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This one-of-a-kind guide to balancing motherhood and work is based on actual journals kept by a group of IBM women during their visits to the company's employee lactation room.
It all began when IBM manager Cate Colburn-Smith sat down in the company's employee lactation room, shed a few silent tears, and wrote the following on a paper towel: I'm a new mom and today is my first day back at work. Is anyone else using this room?
Right away women responded, and the paper towel was eventually replaced by a series of notebooks, in which women offered one another advice and support on juggling work and a newborn. Based on the original notebooks, The Milk Memos is a heartwarming, encouraging (and often hilarious!) guide to working motherhood.
It's one of the most existential moments any woman will face: sitting in a small room tucked away in the bowels of your company, pumping breast milk for a child so close to your heart-yet, at that moment, so far away. The Milk Memos records the voices of mothers who, while struggling with the difficulties of blending their two lives, prove that women don't have to choose between work and family. Their thoughts on how it can be done will inspire women everywhere. This invaluable book weaves the actual Milk Memos journal entries with information-packed sections on such topics of great concern to working moms as:
- finding a private place to pump breast milk at work and establishing a routine that you can maintain despite your busy workday;
- establishing the right daycare solution;
- getting a decent night's sleep with a new baby so that you can shine (or at least glimmer!) during business hours; and
- negotiating flextime, part-time, or a job share with an employer.
The ultimate gift for any new mom who will soon return to work, The Milk Memos is destined to become a classic on the parenting shelf.
Customer Reviews:
Really hit home!!.......2007-09-28
I really can't say enough good things about this book. As a breastfeeding mom who just returned to work a few days ago, this book was a godsend. I've never read a book that was so informative, touching, and hilarious rolled all into one. It helped me to be prepared for the difficulties of working and pumping that I would face, and helped me to get organized enough to make sure I had everything I needed to make working and breastfeeding a success. It EVEN gave me the courage and information needed to request (and receive!) a place to pump privately at my workplace when I had previously thought that I was going to be resigned to pumping in the women's bathroom. I also appreciated the book's non-judgemental tone: it presented breastfeeding as the best-possible solution for feeding our babies but it did not scoff at those women who find themselves struggling with it (as many of us have) or not interested in doing it long-term.
A must read for nursing moms .......2007-07-30
Like other reviews says, it's an absolute must read for nursing moms. When I read it I felt as if I were reading my own life/feelings. The book will make you smile, laugh, and cry.
Milk Moms Unite!.......2007-07-09
I am a working, milking mom. I read the Milk Memos while pumping at work and love it. This book has made me laugh out loud and brought tears to my eyes. It puts into words so much of what I (and other new moms I imagine) are feeling once we return to work after maternity leave. I read the book every day while pumping and feel that I am part of the milk club! The book is full of encouragement for pumping moms struggling to balance the demands of their babies, bosses and [...]!
A Must Buy! It's like a Girlfriend's Guide to breastfeeding while working........2007-06-15
I'm an attorney who nursed my first child for 2 years. Now I'm nursing a second. This book captures dead on the trials and tribulations of working while nursing. Pumping while on business trips, leaking milk onto your blouse, nursing while on a conference call -- it's all in there! I'm buying it for all of my pregnant working moms.
A must for all new moms.......2007-05-25
This is a must gift for all new moms. Fantastic.
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Going back to work after having a baby? You don't have to wean your little one. In Nursing Mother, Working Mother: The Essential Guide for Breastfeeding and Staying Close to Your Baby After You Return to Work, Gale Pryor has written a nuts-and-bolts guide for nursing and working at the same time. Pryor breast-fed each of her two children while working full-time outside the home, and her experience and voice of reassurance informs this book. She makes a strong case for breast-feeding: not only is it good for your baby, but many working women find that it is the easiest way to care for their child, and for themselves. Early chapters cover breast-feeding basics. Later chapters focus on preparing to go back to work, instructions on pumping (equipment and positioning), how to manage life at home and at work, and how to cope if you "fall apart" when your baby is six months old (common among new mothers who work outside the home). The book describes a typical day of pumping and nursing for babies of various ages, how to combine nursing and formula feeding, and how to stop leaking breasts (discreetly press on your nipples with the back of your forearms or with your elbows). Appendices include a list of resources for nursing, working mothers and a sample proposal for pumping space.
Book Description
Essential advice and encouragement for the millions of breastfeeding mothers who work.
Customer Reviews:
Unique and Valuable Resources for Working Mothers.......2007-05-16
This book was such a help to me when I was trying to figure out during my maternity leave how I would be able to go back to work full time and continue nursing. My daughter is now nearly two and I am still nursing her. I have returned to this book numerous times for support and information. There are not enough good resources out there for mothers who work full time and want to maintain a close, nurturing relationship with their child. Of course, with any book you read there will be things you don't agree with and I would agree that the schedules provided for how often you will need to pump and nurse are not going to be accurate for every woman, but overall this book provides extremely valuable information and support.
Excellent book for mothers who want to breastfeed properly.......2007-05-15
I tried breastfeeding on my own (not knowing anything about it) with my first son and was not very successful. Prior to the birth of my second son, I read this book and was able to breastfeed my second son for an entire year. The book gives solutions that actually work when you need to increase your milk supply. I've bought this book for 3 mothers and they've learned from this book too.
Must read.......2007-01-08
This book is a must read for any working nursing moms, even if you are working part time, or from home. I read it cover to cover in just a short time during the baby's naps and found it very useful, motivating, and supportive. Great book.
NURSING MOTHER WORKING MOTHER.......2006-08-03
FAST AND ON TIME. GREAT SELLER. WILL DO BUISNESS AGAIN. THANK YOU
Finally!-- a nursing guide with one foot in the real world.......2006-02-27
With an adopted 10-month old at home, my first pregnancy turned out to be twins. I loved my 40+ hour management level job and did not want to leave. I did not think nursing was an option, and quite frankly wasn't that interested in it anyway. This book changed my mind. It is down-to-earth and gave me the grounding I needed to think creatively and yet realistically about what I needed and what my children needed from me. I ended up nursing my twins almost exclusively for 2.5 years. Best decision I've ever made. I highly recommend this book and purchase it for every pregnant mom I know who inquires about nursing and managing a challenging work-filled life.
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The World Health Organization, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and other authorities on maternal-infant health all recommend breastfeeding exclusively for the first six months of a baby s life and continued breastfeeding through one to two years of age (or for as long as mother and baby desire). For working mothers of infants (more than half of all new mothers) meeting this goal can be challenging. The newly updated Nursing Mother, Working Mother offers you practical and reassuring advice on everything from choosing the right pump in every situation, to securing lactation space and respect at the workplace, to instructing childcare providers on feeding pumped breast milk, to continuing breastfeeding even when your job requires business travel. It also includes information on changes in workplace laws. As a breastfeeding mother, you need guidance and support to combine breastfeeding with your working life, and the reassuring and informative revised edition of Nursing Mother, Working Mother assists you at every step.
Customer Reviews:
Great for Any Mother, Working or Not!.......2007-09-25
I bought this book while I was still pregnant, because I was planning on going back to college very soon after my daughter was born. Due to some complications, I didn't get to go back to school, so I've been a SAHM for nearly a year. Even without me working, this book has been by far the best book about breastfeeding that I have read. It has a whole chapter that gives you the knowledge and confidence that your body can nurse your baby. Without reading that chapter before my daughter's birth, I think I would've given up on breastfeeding when it was hard in the beginning. Words cannot even express how valuble this book was to me. Without this book (and a great lactation consultant), I know I wouldn't be nursing my daughter today.
This book also has some other information about breastpumps, etc that is very good, going over the pros and cons of each type.
A previous reviewer talked about the information on sleeping, which is a little extreme. However, those who do not want to follow the advice don't have to. It's not the solution for everyone, but neither is night-weaning a child that isn't emotionally or physically ready.
Bottom line is, I very very very strongly recommend this book, not only for moms that plan on working, but for anyone who is planning to breastfeed their baby.
Some good info and some inappropriate value judgments.......2007-06-06
I bought this book hoping to put it in my company's pumping room as a resource for pumping moms at my company. After I read it, I decided not to put it in the pumping room. Although there is some good information in this book, unfortunately the tone of most of it made me uncomfortable, and in some places offended me. I didn't want other working and nursing moms at my company to feel judged by the information in this book. Being a working and nursing mom is hard enough without the kinds of value judgments the authors make.
The main problem with this book is that like many breastfeeding manuals, it basically contends that good mothering begins and ends with breastfeeding on demand for as long as possible. Other components of mothering - having the energy to engage in constructive play with your child, having the emotional resources to provide nurturing, etc. get short shrift. If you don't continue to nurse, you are not giving your baby the best, and it's better to sacrifice your own mental well-being than to give up nursing. The previous reviewer mentioned the suggestion to encourage your child to nurse more at night if they drop nursing sessions during the day - in this, as in pretty much every other manual currently recommended, the mom's need for sleep is trumped absolutely by the need to continue breastfeeding. It doesn't seem to matter that lack of sleep can contribute to depression, impaired cognition and decision-making, and result in problems at work, with a marriage, etc. The authors' message is, basically, get used to not sleeping; breastfeeding is more important. I don't think that message serves any mom, not just working moms, well. I have a friend who nearly drove off the road out of sleep deprivation, with her baby in the backseat. She had been nursing her baby, a chronic reverse-cycler, for 10 months and was impaired in pretty much everything she did. She elected to night-wean her daughter, but kept breast-feeding mornings, evenings, and during the day on weekends. After the night weaning not only did she and her husband feel better, her baby was much less irritable. They continued nursing until her daughter self-weaned just after her second birthday. Night weaning is something people with older babies should consider if their overnight nursing situation is not working, but that idea is dismissed in this book.
There's also a very questionable section where the authors talk about choosing not to go back to work and quote a woman who says that she found a way to make staying home work. That's great, but I would imagine anyone reading this book is way past the point of being able to make a decision to stay home or not. To me this section was completely unnecessary in a book that is, ostensibly, about combining working and nursing.
Overall the book has some valuable info but the hit-you-over-the-head moralizing is too much. I would really love to find a breastfeeding manual that deals with logistics and problem-solving without making it seem like breastfeeding is the end-all-be-all of mothering or guilting women who may not want to nurse until a child is in preschool. I haven't found one yet, - this book definitely isn't it. I was disappointed, and elected to put some neutral information about pumping, milk storage, continuing nursing from a state agency in our pumping room rather than this book. I know first-hand how hard it is to combine working and nursing - I don't want my fellow nursing coworkers to have anything or anyone pile any more guilt on them than they're already piling on themselves. I hope the next edition of the book will focus more on positivity and useful information and focus less on making inappropriate value judgments.
Not what I had hoped it would be.......2007-05-17
I had really looked forward to reading this book and was disappointed, especially after reading so many rave reviews. My 6-month old has recently started rejecting his bottles at daycare, and at the same time my supply has dropped dramatically. I understand that he wants to bond with me, but he is not a good co-sleeper (wakes up continually to play) and I don't have a choice about working or flexible hours. I had to wonder what the authors were smoking when they recommeded that I be flattered by this and encourage him to swap his day/night eating habits.
Customer Reviews:
Outstanding for 1985, and still very useful today.......2004-12-25
This book was written in 1985. Good breast pumps were probably nonexistent or very expensive and hard to find back then. So the chapter "Meals In Minutes" in this book concentrates on hand-expressing. Thankfully, it's not necessary to hand-express at work anymore - you can get a great automatic-cycling double-electric pump (Ameda Purely Yours or Medela Pump In Style) for much less than a year of formula would cost you. But even though the information on how to express milk is out of date, this book still provides excellent information on breastfeeding and how it can fit in to the life of a mother who works outside the home. I returned to work full time when our son was 10 weeks old, and the advice in this book was a great help to me.
The Best of the Working Mother's Breastfeeding books!.......2002-03-16
Reviewed this one by mistake - sorry...
The Best of the Working Mother's Breastfeeding books!.......2002-03-16
I've read a library full of books about breastfeeding - especially breastfeeding for working mothers. This one was by far the most useful. It was told in a very anecdotal way, and yet managed to convey more useful information than some of the other books I've read.
Hand expression isn't for me, but even so most of her advice was really useful for me. I've been using a lot of her tips to keep the milk flowing freely. It's also a fun read.
Awesome book!.......2002-03-02
I didn't get this book until my twins were 3 months old. It saved my life! Her practical suggestions worked. I was able to ditch the pump and hand express, and ended up breastfeeding much longer than I thought I could (8 months!). I give this book to all my "new-mom" friends, and they have like-wise benefitted from Dr. Grams advice. There are other books that are more "technical" , but this is the one you will go back to again and again!
The best book for day to day info on BF.......2001-01-25
This book is great for day to day information on breastfeeding. (If you are looking for technical information, you may want to look elsewhere). I have used her suggestion about babymoon, nighttime feeding, nipple stimulation for letdown, and manual expression. I use a manual pump (Isis Pump), but I use the manual techniques to make sure I have done let down properly. I think that the Isis Manual Pump uses the same theory as Dr. Grahms uses in her manual expression. So if you like Dr. Grahms manual expression techniques, you may also like the Isis Pump. I also like the way that she talks about her personal expriences, sucesses and failures. Even her little pep talks for woman getting started are good. "Just get a little in the bottle, pat yourself on the back, and stop."
Customer Reviews:
An incredibly helpful little book for working mothers.......2001-07-17
This little book was a lifesaver when I had my first child and wanted to continue breastfeeding after I went back to work. Basically, it is a no-nonsense, non-judgmental, how-to guide that tells you exactly what you need to use and do to pump and store breastmilk for times when you will be away from your baby. The book is not aimed only at mothers who work outside the home; it is also helpful for women who must be absent from their nursing infants for periods of time, for any reason. The author is a mother who has tried out most of what is in the book. Her information is clear, accurate and useful. She suggest products and gives contact information for manufacturers. I followed her instructions and was able to continue exclusively nursing my baby until introducing solid food at six months, in spite of a demanding full-time job. I never had to use or buy formula, for my child's entire first year of life. If you are going back to work and want to pump and store your milk for your baby, I highly recommend this book.
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Based on the experiences of working mothers, as well as the latest research of lactation experts, Breastfeeding and the Working Mother Revised Edition, provides hundreds of practical tips for every conceivable job situation, from the executive suite to the coal mine. It addresses full-time and part-time work, travel, meetings, bringing the baby to the job, nursing clothes, and nursing equipment.More than a collection of tips and first-person anecdotes on dealing with work situations, Breastfeeding and the Working Mother, Revised Edition, is also a complete guide to breastfeeding basics. In addition, it provides a groundbreaking section on legal rights, describing landmark cases and outlining in detail what steps women can take to assure their right to breastfeed and work.
Customer Reviews:
Lots of misinformation.......2000-02-26
I was dismayed by all the misinformation in this book. Most of the breastfeeding information is about 10 years out of date. I have the 1987 edition and was surprised by how little they revised the book when they re-released it.
On top of that, the theme of the book seems to be that breastfeeding and working is hard, you probably won't be able to really do it so don't try very hard and don't feel guilty when you fail. I don't need to read a book to get that attitude; I can just talk to my relatives!
The one helpful part of the book was the case studies of how different women handled different work situations especially unusual situation. It's a shame the rest of the book goes out of it's way to emphasize the negative and downplay anything positive about the choice to continue to breastfeed after going back to work.
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Helps mothers and their partners understand the issues of breastfeeding. This book includes information on nursing techniques, nutrition and breastfeeding, nursing and returning to work, and more. A great resource for all mothers who plan to breastfeed.
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Built on years of Leaders experiences, this revised handbook provides vital resources for every Leader. Includes contributions from active Leaders from all over the world. Still the same Leader-to-Leader support for managing a Group, organizing meetings, and everything you do to support breastfeeding mothers and babies. La Leche League International is a nonprofit organization founded in 1956 by seven women who wanted to help other mothers learn about breastfeeding. Since then, more than 40,000 La Leche League Leaders have provided this unique mother-to-mother network of support in countries all over the world. The Leader's Handbook has always been a compilation of Leaders' experiences. The fourth edition was compiled by Leaders from all over the world who offered active input throughout the revision process. Members of the work group rewrote and edited sections to more closely reflect the differing character of LLL Groups in different areas of the world.
This trusted resource is still based on Leader's experiences and will offer insight and guidance to both Leader Applicants and Leaders. It is the first edition with global contributions from start to finish.
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Having a baby is a life-changing experience.
Most new mothers can hardly imagine having time for anything else during the first few totally time-consuming weeks.
So what happens when you go back to work? How do parents strike a balance in their lives between a career and running a stable home? What are the obstacles you may encounter, and what are some solutions?
Your Baby & Your Work will help you decide what is best for you and your family. Sharing their experiences, dozens of parents who have survived this pivotal time help you consider the many options open to you.
Their real-life experiences give both the pros and cons of various childcare choices, including help from a family member, nanny, day-care center, certified (or not) childcare home, au pair or friend. They've tried all work options including working full time, part time, from home, sharing a job, free lancing, role reversal and not working outside the home at all.
Helpful forms and guidelines are included, from a nanny application (and suggested interview questions) to checklists for negotiating flexibility at work and handling stress. Parents discuss the changes in family relationships and offer time-saving ideas. A chapter presents helpful suggestions for breastfeeding after you return to work, and another covers the different care needs of a toddler or school-age child.
Your Baby & Your Work lets you share the experiences of dozens of parents as you learn to balance your life.
Customer Reviews:
Solutions for first time and other working parents.......2001-02-22
Your Baby And Your Work: Balancing Your Life is a concise, reassuring handbook for (new) working parents. Containing chapters of suggestions for help with problems with sleeping, nursing, feeding, health, play, and separation, Your Baby And Your Work is a deft resource. Thumbnail portraits of parents who have "been there and done that" recently with their children are presented, giving numerous suggestions and examples of solutions for first time and other working parents. Another topic addressed is the role of the other parent in child care, and how to encourage more co-parenting. In all, Your Baby And Your Work gives a firm glance at effective 'working' parenting practices, especially at that turning point when Mom or Dad or both return to employment and begin the dance of juggling child care and work responsibilities. It is most reassuring to hear directly from other parents who have experienced this transition successfully. This is a fine, useful resource for all working parents of young children. Grandparents and prospective parents are another targeted audience.
A fine, useful resource for working parents........2000-09-08
Your Baby And Your Work is a concise, reassuring handbook for (new) working parents. Containing chapters of suggestions for help with problems with sleeping, nursing, feeding, health, play, and separation, Your Baby And Your Work is a deft resource. Thumbnail portraits of parents who have "been there and done that" recently with their children are presented, giving numerous suggestions and examples of solutions for first time and other working parents. Another topic addressed is the role of the other parent in child care, and how to encourage more co-parenting. In all, Your Baby And Your Work gives a firm glance at effective 'working' parenting practices, especially at that turning point when Mom or Dad or both return to employment and begin the dance of juggling child care and work responsibilities. It is most reassuring to hear directly from other parents who have experienced this transition successfully. This is a fine, useful resource for all working parents of young children. Grandparents and prospective parents are another targeted audience.
Nancy Lorraine, Reviewer
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