MomsPumpHere.com works closely with Stony Brook Midwifery Practice at Stony Brook University Hospital and one of our dearest friends is Pam Koch CNM. She has been chosen for Brookhaven's 29th Annual Women's Recognition Awards (also known as Woman of the Year). She will receive her award and be honored at Brookhaven's Town Auditorium on Thursday, March 19th.
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Congratulations to the breastfeeding women in the state of Virginia! Yesterday, Governor Terry McAulifffe signed bipartisan legislation that allows women to breastfeed anywhere they are legally allowed to be. The law will take effect July 1, 2015.
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"I don't know you - But I want you - All the more for that."
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As a part-time working mom, I'm careful with my money and my time. I'm also careful about the pink tax.
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My cousin is getting ready to have her second baby and our moms and sisters are making plans for how we will help her when the new baby comes. Someone will help with laundry, someone will help with cooking and cleaning while another one will likely help take care of the toddler so that Mom can rest and feed the new baby.
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MomsPumpHere is a technology based company providing information on nursing locations for moms to breast pump and breastfeed. It's a service for moms to use on the go or when planning your day. However, there are lots of moms that struggle with the use of technology and the balance needed to raise their children. When is it important to draw the line?
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Sometimes I feel like we are living decades behind the times, where women could not vote, could not wear pants, or could not hold specific jobs.
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I've talked about this topic before, but I am frequently reminded of the conflicts which moms feel when talking to other moms, whether they are friends, family members, co-workers, or even parenting partners. These conflicting opinions can strain relationships, make a mom doubt her instincts, and bring worry where it doesn't need to be.
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Most of us have taken trips: trips with our friends, trips with our families, trips with our children. If we haven't taken the trip, we've talked about the trip - let's go to Vegas for your 40th, let's meet the Sullivans in Colorado to go skiing, let's get all the cousins together and rent a beach house next year.
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Planning to return to work from your maternity leave can create a lot of anxiety but planning where you will pump should not contribute to that worry. The Affordable Care Act changed part of the rules for the Fair Labor Standards Act and requires employers to give employees “reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for one year after the child’s birth each time such employee has need to express the milk.”
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