after years of working here, only NOW i discover we have a baby diaper-changing facility in the building! gee.

wellll, not that i intend to bring the baby to my workplace for any reason. eek, no thanks.

but it’s another perfect hide-out for my pumping sessions, seeing that hardly anyone else uses it. plus point is the hot water dispenser and sink, convenient for me to wash up the pumps and go.

AND, a good place for me to have a quiet lunch too! :)

what’s in this bag, aunty nana?

and so it ends, my superb five-month stint as a SAHM. sigh.

i was an emotional wreck on the first day back at work, not so much from missing the lil bub, but from the administrative mess i had to wrangle with – carpark issues, different workstation, new phone line, etc etc. i was ready to break down by lunch time. :S

thankfully, i found myself a new haven.

called the family vitamins room for some reason, it’s really a nursing room for the working mums in the building who need to express BM. it comes with a security passcode, very secret, covert operation-like, heh.

there’s a black sofa (no doubt speckled with milk stains) to sink in and relax while we pump, as well as a folding screen and a few chairs to accommodate a number of people at the same time.

there’s a cd/radio set to, erm, set the mood… magazines and resource books on breastfeeding and parenting (some children’s books for, i guess, those who happen to bring their babies along?)… and importantly, a fridge for storing our precious EBMs.

actually, the first day of work, i forgot the valve for the pump! like DUH! of course, that added to my frustration of an already-horrible start to the day. despite that glitch, i did manage to pump enough. (don’t ask me how! bah.)

so now, i try not to forget any important parts.

chatting with the other mums proved useful, and provided a sort of camaraderie, a mini-support group.

i’m really glad my organisation is pro-family (hah! it HAS to be, seeing what we do), and while this may not be the best nursing room out there (i hear it used to be nicer, with ambient lights or something, before it moved to its current location) it’s pretty nice to know Someone Up There is supportive of our efforts at providing our young ones the best nutrition, and us mothers a peace of mind while we’re at work. it’s like taking a few minutes break to feed our babes, though we’re not there physically.

so, it looks like i’ll be coming round here quite a bit… ;)