You expect obstacles in the Army. But they’re not usually pumping breast milk in an open field in front of other soldiers. That's just 1 hurdle Featherstone had to jump through to feed their baby & get help for PPD. MaternalMentalHealth MilitaryMoms
I joined the Army when I was 20, after a couple of years waiting tables and working as an emergency medical technician . My goal was to be a police officer in the military. I always wanted to serve, and I’m a determined person. I enlisted on Valentine’s Day in 2008 and, within two weeks, left Virginia for Missouri.nearly a year
I also dreaded returning to work as a military police officer. I’d been granted just seven weeks of maternity leave, and I struggled to heal, mentally and physically. Breastfeeding while working was difficult, not only because I was the only one doing it, but there was nowhere to go that was private and clean. I was told I could use a stall in the main bathroom, but I refused — I would never bring my food in there, let alone my baby’s.
Breastfeeding felt like the only part of motherhood where I was succeeding, or where I had any sense of control. As I crouched in the printer closet, I realized my makeshift pump room was literally the only thing going right in my life since I’d given birth. As I slid piles of paper under the closet door, I knew this victory was small.I was working nights as a cop and I was completely overwhelmed by trying to find childcare, and mygot worse. I felt utterly and completely defeated.
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