Don't you have to have permission to have your baby around in most workplaces? I thought that's why pumping breastmilk is so popular; the majority of workplaces will tolerate pumping but won't...
Don't you have to have permission to have your baby around in most workplaces?
I thought that's why pumping breastmilk is so popular; the majority of workplaces will tolerate pumping but won't tolerate having a baby on the premises.
Bringing a baby on work travel and having them stay in the hotel with you would generally be allowed. Allowing nursing children to stay with their parents in the athlete's village would be...
Bringing a baby on work travel and having them stay in the hotel with you would generally be allowed. Allowing nursing children to stay with their parents in the athlete's village would be comparable. Plus when your work is about peak physical performance, when you're an elite in your field, you tend to get the best treatment and additional privileges. Those things shouldn't be limited to the "elite" but Olympic athletes should fit into that category.
And it seems like practice isn't particularly impeded either. If you can have observers you can have a sitter and a child in the stands.
The "after giving birth" portion is a factor regardless of whether they breast feed, and suffice it to say I'd wager your imagination is less rooted in real-world data than the assessments of...
The "after giving birth" portion is a factor regardless of whether they breast feed, and suffice it to say I'd wager your imagination is less rooted in real-world data than the assessments of their doctors and trainers. It's worth noting that breast feeding goes on far longer than "right after birth". In any case, it's pretty clear that these women are capable of performing at a suitable level and also breastfeeding, given that they were already doing this and were forced to use workarounds like leaving behind frozen breast milk and pumping during the Games in the past.
EDIT TO ADD: Also literally the first sentence of this article describes one of the breast-feeding women in question winning her sixth judo world title, so it seems even more apparent that it's possible to compete at a very high level while breastfeeding.
Right after birth? Probably not no. During breastfeeding? Yeah seems like or multiple Olympic athletes wouldn't be wanting to breastfeed. Makes sense to facilitate their training effectively, and...
Right after birth? Probably not no. During breastfeeding? Yeah seems like or multiple Olympic athletes wouldn't be wanting to breastfeed. Makes sense to facilitate their training effectively, and humanely, and those things seem to include both time with their child and the option to breastfeed rather than pump.
Honestly I think the assumption that it couldn't is because sports have been organized by men to the exclusion of women for so long that our default assumptions are fully biased.
You're absolutely correct! I guess as I was reading the piece and they were describing the work environment, it didn't strike me as the same thing. As someone else mentioned bringing your baby to...
You're absolutely correct!
I guess as I was reading the piece and they were describing the work environment, it didn't strike me as the same thing. As someone else mentioned bringing your baby to the place you reside while on a work trip, doesn't seem like something someone other than the parent should have control over.
In an ideal world it would be a given that women who want to breastfeed or parents that want to bottle feed (feeding our babies is a bonding experience!) and want or need to have careers would be accommodated, and it wouldn't be looked upon as if they were getting something that other people were not, it would be looked upon as nurturing and creating a society where we care about us as a whole instead of just our little fiefdoms.
I have to say that it never occurred to me that in this day and age a woman would have to get permission to have her child around to breastfeed.
Don't you have to have permission to have your baby around in most workplaces?
I thought that's why pumping breastmilk is so popular; the majority of workplaces will tolerate pumping but won't tolerate having a baby on the premises.
Bringing a baby on work travel and having them stay in the hotel with you would generally be allowed. Allowing nursing children to stay with their parents in the athlete's village would be comparable. Plus when your work is about peak physical performance, when you're an elite in your field, you tend to get the best treatment and additional privileges. Those things shouldn't be limited to the "elite" but Olympic athletes should fit into that category.
And it seems like practice isn't particularly impeded either. If you can have observers you can have a sitter and a child in the stands.
I mean if they are in the Olympics then they are already there. Breastfeeding can go on for over a year.
The "after giving birth" portion is a factor regardless of whether they breast feed, and suffice it to say I'd wager your imagination is less rooted in real-world data than the assessments of their doctors and trainers. It's worth noting that breast feeding goes on far longer than "right after birth". In any case, it's pretty clear that these women are capable of performing at a suitable level and also breastfeeding, given that they were already doing this and were forced to use workarounds like leaving behind frozen breast milk and pumping during the Games in the past.
EDIT TO ADD: Also literally the first sentence of this article describes one of the breast-feeding women in question winning her sixth judo world title, so it seems even more apparent that it's possible to compete at a very high level while breastfeeding.
From the article, it doesn't prevent you from winning a 6th world Judo title.
Right after birth? Probably not no. During breastfeeding? Yeah seems like or multiple Olympic athletes wouldn't be wanting to breastfeed. Makes sense to facilitate their training effectively, and humanely, and those things seem to include both time with their child and the option to breastfeed rather than pump.
Honestly I think the assumption that it couldn't is because sports have been organized by men to the exclusion of women for so long that our default assumptions are fully biased.
You're absolutely correct!
I guess as I was reading the piece and they were describing the work environment, it didn't strike me as the same thing. As someone else mentioned bringing your baby to the place you reside while on a work trip, doesn't seem like something someone other than the parent should have control over.
In an ideal world it would be a given that women who want to breastfeed or parents that want to bottle feed (feeding our babies is a bonding experience!) and want or need to have careers would be accommodated, and it wouldn't be looked upon as if they were getting something that other people were not, it would be looked upon as nurturing and creating a society where we care about us as a whole instead of just our little fiefdoms.