“Working Mothers Works” “Merging Motherhood and Work” “Making it Work for Working Women” “Creating a Mother-Friendly Worksite” “The Business Case for Breastfeeding” “Supporting Breastfeeding Employees” “Retaining Valued Employees After Childbirth”
It doesn’t really matter what you name it, places of work that are supportive of breastfeeding employees create a positive environment that women need to be successful in combining motherhood and employment.
Women with infants and children represent the fastest-growing segment of
Breastfeeding has both immediate and long-term health benefits for mother and child. Though most women initiate breastfeeding, many do not continue to breastfeed upon returning to work.
There are numerous mother, child and family benefits in continuing to provide mother’s milk after returning to work. Women who go back to work after the birth of their baby and want to continue to provide their child with their own milk face challenges such as a place to pump and store milk, privacy and lack of support.
The workplace environment should enable mothers to continue breastfeeding as long as the mother and baby desires. Breastfeeding-friendly workplace programs are relatively easy and inexpensive to implement and demonstrate cost savings due to health care claim savings and less employee absenteeism.
Women can successfully combine breastfeeding and working.
Select from the links below for workplace support information.
The Business Case for Breastfeeding Materials
Healthier Worksite Initiative – Lactation Support Program Materials
Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention Worksite Initiative
Washington Business Group on Health
Women, Work & Breastfeeding Brochure
Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater
Break Time for Nursing Mothers under the FLSA