I wouldn’t mind but I wouldn’t do it myself. I brought my laptop to the lactation room and worked while pumping.

I would never work extra hours in this circumstance— I would pump at my desk and when/if someone complained I would tell management to give me an office with a door so I didn’t disturb my colleagues but obviously I couldn’t sacrifice time with my child.

I work for local government but I thought it’s required you allow time to pump without penalty. Do you have an HR dept?

My oldest is 12 - when she was born, I and another colleague were the reason they turned an office into a pumping room. We asked for a small refrigerator and two desktop computers so that we could do work while pumping. Why can't you do that? When my youngest (now 8) was born, I worked full time in a SCIF. I would print out reading materials and take them with me to mark up while I was pumping in the lactation room. You could do the same. Be creative.

I would not do it. I would just bring my laptop to the lactation room.

My office-suite-mate wears them around during the day (just in our offices, but I'm a guy plus others are going in and out). It's fine. Modern pumps are super quiet.

One time when I got a hair cut, the woman cutting my hair was pumping. Given the close proximity, I could obviously hear it, but it was fine.

It's by law they have to give you time to pump? Personally I wouldn't pump at my desk, also I guess it would depend the type of pump you had.


Congratulations with your tiny human.

my coworker would wear her wearables in our meetings. i wear my spectra on zoom. go for it.

but also think there's legal protection for pumping breaks (i get paid hourly so this doesn't help me in anyway)

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/nursing-mothers/faq

I absolutely pumped with wearables at my cube. I exclusively pumped for a NICU baby with feeding issues. I used my wearables EVERYWHERE. People can handle it.

Most people won’t notice the sound. I think it’s fine. When I pumped, I brought my laptop into the pumping room.

I have a coworker that does this and it’s fine.

Yes, the breast pump noise would be obnoxious. Work something out where you can work in the lactation room when you need to pump.

You should move this to the jobs forum. Yes, it would be obnoxious to your coworkers to do this.

Move your desk into the lactation room.

Would it be totally obnoxious to pump at my desk (it is a cubicle) using a wearable pump? No one would really see me because the cubicle walls are high but my office is quiet and coworkers would definitely hear it. We have a lactation room but I do not get time off to pump, so I have to make up the time I spend pumping and not at my computer by working late. It feels like such a bad choice between breastfeeding or spending time with my child.