Just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience or can give me any advice on being discriminated against for breastfeeding as a university student?
I'm currently in my second year of university, studying childhood studies.
I thought that especially because of the course I'm doing that I would receive loads of support from my tutors and uni however this has not been the case.
When I first informed the uni I was pregnant they failed to do a risk assessment until I was 2 weeks away from giving birth and at this meeting I was asked how I was planning to feed my baby when she was born. when I explained I wanted to breastfeed it was agreed that they would allow me to bring my daughter in to my lectures and seminars so long as she was not causing a disturbance.
I attended 1 lecture and 1 seminar in which the tutor didn't even notice I had my baby with me until just before the end of the seminar but after received an email to say they were putting me on home study and I wasn't to come back into uni until my daughter was of age to go into childcare. They said it was due to health and safety- not wanting loss of reputation or public condemnation but did not even offer the chance for me to discuss my options.
I said I would attend and express but the university don't offer any breastfeeding facilities and don't even have a breastfeeding policy or anything to do with breastfeeding unless your staff.
Can anyone help???
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MIVA · 05/02/2019 21:18
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