Baby K is still solely on breast milk, so I've been pumping in the office since I've gone back to work. Unfortunately, this facility is not exactly kind to nursing mothers and has not made a lactation room available. My options are to a) use the Medical Office (but it is only available when the nurse is there, which is not very often), b) utilize the nursing room at daycare, (I did that on day one when they spilled my milk, but it's too far to do on a daily basis), or c) find an empty office. I've been going with option c since it's the most convenient. The major downside to this is that none of the offices here have locks on them. I've been putting a "PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB" sign on the door of a vacant office, hoping that people would READ before entering. I haven't had any problems, that is, until today. As I was about done and putting away my milk, a woman came barging in, shocking the living daylights out of me (probably took away three years of my life!). Good thing my back was turned to the door, so hopefully she didn't see anything. Truth be told, she seemed more traumatized by it than I was. When I left the office, I found her a few feet away by the cubicle of another colleague, literally in tears b/c she was so mortified for walking in on me. Apparently, her head was down and she didn't see my big "PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB" sign.
SIGH! Looks like I am going to have to look for a new place to pump. I've also used my boss' office a few times (she's currently on maternity leave), but I found her door ajar today, so I didn't want to use it in case someone needed to go in there to get a file or something. SIGH! I can't wait to start baby K on formula! Not only will that free up a lot of my time, but I won't have to inspect the ingredients to everything I eat anymore for fear of triggering baby K's food allergy problem.
4 comments:
eep!! sorry to hear! i rem when a former colleague did that for a few years (back to back babies) in the ladies' room. she used the handicap stall but yeah, not very mother-friendly. everyone can hear it and she always felt it wasn't very sanitary. maybe next time, put a chair again the door knob or door itself..if anything, it would buy you a few seconds of time and prevent anyone from barging in too quickly. glad you seem to be getting into a better schedule at work!
unfortunately, there was only 1 chair in the office, and i was sitting on it. i did move the garbage can to block the door, but that did absolutely nothing to prevent the door from being pushed open.
maybe you can tape two signs on the door. one at eye level and one by the doorknob?
hmm... hadn't thought of that. maybe i'll try that if i need to use that office again (for now, will stick with my boss' office). thanks for the suggestion!
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