TY - JOUR
T1 - Breast milk expression in the workplace
T2 - A look at frequency and time
AU - Slusser, Wendelin M.
AU - Lange, Linda
AU - Dickson, Victoria
AU - Hawkes, Catherine
AU - Cohen, Rona
PY - 2004/5
Y1 - 2004/5
N2 - The objective of this article is to study a barrier for breastfeeding women working full-time outside the home: breast milk expression in the workplace. Data are from a large corporation that provides employee benefits. Mothers express breast milk about twice a day when infants are 4 months old (x = 2.2 ± 0.8) and 6 months old (x = 1.9 ± 0.6), with a significant decline in frequency (P < .05 comparing the 2 age groups. Most mothers spend 1 hour or less expressing breast milk when infants are 3 (82%) or 6 months old (96%), with a significant difference (P < .05) between the 2 age groups. Mothers of younger infants were no more likely to work fewer days per week than were mothers of older infants. Most women can express breast milk for 3- and 6-month-old infants in less than an hour, distributed in about 2 separate portions, in an employment environment supportive of breastfeeding.
AB - The objective of this article is to study a barrier for breastfeeding women working full-time outside the home: breast milk expression in the workplace. Data are from a large corporation that provides employee benefits. Mothers express breast milk about twice a day when infants are 4 months old (x = 2.2 ± 0.8) and 6 months old (x = 1.9 ± 0.6), with a significant decline in frequency (P < .05 comparing the 2 age groups. Most mothers spend 1 hour or less expressing breast milk when infants are 3 (82%) or 6 months old (96%), with a significant difference (P < .05) between the 2 age groups. Mothers of younger infants were no more likely to work fewer days per week than were mothers of older infants. Most women can express breast milk for 3- and 6-month-old infants in less than an hour, distributed in about 2 separate portions, in an employment environment supportive of breastfeeding.
KW - Breast milk expression
KW - Breastfeeding
KW - Corporate lactation program
KW - Employment
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U2 - 10.1177/0890334404263731
DO - 10.1177/0890334404263731
M3 - Article
C2 - 15117515
AN - SCOPUS:3242778625
SN - 0890-3344
VL - 20
SP - 164
EP - 169
JO - Journal of Human Lactation
JF - Journal of Human Lactation
IS - 2
ER -