I'm so grateful for my company and my manager being really supportive. I work in IT, which is male-dominated of course, and my coworkers and manager don't know much about it but they understand the importance. I take 3 pumping breaks a day. I'm available on my blackberry in case of emergency, and I get my work done. They also let me work from home one day a week so I don't have to be away from my child 5 days.

So, I'm grateful. But on the other hand, that's pretty much how it should be - employees are humans, not automatons without children or responsibilities or lives outside of the workplace. Reasonable accommodations for a nursing mother are just that - reasonable. It's kind of sad that my company's good attitude towards nursing moms is something remarkable.

Not only that, but a child fed breastmilk will be generally healthier than she would have been if fed formula. Fewer sick days mom has to take!