The time of these absences for the purpose of breastfeeding are counted towards regular working hours.

11.22 Obviously there are some mothers who make a deliberate choice not to breast feed their baby.

Some do not find the office environment conducive to feeding their babies or find it not practicable.

Elephant Conservation Center differentiates itself from elephant tourist camps by being a haven for elephant reproduction, lactation, convalescence and disease diagnosis.

It is beneficial to nurse on demand to nurse when the baby wants to nurse rather than on a schedule.

They cannot feed their offspring, their children, their breast milk because of the accumulation of these toxins in their food chain, in their part of the world's ocean pyramid.

There are others who would like to breast feed their babies and the Ministry of Health has been promoting the Baby Friendly Hospital since 1996.

Most organizations are flexible and allow women to nurse their child however, it is not a general practice that women nurse their babies in the office environment.

But it never struck me as it did that moment, because on that image was a woman trying to nurse her baby, and she had no milk to nurse.

right of woman to start working before the expiration of maternity leave, and right of woman to additional leave beside the daily rest lasting for 60 munutes for breastfeeding the baby

According to the Law on Labor, a woman that starts to work before the end of her maternity leave, aside from her daily break, also has the right to additional break in duration of 60 minutes for the purpose of breast feeding her child.

A woman who, after using her maternity leave, works full time has the right to be absent from work two times per day in the duration of one hour for the purpose of breastfeeding her child, on the basis of a finding issued by an authorized doctor.

In addition to rest and food breaks, women who have children under the age of one and a half are given additional breaks to feed the child, which are regarded as work time and are paid in the women's wages.

The amount of milk produced depends on how often the mother is nursing and or pumping the more the mother nurses her baby, or pumps, the more milk is produced.

However, some women are not in a position to breast feed their children on premises either because they are not aware of their nursing leave entitlements or because their employers are not allowing them time to do so.