Your breastmilk helps protect your baby from infections and other illness. This is especially important if your baby will be in day care. Since there is less illness in the breastfed baby, it means moms miss less days at work. Moms feel that even though they are at work, they are leaving a special part of themselves with the baby. There are a variety of very good breastpumps now available to make it easier for you to provide breastmilk for a sitter to give the baby while you re away.
Many states recognize the importance of breastfeeding and are passing laws to protect working moms.
Your job situation will determine your plan for breastfeeding. Several weeks before you return to work, talk to someone who can help you develop a plan that works for you. A good place to start is with your hospital s lactation specialist. Also, there are excellent books on the subject, and your workplace may even have helpful information. Many fathers enjoy giving these bottles of expressed breastmilk.