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I pumped at work and the law firm I worked for was very supportive. All nursing mothers received a floor to ceiling curtain for the glass partition in the door, plus locks on their office doors. It was a common occurrence to find jars of baby milk in the employee kitchens. It was quite hard to find that time to pump since we had billable quotas and it was a 24/7 stress environment. I even traveled for work without my daughter for a week. I pumped and sent the breastmilk home via Fed Ex every night. I asked the firm to cover the supplies and Fed Ex expenses. The most interesting meeting of my entire career! They tried to balk at first (being all men in charge), but I simply told them it was @ $150 in expenses and I would be happy to give them all the details about breastfeeding in order to validate the expenses. They decided to skip the descriptions and cover the amount.