cascademom on "Jury Duty & Breastfeeding"
Before my maternity leave ended, I received my first ever jury duty notice. Normally, I'd be really excited about finally doing jury duty, but I'm breastfeeding and back at work when I was supposed to...
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I would ask for another postponement. Or do you have a hand pump?
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Wow, that's terrible that there are no accommodations for nursing mothers! I'd decline jury duty citing breastfeeding your child as the reason. If you're still pumping during the day, you're going to...
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Wow, they gave me an 18 month deferral since we don't have alternative childcare and they won't accommodate breastfeeding.
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@MerryC: I don't have a hand pump. I don't know how many postponements I can get, but if it means being comfortable during the day, I'll do it.
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@lemondrop: Here in Chicago, they only give 6 weeks to 2 months deferral. I'm still puzzled as to why they don't accommodate pumping mothers. Chicago's a fairly progressive city, so not having a way to...
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I would also bow out. Even if you decide not to continue pumping, it's another added stress to think about and may influence your decision. So disappointing that they can't accommodate.
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@2PeasinaPod: I'm leaning towards that. It puts less pressure on a decision that I'm already see sawing about since it's hard enough to decide to continue pumping or not.
View ArticleT.H.O.U. on "Jury Duty & Breastfeeding"
Even if you decide to stop at 6 months, there is a transition period to stop producing milk. You wouldn't want to sit there all day engorged. I would ask for another deferment. I guess they can't stop...
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I would opt out because if they can't accommodate you, then you shouldn't have to not pump whether you were or were not planning on stopping around then. Don't let jury duty be your determining factor.
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@cascademom: That sucks that they only defer for such a short period of time! But they have to either let you postpone or accommodate you. If you go, they have to give you lunch breaks, bathroom...
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@MerryC: yeah, that's probably what they would do. I'm not going to chance it. I'll email the court on Monday and ask for another delay. At least it takes some pressure off of whether I'll continue...
View ArticleMrs. Pen on "Jury Duty & Breastfeeding"
ask to wait again for sure!! that's crazy they can't accommodate bf moms.
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This is a neat article I found on Kellymom about breastfeeding and jury duty. I guess some courts are better than others: http://kellymom.com/bf/concerns/legal/my-jury-duty/Here's another one:...
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Well, this explains it for Illinois: http://www.llli.org/law/lawjury.htmlBy law, they have to excuse a nursing/pumping mom. That's how they get around it in my state. So, sometime before my LO's first...
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I'm not really surprised they can't accommodate BFing/pumping women-- if it was, say, the lawyer, they could just arrange breaks around her schedule, but with so many jurors, who could have different...
View ArticleT-Mom on "Jury Duty & Breastfeeding"
This happened to me, and I deferred mine. There is just too much up in the air when you are at jury duty to be able to pump regularly. I think that's why they offer the option of deferral.
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