Bags & Milk

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When I return to work after giving birth to Faythe, I continued expressing BM for her in office. At that time, I just moved to new workstation and there’s nobody sitting next to me or behind me. So my EBM sessions nobody knew bout it.

I was also more discreet last time, the bag was smaller (1 pump, 1 bottle). And I didn’t know nursing room existed in office!! So I did my EBM sessions in the toilet. No worries, toilets here are pretty clean and no smell unless there’s someone doing BIG biz. Back then, there wasn’t any fridge on the floor I’m working at (still new). So after every session, I have to go 3 floors up to put the EBM into the fridge.

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This time round when I return work, I didn’t move to a new workstation. I still sit where I was sitting 2 months ago before I exploded. My workplace, 90% of them are male species, this includes the person sitting next/behind me.

My EBM sessions has changed. I bring a bigger bag, to accomodate 2 bottles and some other stuff required for EBM session. So when the time comes, I will usually bring the bag and go do my biz.

And being a blur-male-single-colleague, I’ve had funny conversation with my colleague that sits next to me.

Scene 1

He sees me taking my BM bag.

X: Eh where you going huh..so early balik ah?
J: no lah, going to do cow business…*I thought he would understand*
X: He looks a bit blur, but accepted my answer

Scene 2

We are about to leave the office, packing our bags. I have to carry 3 bags (handbag, laptop bag and BM bag)

X: Eh why you bring so many bag to office?
J: Oh, this bag is for my baby mah… *again, thinking that he gets what I mean*
X: *Again looks blur, but accepted my answer*

Scene 3

On another day, again we were preparing to go home. I went to the pantry to get the 2 bottles of milk and bring it back to my workstation.

X: eh, why you bring ur baby’s milk to office one?
J: *oops, he still never get me ah after all this while* I express in office mah, so gotta bring home and give to him lor
X: *Looked surprise* ooo….*probably he finally understands 😛

Scene 4

Same like Scene 3, I was putting the milk into the EBM bag.

X: wahh a lot of milk huh
J: eh the more the better mah…can help loose weight u know
X: Really ah?
J: yalah, 1 month 1kg oo…no need go slimming center
X: wow.. *looks amazed*

18 thoughts on “Bags & Milk”

  4. Funny colleagues you have there, which planet did they come from? At one time, I had to excuse myself to express milk. Told the host directly, I need to go nursing room.

  6. laundryamah: hehe yah..he memang blur one :p

    nick: u go investigate then u know lerr who’s the blur king 😛

    huisia: oh yah he has I think..that’s why i oso wondering why he so blur

    michelle: yalorr..when too engorged no choice lah, gotta run out and ease ourselves oso mah hehe

    milly: yes cann…that’s oso one of the good thing mah 🙂

  8. haha… my boss more clever… but may be my answer also too straight to the poit!

    Boss: Wah, go lunch also bring such a big bag ah??
    ME: Nolah, this is my breast pump!
    Boss: ** keep quiet and walk away faster ***

    So, now almost everyone in the office know that i am still a cow to my girl! Anyway, I have more female colleagues.

  9. haha..u better show ur them ur most cheap & effective slimming programme..haha..like tat they will push their wife to breastfeeding in future liao..haha

  10. hehe, heck care about them la. my ex boss was nasty enuf to lock up the spare room which i always used for expressing so i bought one of those nursing cloth and happily pump away at my place (no partition then) while he asked with eyes averted about work (yep! the nerve of him, and it was my lunch break too!). Miraculously, the door unlocked itself the next day :p

  15. A male colleague actually asked me “Don’t you worry that someone took your expressed milk from the fridge to make drinks?”

  16. Hi…found ur blog thru Angeleyes’. I get the same questions too when I carry the Avent bag around – whether I’m going home already (duh!) Before I got it, I use the Coleman box and once I was filling it with ice-cubes, one asked “Whose the baby who wants cold milk?” I said “Mine”. Then, “Why you bring baby’s milk to office?” I said, “It’s not from home, it’s from office.” He looked puzzled but suddenly understood and then looked at my boobs! Too much!!!

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