Pumping at Work
Jan 24, 2015 18:20:16 GMT -5
Post by HutterFlutter on Jan 24, 2015 18:20:16 GMT -5
Hi ladies, I apologize in advance for the long post:
I had my DD on 11.1.14, and I just went back to work yesterday in a skilled nursing facility (nursing home) as a speech therapist. My dilemma is that there isn't really anywhere private to pump. I don't have an office (I have a shared table in the gym with 2 other therapists), and the facility is at full capacity meaning there aren't any open resident rooms. Even my boss's office has see-through french doors.
One of my coworkers had a baby in 2013 and when she had to pump, they'd put her in the room with the scale to record residents' weights, and she said she'd get barged in on all the time even with a "Privacy" sign on the door, with the excuse being "We really need this resident's weight- we won't look!" She then was directed down into the basement in a caged storage locker, so there's no privacy if someone were to venture down there.
I'm not comfortable going in the basement in a storage locker where anyone could happen upon me, and guess I could use the battery adapter for my pump and do it on a stool in the bathroom, but sanitation-wise, I'm not 100% comfortable with it.
Am I being unreasonable with where I should pump? I just don't want to make a big deal out of it, but by law, doesn't the facility have to provide me with a private space to pump? How should I go about it?
I had my DD on 11.1.14, and I just went back to work yesterday in a skilled nursing facility (nursing home) as a speech therapist. My dilemma is that there isn't really anywhere private to pump. I don't have an office (I have a shared table in the gym with 2 other therapists), and the facility is at full capacity meaning there aren't any open resident rooms. Even my boss's office has see-through french doors.
One of my coworkers had a baby in 2013 and when she had to pump, they'd put her in the room with the scale to record residents' weights, and she said she'd get barged in on all the time even with a "Privacy" sign on the door, with the excuse being "We really need this resident's weight- we won't look!" She then was directed down into the basement in a caged storage locker, so there's no privacy if someone were to venture down there.
I'm not comfortable going in the basement in a storage locker where anyone could happen upon me, and guess I could use the battery adapter for my pump and do it on a stool in the bathroom, but sanitation-wise, I'm not 100% comfortable with it.
Am I being unreasonable with where I should pump? I just don't want to make a big deal out of it, but by law, doesn't the facility have to provide me with a private space to pump? How should I go about it?