Miss Conduct in Boston Globe Magazine - Page 4

[ramama]

Originally Posted by NewMama2007

I always thought it was funny that my co-workers wouldn't let their food touch my bottles of milk in the fridge. Like I rub the outside of the bottle with milk.

Maybe not. But the bottle could have touched your boob. Gasp Or been close to your boob EEEEGADS!!

[butterfly_mommy]

When I worked at a child care centre in the infant room I had a co-worker, an ECE, who was disgusted by breast milk and breast feeding. I mean she works with infants! She also thought pregnancy was gross and was freaked out by pregnant bellies. (I used to perposlly bump my bump into her just to shake her up)

I used to have almost daily arguments with her about how breasts are meant to produce food to feed our young and she would argue that they were sexual. Anyway she would refuse to touch containers of breastmilk and whenever we had a baby who was BF in the centre I, or the third teacher would have to prepare the bottles and feed the babies. It was crazy, and ridicules and personally I don't think that she should have been in the infant room.

[oskie]

I have a different take - there is no way I want my milk anywhere near that disgusting office fridge!

It smells like spoiled food even right after it's cleaned.

[mrsfatty]

Originally Posted by gini1313

I hate that. That exact thing came up at my work. My coworkers/manager were very supportive of my pumping at work. I always left my milk in the cooler that came with my pump (in the fridge) and never had a problem. I didn't really think about it, that is just how I stored it. Well, then we had another breastfeeding mama who just put the bottles of milk in the fridge and there was a big uproar about it. I finally posted the CDC statement on the fridge and that seemed to take care of it. She still put her milk in the bottles in the fridge and never heard anything more about it.

What the first person to be upset about it was that they didn't want her breastmilk stored next to their food because it was "gross." My response was that I didn't want their chemical laden food stored next to my baby's food because that was "gross," lol...

We also had a problem because some of the nurses didn't want patient's breastmilk stored in the patient fridge (we got post partum moms semi frequently). I posted the same CDC statement, but that time the management decided to get another fridge that was just for breastmilk. Seemed like a waste of money to me, but I figured if that was how the hospital wanted to waste their money, that was fine with me, lol...

Sort of sad that people think that baby food is gross, huh? Too bad Miss conduct didn't put that person in her place, eh?

Can you share that link from the cdc for me? Thanks!

[anitaj71]

I'm not surprised by the answer . . . unbelievable. It just shows how our society views breastfeeding. Something only done in a dark room with no one around and only for a few weeks.

[UberMama]

CDC info:

Are special precautions needed for handling breast milk?
CDC does not list human breast milk as a body fluid for which most healthcare personnel should use special handling precautions. Occupational exposure to human breast milk has not been shown to lead to transmission of HIV or HBV infection.

From here: http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/faq/index.htm


If breast milk needs to be in a brown paper bag, then I think we're going to begin running VERY low on trees soon - because I think cows milk should be bagged as well (in the store, at home, at work, etc.). And those cartons of milk in schools? They are white and not see-through, but even so, BAG THEM UP! (kidding)

I hope someone posts an update (if there is one) since I am guessing many wrote in about this.

[hbmomof5]

This had me laughing because my mother did once drink my bm! Taught her to drink out of a container when she didn't know what was in it!