Maria Stant breastfed her first three children, but she found nursing her babies was a challenge once she went back to work. She worked as a server at a pizza place and then at another restaurant, and she could only afford to take a few weeks of unpaid leave after childbirth – four weeks for her first two children, and two for her third.
It left little time to establish a breastfeeding routine, which can take several weeks. And once she returned to work, it was nearly impossible to find the time and the privacy to pump breast milk to feed her children and maintain her supply.
