August 28th, 2009
Forbes Magazine Interviews Yours Truly…
A few weeks ago I was interviewed by a journalist for Forbes Magazine on the plight of the Working & Pumping Mother.
This is a plight I know all too well. It’s not easy providing breastmilk to a baby you don’t see 50 hours a week. But I busted my butt, and made it through that full year of pumping at work without a drop of formula supplementation. Luckily my employer didn’t give me any hassles, and they never questioned a minute I needed to spend in the Mother’s Room, but they didn’t exactly provide me with all the resources I needed to be successful either.
They could do better, so I helped them do better, and it was a win/win for everyone.
The case that this article makes is that Employers can do more to assist nursing Mothers, and it only helps their bottom line. Read the full Forbes.com article called “The Business of Breastfeeding.”
Yay me!
PS. I’m the second Gina in the article (Gina Crosley-Corcoran), not the Gina from Lanisoh — but weird coincidence!
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UPDATED:
Upon request I have added the document I created for my company.
Download Mothers Room Info-Breastfeeding (1.36 MB PDF)
Feel free to use these as a guide in creating your own Mother’s Room materials. It is also important to order some fee copies of The Business Case For Breastfeeding to have on hand as well.
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Great article! I enjoy reading your blog and admire you for all that you do for your family. It would have been so easy to give up pumping and you didn’t, you rocked it for a full year.
he he he …you so sneeky
AND
a great force in breastfeeding!
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