To tell my employer I am bf ?

[AlphaAndEcho]

Going back to work in may and I am no longer bf . My work involves 24 hour shifts (with 7 hours sleep time) but as ds will only be 6 months when I go back to work I don't want to be away from him for 24 hours .

Normally I would have to do this once a month but really they can give me one per week . I really can't bare the thought . Wibu if I told them I was breastfeeding so I dont have to be at work for 24 hours ?

Wouldn't they then just have to give you a space/fridge to express and store breastmilk?

I think YWBU to lie about it but YWNBU to discuss your concerns with a superior and see if you can delay your return to the 24 hour shift pattern. What if you got found out, and they had made an exception for you? Any future women returning to work in your company could suffer if they are suspicious.

I think you need to talk to them about your shifts in general, if you're not going to be able to do the shifts they're expecting you to then talk to them sooner rather than later to agree what you will do when you go back

Do you mean you won't be BF inMay but you're planning on saying you are so you don't have to do the 24hr shift? Don't lie, you'll get yourself caught out somehow, just be honest and see what they can offer you

I think talk to them about shifts, raise the possibility you may still be bf to see how they would accommodate this (as it may not be what you expect) and then only lie as a last resort. Even then I'm not sure I agree with it.

May is a few months away and perhaps you could work yourself up to it by leaving your DS with friend/relative for slowly increasing lengths of time.

I don't think leaving a 6 month old for 24 hours will be that difficult after the first time but its probably seems much more scary if you aren't used to being apart at all or haven't attempted anywhere near that amount of time.

Yeah I never thought o the impact on future mothers . I was planning on using the "he wont take expressed milk at night" but I have had to stop bf earlier than I had planned so now I have realised I may have to start back doing those shifts again .