C7 - Sanday News, January 31, 1982

Ree women

Breast feeding the baby at work

NEW YORK(UPI) - A new
mother working full-time
does not have to give up
breast-feeding her infant if
she does a little planning and
consults with her employers,
says nutritionist Frances
Stout.

Mrs. Stout is a working
mother who breast-fed her
baby. She is also a con-
sultant on breast-feeding to a
health and beauty aids
manufacturer.

She says young mothers
with children under age 6 are
the fastest growing segment
of the female work force —
42 per cent of them now are
working. In addition, many
older women who have
postponed childbearing until
they are well established in
careers do not want to give
up their jobs to devote full
time to motherhood.

It is generally thought that
when breasi-feeding a baby

— something more and more
doctors find beneficial to
both baby and mother — the
mother must stay home for
up to six months after the
birth.

Mrs. Stout, a consultant to
the New York-based Bristol-
Myers Corp., said many
women fear they will fail to
produce enough milk to
satisfy their child’s needs if
they are unable to be present
for the baby’s regular

feedings.

“But supplementary
bottles do not necessarily
decrease the (mother’s) milk
supply,” Mrs. Stout said in a
recent interview.

“The milk supply is
established in the first four
to six weeks; then introduce

the supplementary bottle,”-
she said.

Mrs. Stout said the first.

thing an expectant mother
should do when she makes

the decision to breast-feed is
to tell her employer so
arrangements can be made.
If the baby cannot be
brought to the office, the
mother should arrange to
have time. to express her
milk into a bottle during the
time she normally would
feed her baby at home. If
there is no refrigerator in
which to store the bottied
milk, she said a vacuum
bottle pre-chilled with ice,

can be used. The ice should
be emptied just before filling
the bottle with milk, she
added.

The chilled milk can keep
for 48 hours and the baby
can drink it from a bottle
when the mother is at work.

“Breast-feeding is a
natural act and yet a woman
can be subject to riducule or
at least find no sympathy in a
working environment,” Mrs.
Stout said.

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