{"id":4259,"date":"2018-06-08T23:30:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T21:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nestwaerme.li\/?page_id=4259"},"modified":"2018-06-08T23:30:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T21:30:33","slug":"working-and-breastfeeding-a-motivating-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nestwaerme.li\/en\/working-and-breastfeeding-a-motivating-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Working and breastfeeding – a motivating story"},"content":{"rendered":"

I want to share a little story of a full-time working and breastfeeding mum. I loved her story because it sounded so optimistic and encouraging and I thought that many of you who doubt that working and breastfeeding go together, will be relieved to hear that this is no contradiction at all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tanya Baumert does training courses for sales staff. For her job she\u2019s travelling through her country (Switzerland) by public transport daily. In a Facebook group about breastfeeding, she shared the following entry:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"breastfeeding\u201eMy dear mamas, I have to say thank you for your amazing support during my maternity leave. I was afraid of having a really stressful time as a breastfeeding and milk pumping full-time working mum.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now I am working since january and our son is 5,5 months old actually. Yes, it is exhausting sometimes, and expressing my milk all the time is annoying. But on the other hand, it\u2019s a break I can enjoy on my own and eventually I send a selfie to my husband \ud83d\ude09<\/em><\/p>\n

But what led me to writing to you, is that I\u2019ve been spending the whole week in the west of Switzerland sleeping in hotels. In the weeks before, I\u2019ve already spent three nights out in total and it worked well. But 4 nights in a row really scared me (this happens like 3-4 times a year). I\u2019ve asked myself how my little boy will react when I\u2019ll be back home and if he\u2019d still want to nurse after drinking my milk out of a bottle for 5 days.<\/em><\/p>\n

My husband is at home, working one day per week. On this day and the night before, my mother takes care of my baby. <\/em>
\n For me, the week was very short because I had a lot to do, made interesting encounters and had discussions and talks that made me think: A childless woman said to me: \u201eoh wow, you\u2019re still nursing! It\u2019s not for sure you\u2019re milk is still rich enough\u2026?\u201c And then, a 40 years old father of 4 was quietly shocked to hear that our baby is sleeping with us: \u201estop it asap for god\u2019s sake or he\u2019ll still be in your bed at the age of 5!\u201c He looked pretty astonished when I answered: \u201eSo what?\u201c. I also had a funny encounter with a young and embarassed receptionist at the hotel tho whom I said that the mini bar in my room wasn\u2019t big enough to store my milk after I\u2019ve been pumping for 4 days. <\/em>
\n All that distracted me from missing my men, especially my little one and even more when I saw other children. <\/em>
\n In situations like this I always think that I\u2019m doing it for my family and I\u2019m feeling better. <\/em>
\n The evening I got back from my long trip I\u2019ve been excited but all doubts resolved: my son smiled at me, we cuddled and played and he continued to breastfeed like he hasn\u2019t done anything else.<\/em><\/p>\n

So, dear pumping and breastfeeding working mum\u2019s: nothing\u2019s impossible! Trust yourself and don\u2019t think about it, it would just steal your energy. Just do it and you\u2019ll see that you\u2019ll be able for more than you\u2019d believe. And that\u2019s exactly what I\u2019ve learnt in this group! :)\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n

Thank you so much, dear Tanya, for letting me share your story!<\/p>\n

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