SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Jennifer Lugar knows success in continuing to breastfeed a baby after returning to work can depend on personal creativity and risk tolerance.
Lugar, 37, was working for a male-dominated home-building company three years ago when she decided to pump her breast milk in the bathroom, she said. When her officemate quit two months into her pumping breaks, she hooked herself up in her own space while continuing to take calls and do work.
"If someone asked what the noise was, I said it was yard work going on outside," she said.
Her door was missing a lock and a male co-worker accidentally barged in on her once, leading to a mutually embarrassing situation. Even so, Lugar expressed milk on the job for about a year, and said she couldn't have endured that long without being committed to it.
"It's not fun or easy," she said. "You find your own accommodations if you need to, if you don't have corporate support, and think about what's right for your baby."
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