https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 06:24:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-in-the-arctic#post-386750 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:29:53 +0000 birdofafeather 386750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yikes. i would bring one from home if it were me. and put my name on it in sharpie. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-in-the-arctic#post-386520 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:50:49 +0000 Andrea 386520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you have one at home that you can bring in? My office was always so cold that I just had to spend the money to buy one. It was better than sitting there with my winter jacket and gloves on every day because they kept the office too cold all the time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-in-the-arctic#post-386508 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:48:15 +0000 prettylizy 386508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>props to all you pump at work mama's, your rock my socks off. </p> <p>Sending hope that the heat comes on soon!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-in-the-arctic#post-386503 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:46:29 +0000 T.H.O.U. 386503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That stinks. I guess maybe the other person did need it more, maybe they had a medical issue. </p> <p>Our pumping room was always FREEZING. It was a small room and the door was always closed so it just stayed super cold. Before I pumped, I would open the door for a second or two to try to get the cold air out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-in-the-arctic#post-386497 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:44:40 +0000 mrsjazz 386497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: I would, but we were off all of last week because of Sandy and we got off early yesterday because of the Noreaster. Frozen boobies for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-in-the-arctic#post-386448 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:19:41 +0000 oliviaoblivia 386448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd probably just go home early. It's totally not cool of them to expect you to pump in an unheated room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-in-the-arctic#post-386385 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:54:12 +0000 tororojo 386385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you should find the person with the space heater and ask if their comfort while fully clothed is more important than your comfort while exposed--that's ridiculous! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-in-the-arctic#post-386379 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:51:10 +0000 MaisyMay 386379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeesh! That's lame that they would take it from you ladies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-in-the-arctic#post-386367 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:43:55 +0000 shopaholic 386367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aww that sucks! Can u bring in ur own space heater? I've done that at previous jobs and lots of other coworkers have before too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-in-the-arctic#post-386354 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:39:36 +0000 LaurenEC 386354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh my goodness. I hated pumping or nursing in the cold/winter, I can't imagine doing it with no heat. I have a blanket at my desk since I'm always cold at work. I think I'd have to bring it with me to pump too. Hope it gets better soon! :-/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-in-the-arctic#post-386338 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:34:19 +0000 mrsjazz 386338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just felt like venting today. I'm thankful we have a lactation room at my job (it's for staff, faculty, &amp; students) but we haven't had heat all week and probably won't have heat until next week. Everyone is sitting at their desks in their winter coats. I asked HR if there was an extra space heater milling around and they put one in the lactation room. This morning it was there, this afternoon it was gone.</p> <p>Apparently they took the space heater because they relocated some people who were still in the cold and gave the little space heater to someone else. I wanted to send a message saying, "Does that person need to expose their breasts in the cold?"</p> <p>I just don't understand why one person gets the space heater when we are ALL sitting in the cold. WTF? </p>