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A video about planning with your employer to return to work and continue breastfeeding.
Source: Ministry of Health

The video covers:

  • continuing to breastfeed when you go back to work
  • expressing and storing breast milk
  • talking to your employer about breastfeeding breaks and having a comfortable place to breastfeed
  • how early childhood centres can support breastfeeding
  • juggling work and home
  • taking baby to work with you
  • benefits to employers of supporting mums to continue to breastfeed

You might like to check more content on breastfeeding including videos and key messages translated into 9 languages.

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