even if this law was passed in malaysia – would it actually be enforced?
fara | 3/3/2008 | 3:22 pmapart from friends and the odd blogs or two – i also frequent breastfeeding blogs, just to find out about how other mothers are handling working while continuing to breastfeed.
one of the entries that caught my interest – click here
section 2(a) brings to mind my own experience when i first came back to work last year after my maternity leave – being in a project that tends to relocate depending on availability of office space – on my 1st day back – i reported to an empty cubicle with 2 boxes of my belongings. the first thing on my mind wasn’t on work – but to find a suitable location to express milk.
failing to identify a proper location - i ended up locking myself in a toilet stall for 1 hour. sad. i know. good thing i managed to get hold of the information afterwards.
as it is -i’ve since relocated (again) – i am sharing a new space with others, Â which is a small room that could barely fit two people performing their prayers – and which can’t be locked! talk about being adventurous!
at least, this room is known as designated room for the muslimahs. when i was trying to continue breastfeeding with kakak – i was in a room designated for prayers for both genders!
[...] is exactly what i had wished of having at the workplace – for the past 20-odd [...]