Does your employer have a "lactation room" setup yet?

[Electric Amish]

Our company has had them for over 10 years.

Yes, sure, it's the fault of the President.

 

[Onita]

it's a small portion. certainly not "society". my wife breastfeeds our daughter all the time in public and we have never received any comments about it. i don't usually even notice anyone looking.

That's because I don't want you to notice me

 

[MiniDoom]

That's because I don't want you to notice me

i cant help it if my wife's hot and her bobbies are big.

 

[Dirigible]

You know what happens when you assume...

Internet hilarity? Surprise buttsecks? Either way it's win!

 

[techs]

This is from the same government that just raised the required fuel efficiency for cars by 40% in the next 5 years while at the same time raised the requirement of the amount of ethanol used in cars. Ethanol is less efficient than gasoline so they also just effectively reduced the gas efficiency of cars by 5%.

There is no such thing as common sense and reason when dealing with bureaucracies.

Do you REALLy want a debate about Federal regulations of cars?

I mean, I would start with how the automakers testified in Congress how just plain old seat belts would increase the cost of a new car by 1,000 dollars. In 1962! And anyway it couldn't be done.

Then we can go on to the car makers saying Los Angeles's pollution problems were not caused by cars, and that anyway it was impossible to cut down on emissions without doubling, yes doubling, the cost of new cars. This was in the 1970's.
Guess what? The automakers lie just as much as the tobacco companies.

 

[ShawnD1]

The automakers lie just as much as the tobacco companies.

Especially Chrysler
"no this car isn't a piece of shit" <---- huge lie

We could probably improve mileage by using unsafe skinny tires that are unreasonably hard. Switching from all season tires to winter tires dramatically lowers gas mileage because they have so much rolling friction. Using rock hard skinnies would be super efficient (and dangerous)

 

[RaistlinZ]

it's a small portion. certainly not "society". my wife breastfeeds our daughter all the time in public and we have never received any comments about it. i don't usually even notice anyone looking.

Oh, don't worry... we're looking. :sneaky:

 

[SpiderWiz]

We have had a "mother's room" for about 5-6 years.

 

[KeithTalent]

We have a nap room, but no lactation room. I imagine you could do whatever you want in the nap room though, as long as it's not too loud.

KT

 

[OCGuy]

There is nothing quite like fresh-squeezed.

 

[OCGuy]

We have a nap room, but no lactation room. I imagine you could do whatever you want in the nap room though, as long as it's not too loud.

KT

Hmmm......it sounds as if you have tested this.

 

[KeithTalent]

Hmmm......it sounds as if you have tested this.

Well I have dated a couple of girls here. :sneaky:

KT

 

[techs]

Study: Breast-feeding would save lives, money

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100405/ap_on_he_me/us_med_breast_feeding_savings

CHICAGO – The lives of nearly 900 babies would be saved each year, along with billions of dollars, if 90 percent of U.S. women fed their babies breast milk only for the first six months of life, a cost analysis says.

Those startling results, published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics, are only an estimate. But several experts who reviewed the analysis said the methods and conclusions seem sound.

"The health care system has got to be aware that breast-feeding makes a profound difference," said Dr. Ruth Lawrence, who heads the American Academy of Pediatrics' breast-feeding section.

 

[MiniDoom]

Oh, don't worry... we're looking. :sneaky:

no worries at all. i take it as a compliment. I just don't want someone telling her not to.

 

[FelixDeCat]

I dunno, I think if I were to start a new company today it would be called, "Men Only and Some Women As Long As They Arent Nursing, Pregnant or May Become Pregnant Company". We will sell women's undergarments.

 

[tboo]

Im still waiting for a company fap room. Perhaps they could combine it with the lactation room?

 

[lupi]

Never seen one of these in the many buildings on campus here. Wonder if its due to zone wide security restrictions?

 

[SearchMaster]

2) 48 states already had this law, so in reality, it does almost nothing. Only larger Nebraska and Idaho companies will have to change if they don't already have a room for such a purpose.

Interesting - as far as I know my office doesn't have any rooms designated for this purpose and we certainly fit the criteria, and we're not in NE or ID. We do have "quiet rooms" that I'm sure would suffice but I had no idea this was law already in my state.

If your employer doesn't allow you to take breaks for this purpose, you probably don't want to work for them anyway. It's no different than allowing bathroom breaks IMO, it's a bodily function that must be addressed so the employee doesn't get sick.

 

[OCGuy]

1.

2) 48 states already had this law, so in reality, it does almost nothing. Only larger Nebraska and Idaho companies will have to change if they don't already have a room for such a purpose.

Link?

 

[skace]

I dunno, I think if I were to start a new company today it would be called, "Men Only and Some Women As Long As They Arent Nursing, Pregnant or May Become Pregnant Company". We will sell women's undergarments.

Sounds like a pretty awesome place.

 

[rockyct]

Yes, this thread was yet another reminder that most posters here are ignorant kids.

Maybe not kids in terms of age, but definitely kids in terms of maturity level.

 

[dullard]

Link?

http://www.theindependent.com/articles/2010/04/03/news/local/11669048.txt

Only Nebraska and Idaho lacked breast-feeding protections in state law, Miller said. Nebraska's only provision was to excuse nursing mothers from jury duty if they presented a doctor's note, she said.

That is a local newspaper in a Nebraska town near me.

 

[zinfamous]

lots of fail in this thread.

also some hilarity.

 

[BladeVenom]

How large a company are you working for?

EDIT: rereading the OP, $500,000 and up seems somewhat reasonable for a "lactation room" requirement.

You've got to be joking? You do 500k of business, and make lets say a 10% profit on that. How big a building you think you are going to have on that 50k? How many employees do you even think a company making 50k in profits is going to have? Seriously 500k in interstate commerce could be a one man business.

 

[SagaLore]

Yes, because pumping at home is so unreasonable.

Oblama keeps the suprises coming!

You can't not pump for 9 hours straight. A typical breastfeeding schedule is every 2 to 3 hours, otherwise the breasts become painfully engorged, and eventually stop producing milk.