**Curious** Where do they make you pump at work???

[CarrieStalker]

I am pumping in a vending machine room right off the side of the reception area.  I have to go the front desk to get a "Do not disturb" sign, pull in a chair from a conference room, plug my pump in and set it on the floor and pump by the glow and hum of the vending machine that holds all of the goodies I shouldn't eat! When we have clients in for traning, they are told where the vending machine room is.  Obviously our clients aren't the brightest and must not understand what "Do not disturb" means because there have been several times that they are trying to break in.  8O Now wouldn't that be a sight.... Luckily the door locks.

Now you would think in a building with 95% women in their 20s and 30s that they could find a better place!  There have been at least 5 women pregnant and nursing in the last year.  

I'd love to hear where anyone else pumps.  I'm sure mine isn't the worst!

[CarrieStalker]

Come on...no funny stories??

[€ileen]

I used to pump in my boss' office. I was working nights, so he and I would usually only overlap for an hour or two. The only embarassing thing I can really think of was the time I had to stop pumping in a rush and forgot to put away my pump parts. When he came in the next day they were sitting out on a table in his office with dried breastmilk on them. I'm sure he was grossed out, but he never said anything.

[MrsBear]

Luckily I have always had a private office and could close my door and pump at my desk.  My old office door locked (when I had my first baby) and that stopped the UPS man from coming in.  He had knocked and said "just a minute, please" but then he immediately started trying to get the door to open.  My current office door (second baby) does not lock and the termite man came walking in one day.  Had he been 10 seconds earlier, he would have gotten a good show because I had just hooked my bra back up and pulled my sweater down when he walked in. 8O   I think he immediately realized what was going on (the pump and bottles were still out) and he apologize profusely.  I hope he learned something about not knocking first.

[CarrieStalker]

We had testing of our fire alarms last week at work.  Thank GOD they made an announcement before I went in because the alarms went off while I was pumping.  There is not an intercom in the "vending room" so I would not have known it was a test.  I can just picture me, rushing out thinking that the building was on fire!

[O'pumpkin, my pumpkin]

I worked in a University lab by myself the summer after Jacob was born. My boss worked nights due to the timing of assays and sample arrival, so I had the place to myself during the day and the lab has no windows. Sooooooooooooo, I used to just pump at my desk (in the outer lab, away from all of the equipment and chemicals etc). I'd lock the door and just surf the web at my desk while I pumped.

Once, someone tried the doorknob while I was in the middle of a letdown. I assumed all was fine until I heard a KEY IN THE LOCK! I had only enough time to set the pump to the side and pull my shirt down (not enough time to re fasten the nursing bra) before the janitor and his assistant came in.

I don't think he noticed the pump and the half full bottle of BM. He actually wouldn't shut up! Kept going on about his son's new car. In the mean time, I was hoping that the dribbles of milk I was feeling run down my breast wouldn't soak through my shirt.

[Justicedog]

I've been really lucky with my work and pumping.  My boss is the best.

For my first, he arranged for me to use an empty room.  He got them to put a lock on the door too.

For my second, our office had been renovated and we had a "conference/break" room for our unit.  He got one of those "Be back at" with an adjustable clock on the bottom and put "Room in use until" on it and hung it up on the door.  He also insisted on a lock for that door as well.

Now, my boss has a knack for hiring pregnant women.  So, the next lady to get pregnant uses that room to pump too, she wasn't very diligent about using the "room in use" sign.  She'd gone in there and closed the door, we're assuming she ws pumping.  My boss goes to go into the room to put his food in the fridge but one of the guys who sits in front of the room screams "no! you can't go in there!! Jane's in there!" My boss, (ex military) says "but the sign's not up."  He didn't go in.

I had to go to two conferences away from our building while I was still pumping.  I'd asked my boss for a contact name so I could call to make arrangements for me pump.  He tells me not to worry and he calls to make the arrangments.  It's so funny though with one of them.  He told them he needed a lactation room.  They had no clue what that meant.  He then explained I needed an empty room for one of his to pump, that it needed an electrical outlet, a chair and a table.  Apparantly they had asked, "what do you mean pump."  He got very impatient (because everyone should have these rooms available) and explained further.  It was funny to see him do that.

[Meow]

I can use one of the bathrooms, or a small file room.
I use the bathroom most of the time, because it has a lock, and I can rinse the parts in the sink when I'm done.

Nothing exciting has happend while pumping, but one morning when I was getting ready to go home, I had set a bottle of BM on the counter with the rest of my stuff while I did some paperwork. I looked up to catch a co-worker sniffing my BM! lol.
She's pregnant with her second, but didn't BF her first child. She wants to give BF a try this time around, and was curious about what it smelled like I guess, lol

[MamaX]

Our office has a "Lactation Room" which used to be an empty office.  The janitor walked in on my one time, despite the fact that the door was locked AND I was frantically yelling, "I am in here!  DON'T come in". I don't think he really saw anything.

Now the room is a small room with a table and a small refrigerator where everyone keeps their lunches and snacks.  It is ok but there is no lock on the door - you just have to put up an "Occupied" sign.  I made a sign that said, "Making Lunch for Baby" and someone told me she was offended and I could not use it anymore.  Whatever.

People get so annoyed when they go to get something from the fridge and the "occupied" sign is up -- it is annoying since I was the only one using that room.  I mean, really, you cannot just wait a few minutes?   I used to be in and out of there in like 12 minutes!

[Justicedog]

I made a sign that said, "Making Lunch for Baby" and someone told me she was offended and I could not use it anymore. Whatever.

That's absurd.  

People get so annoyed when they go to get something from the fridge and the "occupied" sign is up -- it is annoying since I was the only one using that room. I mean, really, you cannot just wait a few minutes? I used to be in and out of there in like 12 minutes!

I do understand this.  We were lucky enough to have an instant messaging program.  Before I went in, I'd IM anyone from my unit that I was using the room for 30 minutes and to go in now or hold their peace for 30 minutes.

[nypples]

I've got my own office, I tell my boss I have to feed the baby, and I close the door. So much nicer than my other job where there really was nowhere private and sometimes I ended up in the toilet pumping.

I wash my pump in the kitchenette and store my milk in the office frdige and noone cares.

pax

Jane

[TunaQueen]

Back when I pumped, it was in the dissection room down the hall.
I know,  :vomit: .

[LuvJAH]

I pumped in the telephone room.  Its a small room with a phone and a chair and a table.  I'll be in there again this time.

[MommytoLuke]

I work for a small company (20 employees) so I was able to pump in m boss's office, which has a lock and it's on the second floor, so you can't see in the windows.

I actually pumped full time with Luke, so I borrowed my sister's pump to just keep at work.  I had a little bag that I kept my parts in.  I had to go downstairs and through the lobby, so nobody saw anything.

Not that I was embarrassed.  EVERYONE knew what I was doing.  I'm very proud of it!  I educated a lot of people.  

Funny story:  I was pumping one day, and luckily my boss had just cleaned off his very messy desk, because I spilled 5 oz. of ebm all over his desk!  I was giggling when I came downstairs.  He asked what I was laughing about.  

When I told him, he got beet red!

[MommytoLuke]

Another funny!  I work at an RV sealership, and twice a year we have shows at the convention center.  Well, last year I was pumping during both of them.  I sell at the shows, so I knew I wouldn't be able to pump as often, but I prepared myself.

Anywa I had called the convention center to see if they had a room I could use.  They didn't.  So I had to use the Unisex bathroom.  It was decent sized, and had a baby changer, so I put my pump on there.  I also just brought a little foling chair with me.  It had a strap I so I could carry it on my back with my pump.  It worked pretty well.  

My boss was sorry that I had to deal with the bathroom, but I truly didn't mind.  It was only a few days out of my life and nobdy forced me to go to the shows.

Anyway, the funny part...One of the shows we share a display with our sister store.  The GM from that store had coffee and one of the other employees told him that I had brought cream for the coffee! (This employee and I are good friends and he is very pro-bf).  So, the GM opened the fridge and asked why the cream was separated.  Luckily, it was the other female in our group who told him what it really was!

He was teased the rest of the show!