Dear Stork'd family,
This week's guest, Patrice Meagher, CEO and founder of MilkMate, addresses the challenge new mothers face in the workplace: the lack of a safe and private environment for breastfeeding.
Click on the buttons below to listen to Patrice share her journey as a working mom of four, and how using unsuitable pumping spaces at work forced her to end her breastfeeding journey prematurely. This led her to create MilkMate, which offers a groundbreaking solution for working mothers who need to pump at work.
In this episode:
[2:51] Patrice shares her professional journey and how the difficulties of breastfeeding her child at work formed the concept of MilkMates
[7:10] Patrice shares her breastfeeding journey with her four children
[10:08] Patrice discusses the tools involved in breastfeeding and other things a new mom may not know
[15:50] Discussion of MilkMate’s service, the process and the benefit to the mom and the employer
[20:18] The importance of explaining to an employer what is involved in breastfeeding so that they understand the need for a private, stocked space
[24:25] Patrice discusses what people don’t know about breastfeeding
[28:03] What Patrice desires for the future of breastfeeding
[31:42] Patrice shares what family means to her
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There Has Got to Be a Better Way to Do This: Improving Pumping at Work With Patrice Meagher, MilkMate - S6 Ep 13