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A Mother’s Area For Small Businesses: San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace
San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace This past June, San Francisco, California passed the Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance that gives additional protections to breastfeeding mothers in the workplace. In addition to requiring employers to provide a reasonable amount of break time for a mother to pump milk, it also set specific requirements for lactation areas and policies. Designating a lactation area for a small business can be challenging, especially for businesses in multi-tenant b...
Creating A Positive Atmosphere for Pumping Mothers at Work
Pumping Mothers at Work Having a corporate lactation program with mother’s rooms and breaks for pumping is a great benefit for working mothers. It is equally important to have a workplace atmosphere that is supportive of breastfeeding. Managers, supervisors, co-workers, and employees play a crucial part in creating a positive breastfeeding environment. Since mothers work with their colleagues over the course of a full workday, it’s critical that employees are educated and informed on being su...
Why Buy a Hospital Grade Breastpump For Your Employees?
You have a comfortable mother’s room with all the amenities including private pumping stations, a refrigerator, and sink available for your employees at your family friendly company. Portable electric pumps are covered through your company’s health insurance plan, so you’re probably thinking that mothers have everything they need to pump breastmilk at work. However, there is one more item you can provide that will benefit your company and make a positive difference to mothers at work who pump...
Promoting Your Corporate Lactation Program
Promoting Your Corporate Lactation Program Internal Promotion of Benefits and Wellness Programs Your company knows that there are many benefits to having a corporate lactation program. You have a mother’s room, flexible break options, education, and support for breastfeeding mothers. However your employees need to know what your company is offering them in order for the company and employees to benefit! Once you have your program in place, you’ll need to promote it to ensure a broad range of ...
Finding The Right Nursing Bra
Finding The Right Nursing Bra Shopping for a bra is not a favorite pastime among most women. It’s often a frustrating and time consuming process to find a comfortable bra that fits well. It’s even more daunting when a new mom is expecting and trying to figure out what bra to get. Or for a mom who has delivered her baby and has found that the bra she wore during pregnancy no longer fits. In addition, many women wind up wearing the wrong bra size. For nursing mothers, getting a bra that fits c...
Measuring Your Lactation Program’s Success
Measuring Your Lactation Program's Success Now that you have your lactation program in place, you will need to determine the value and progress of your program to see the return on the investment. This will help quantify the success of your lactation program to ensure continued support and funding. Collecting data and documenting it will help develop a process of ongoing improvement to the program. You can set up a process for getting employee feedback, data, and evaluating the process f...
Anthem Blue Cross is Cutting Pump Coverage to $95
Anthem Blue Cross Benefits Big changes are coming for thousands of moms with Anthem Blue Cross benefits. Anthem has decided to cut the rates for breastfeeding support starting April 1, 2018. Many moms depend on quality breast pumps to care for their babies. They are planning to reduce breast pump coverage to $95. At that low rate, there is not a quality pump in existence that can extract milk or keep up a mother's milk supply. Anthem and your employer need to hear from you. Make your ...
Job Flexibility For Breastfeeding Moms
Breastfeeding Moms At Work With a new baby, working and breastfeeding mothers juggle work and taking care of a new baby. Not every mother will need a special schedule or job flexibility, but having the options available is important in enabling work/life balance for both their productivity and workplace retention. Moms appreciate the support they receive from your company which in turn motivates them to do their best work for the business. There are many options that employers can give their ...
Mom Hack: Help Your Baby Spring Forward
Daylight Savings Time This past weekend we move our clocks an hour ahead for Daylight Savings Time. Fortunately moving our clocks ahead one hour isn't as disruptive for babies as turning them back in the fall, but some babies still have trouble adjusting to the time change. Here are some tips to help your little one spring forward into Daylight Savings Time! Adjusting Your Baby's Sleeping Schedule If you think your baby will need help adjusting, plan to use a week before or after the...
Celebrating Valentine's Day with Baby
Celebrating Valentine's Day With Baby With a new little one, you have another reason to celebrate Valentine's Day! Make it one to remember as a family. Here are our five favorite tips to celebrate Valentine's Day with your baby! Create or buy Valentines. Get creative and include a picture or handprint of your baby to send to relatives and loved ones. Dress up your baby in a cute Valentine's Day outfit. Check stores for cute Valentine's Day themed baby clothing o...
San Francisco’s Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance
Lactation in The Workplace Ordinance In 2017, the city of San Francisco passed a Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance. This ordinance is more detailed and covers for items than both the Federal and California state laws on lactation in the workplace. It defines minimum standards for lactation accommodation spaces and lactation accommodation best practices including technical specifications of a lactation room. The ordinance came into effect January 2018 and since then we’ve received many ques...
Lactation Consultant Spotlight: Maggie Kler, IBCLC
Maggie Kler, IBCLC, has been with Healthy Horizons for 4 years. A transplant from the Midwest, she has first-hand experience as a working and breastfeeding mom. She nursed her first child until he was over three. She has a BS from the University of Cincinnati and studied at University of California San Diego and San Francisco State for her credentials as an IBCLC. Many of her clients tell us about how she has given them the breastfeeding support and guidance they need with warmth and compassi...
Helping Sleepy Parents: Tips for Getting Baby to Bed
Parenting Tips to Help Baby Sleep New parents are often frustrated when their baby won’t sleep at bedtime or wakes and doesn’t go back to sleep easily. Sleep-deprived parents are often at their wit’s end on how to get baby back to sleep and get more sleep themselves. Every baby has a different personality. What works well for one baby may have no impact on another. What’s important is to find a nighttime routine and parenting style that works for your baby. If something isn’t working, then t...
Business Trips and Breastfeeding Mothers
Business Trips and Breastfeeding Mothers If you have breastfeeding employees who need to travel for business, it’s important to consider what your lactation program can provide to help these moms continue to provide breastmilk for their babies. These moms may be away from their babies for days or weeks at a time. During their trip, they will need a place to pump during the day and a way to store their milk throughout the trip. They will also need to bring the milk back with them or ship it h...
6 Tips to Save Money While Raising an Infant
How To Save Money While Raising an Infant Welcoming a child into the world is an exciting milestone for your family, but the unfortunate truth of parenthood is that it can be very expensive. The US Department of Agriculture reports that the average middle-income family typically spends as much as $16,180 during a baby’s first year of life. This adds up to over a quarter of a million dollars spent on food, shelter, and necessities by the time the average American child turns 17. The good news ...
Ask Sheila: Nursing a Premature Baby
Nursing a Premature Baby Kim H. asks, "I have been on bed rest since I was 22 weeks pregnant and now at 32 weeks my OB feels I may be delivering soon. How can I make sure I have breastmilk for my baby if she is born premature and has to stay in the hospital nursery?" A: If she is born early you can help to ensure that your milk supply will come in as fast as possible by starting to do hand expression or hand pumping right after the birth. It is recommended that you begin using a ho...
