Pumping at work isn't pretty. It involves taking a foghorn-like device into a tiny, depressing room, attaching it to your aching breasts, and sitting for 20 minutes while your co-workers check items off their to-do lists. Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg has famously bragged about pumping while on conference calls during her time at Google. Katrina Alcorn, a Web consultant in Oakland, Calif., describes a more common scenario: Her company didn't have a lactation room, so she sat in a toilet stall to pump. Alcorn stored her breast milk in the office fridge.
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