep up your milk production.
If you re pumping at work you should go with a double electric breast pump because you ll be pumping so frequently.
The affordable care act the 2010 law you may know better as obamacare requires employers to allow women to pump breast milk while they are at work.
In some cases it just requires a bit of creativity.
It requires employers to provide two things for breastfeeding employees that are covered by the law break time to pump and a space to pump that is not a bathroom.
When choosing the best breast pump for work there are several things you need to consider.
It s in section 4207 for anyone brave enough to hunt it down but like many federal regulations covering american workers it s shot through with loopholes.