The week of August 1-7 is Breastfeeding week so that society begins to realize the importance of breastfeeding in our society. Many women who return to work do not know how to continue breastfeeding and many of them, although their desire is to continue breastfeeding, abandon it because they see the impossibility of carrying it out.
If you are a working woman and also a nursing mother who must return to work, do not worry because next we are going to give you some tips so you can continue breastfeeding your baby even if you have to go back to work.
Before returning to work, find a good pump to express your milk regularly at your workplace, and you should also accustom your baby to drinking your breast milk from a bottle. Anticipating this will help you to continue breastfeeding without stress for you or your baby. You can freeze breast milk if you do it right after you have expressed it.
Talk to your bosses so they know that you want to continue offering breastfeeding to your baby, you have the legal right to have 30 minutes of breastfeeding per working day. If you encounter resistance or lack of support in your workplace, get help instead of giving up breastfeeding.
Breastfeed your baby before leaving for work and another one just after you get home. If you are breastfeeding a baby older than six months, you will need to make sure your baby is hungry when you get home from work so that he can breastfeed and empty your breasts.
You will have to be patient, the modern world still does not understand that breastfeeding can be easy, natural and free if they did not put so many impediments or stress so much on nursing mothers. Always think about what can be the best for you and your baby.