I have pumped in a meeting room, bathroom, spare office and storage room in another suite.
So glad to not be pumping!!!!
Where do you pump while at work?
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A small room off the nurse's office. The door didn't lock.
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Nursing room! It's a conference that one of the admins refinished to a "lounge" for nursing moms!
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@Alba4: can you ask them install a lock? Even a simple chain lock would be better than nothing.
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In a Mother's Room. Our building has two of them that only nursing mom's are given the combo to and we can schedule our time through Outlook calendar. They're actually pretty nice - comfy chair, fridge, sink, table, bookcase, clock, pictures, mirror - all the amenities!
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I pump in an office that I share with two other coworkers (female). We are PhD students, thus the need to share office space, but it has not been ideal. Our building is off campus and there are no nursing rooms in it. Thankfully, LO just turned 1 and today is my LAST DAY pumping!!!
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I don't go back until next week, but it'll be in the server room, although one of our unit supervisors retired last Nov and her position hasn't been filled yet so I can use her office until it is.
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A treatment room at the hospital. No blinds on the window so I had to rig a sheet. Also have to wipe down everything since patients are in there
Gross. At least there was a computer so I could write my notes. It locked but others had a key so I had to put up a sign.
The hospitals "pumping room" was literally a 3x3 "room" before you enter a bathroom with no furniture, one outlet and an uncovered window. I would have had to drag a chair in there and ask someone for a key before every use
I was/am part time/per diem and that entire situation made me not want to work an hour more than I had committed too.
Disgraceful. Granted it's a small community hospital and if they had the funds I would have preferred they use them towards bettering patient care and not my inconvenience. It still sucked though!! -
In our "wellness" room.
Before we moved offices, I pumped in an empty corner office with floor to ceiling windows and no furniture. That ran about 65 degrees.
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An empty office is designated as the pumping room whenever someone needs it. They put up an extra strip of material to cover the inch gap by the side of the blinds and they put a fridge in the room. The pumping mothers are in charge of sharing the key.
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First day: The bathroom off of the mailroom. Everyone could hear the pump.
The next six months: A storage closet that was warm and quiet but lacked a chair, so I sat on a stool and balanced the pump on my knees.
The last three months: An empty office with a chair, desk, and window. It was glorious.
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We have a mother's room in our office that's off the women's bathroom. It's pretty bare bones but it has a mini fridge and a sink. We made them install a lock. I just always think people look at me funny when I walk into the bathroom with my water cup.
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Mostly in an office. A few times in another spare room. Once in conference room while meeting with another person (another mom and she was fine with it).
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I'm very lucky and can pump in my office. I can still work on my computer, be on conference calls, etc. Though I found out the hard way about a month into pumping that the lock they installed for me was actually installed backwards and I had been locking myself in, not others out. Luckily it was a female coworker who walked in
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@regberadaisy: That's a good idea. I'll ask come fall when I'll most likely be pumping again!
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I'm lucky to have my own office, so I just close and lock the door, and shut the blinds! It's kind of nice because I'm able to keep working too while I pump!
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My company moved buildings in September. I go on leave in a handful of weeks, but when I come back, we have a Mother's room with two chairs, a fridge, a curtain, and outlets and a lock. I will have to get the key from my manager or the office lady, but since I will be the only pumping mom in my department, I am hoping to get my own copy.
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It will be my car!
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: ugh, did that at my job after having LO1. On hot days it was miserable. Sorry to hear you won't have an inside space.
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@MaisyMay: don't remind me about the heat! I'm getting my new company car soon and for the first time ever will get it tinted. That should help a smidge. How long did you keep up pumping when you had to do it in the car?
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: do you commute a lot in your job?
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I have the option of a lactation room, but I usually pump in a smaller conference room connected to my office.
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A storage room
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@regberadaisy: T-F, I WOH visiting customers at their place of business. My car is my office thone days, all day.
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: that's hard! I know some use a nursing cover when pumping in a car. One of those that slip over the head like a apron?
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Do you have any good sized public libraries by your clients? I work for one and we frequently have moms who work in sales drop in to pump in our nursing room. Might be worth doing a little recon to see?
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@Finfan: aw that's so nice!
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@regberadaisy: Well, it's intended for the public (for moms who want more privacy, etc) for nursing but that's also where staff members who are nursing moms pump (if they don't have offices of their own).
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I'm pretty lucky. My hospital has pumping rooms scattered throughout the hospital. They all have chairs, lamps, and symphony pumps, so I just have to bring the attachments and bottles. Most of them have a sink and soap and hand sanitizer (I avoid the one room that doesn't have a sink). They also stock disposable bottles and lanolin samples (patients use these rooms, as well as employees). Most of them are set up as doubles but there are some singles. Most of the don't lock but they are clearly marked as lactation rooms. The only downside is that we have a ton of employees, so it can be hard to find an open room during popular pumping times. But that's only an issue about once a week.
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The first time around, it was literally a closet that they put a chair in to make it a "pumping room".... the 2nd time around, they had a full mother's room, complete with a mini fridge and recliner lol
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@Finfan: heck yeah, that's a great idea! TY
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A sad, sad catch-all storage room with a computer. I had to put paper up on the glass door that doesn't lock. I also put a schedule outside the door to "reserve" it then would pray nobody would come in. That's where I'll have to go again this time.
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@Finfan: You have a nursing room at your library? Jealous!
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I hope they can help you out. Just to reiterate that our room is designed for the public so the staff unlocks it for you, then it locks automatically behind you.
Not every library has the space for such a service but there is a need for it so I'm glad we do.
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@pregnantbee: yup, for the public! It's not fancy but there's a table and adult and LO size chairs so it gets the job done. No sink in there unfortunately.
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Used to be a storage closet in our special ed resource center (with kids right outside the door...so awkward), but I finally got my principal to let me pump in my classroom.
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@Finfan: That's so nice to provide!
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My work converted a storage closet into a mother's room. They did the best they could, it has a comfy chair and a mini-fridge and is freshly painted but it is tiny. It's near my desk and I have a key, just in case, but it's left open unless in use. We have an outlook calendar and I police that no one uses it inappropriately. At one time we had 5 moms using this one room! Now, I'm the only one left and it's nice to have it whenever I have time. I'm glad to have it but wish it was a little bigger
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The first time i did not have a private office, so I got bumped around to various offices that were unoccupied. This time, we have a "mother's room" (a spare office in the HR department where they put a mini fridge) but since I now have my own office, I'll probably just use my own office. I don't really want to have to walk through the HR department and have the two guys on either side hear the pump every time.
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We have a lactation room at work but its not in a convenient location and we have a lot of nursing moms. I've just been pumping in my office that I share with another woman (it was actually her idea and has offered to leave but as long as she is ok with it I'm fine and just use a nursing cover). Its nice because I can still work on notes and leave my pump on the desk ready to go. There is a lock but since someone else is in the room with me I can't really lock it. People have walked in but I'm sure they'll start listening for the pump noise when the door is shut and sign up from now on before barging in if they're uncomfortable with it (since I wear the cover I could not care less).
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