During the past two days, I was at a health fair for a large credit card company. It was exciting to see the women of all ages who came, especially so many pregnant ones. From what I was told, there is a baby boom happening there and the company wanted “breastfeeding people” at the fair. [...]
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Tags: back to work, breast pumps, lactation consultants, reasonable break time, support 
No Comments »Tell us what you think about the IRS deciding to reverse their ruling on the purchase of breast pumps as a tax deduction. On February 10,2011, the IRS changed their ruling on breast pumps classified as medical equipment and whether or not you can use a breast pump purchase as an item on your Flexible Spending Health Care [...]
The Department of Labor is asking for people to comment on the The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. You may ask what that is and what it means to you? This “amendment requires employers to provide reasonable break time and a private, non-bathroom place for nursing mothers to express breast milk during the workday, for [...]
Posted in Going Back to Work Tags: back to work, benefits, breast pumps, breastfeed, Department of Labor, reasonable break time, support No Comments »Breastfeeding at Full Circle is proud to announce the first ever “Breastfeeding and Back to Work Class” to be held at 1241 Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains. This class will help the new mother, her baby, the family and the care giver adjust to a new way of life. We will discuss the changes mom will [...]