- Keep talking with your boss about your schedule and what is or isn\’t working for you. Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, most employers, with few exceptions, must offer their breastfeeding employees reasonable break times to pump for up to 1 year after her baby is born and a place, other than a bathroom, to comfortably, safely, and privately express breastmilk. Learn more about how to protect your right to breastfeed.
- When you arrive to pick up your baby from child care, try to take time to breastfeed your baby right away. This will give you and your baby time to reconnect before going home.
Your business can take easy steps to support breastfeeding!
Supporting Nursing Moms at Work: Employer Solutions
Learn how the Office on Women\’s Health is helping businesses support nursing mothers at work. This site offers cost-effective tips and time and space solutions listed by industry.
The Business Case for Breastfeeding
The Office on Women\’s Health partnered with the Health Resources and Services Administration to create a toolkit that encourages business owners to support breastfeeding. The program points out the benefits of breastfeeding to businesses and gives them easy steps to make a breastfeeding-friendly work environment. You can share the program\’s information with your supervisor or your company\’s human resources department.
Did you know?
Under the Affordable Care Act, pregnant and postpartum women can access lactation support and counseling from trained providers as well as certain breastfeeding equipment, such as breast pumps and nursing supplies.