"For Kayla Kipley, motherhood duties entail more than what happens at home; they happen at work, too. Kipley pumps breast milk for her baby during her full-time teaching job, and she plans to until April. The 32-year-old is a special education teacher in Tucson, Arizona, who teaches resource English for 9th and 10th graders. She is a mom to a daughter, 4, and son, 8-months."
"Kipley's class schedule didn't align with when she pumps. So, she had to adjust. Getting an aide, substitute, or even appearing on Zoom during her pumping times were options that ran through her head. But none of those felt practical for Kipley, as she did not want to miss time away from class and her students. "And then it was literally the day before we went back to work, and I was just like, 'You know what, I'm gonna try this,'" Kipley says."
"Kipley first emailed her principal to get clearance to pump in class with wearable pumps. "He was like, 'You go, girl,'" Kipley recalls. So, how does this work? Kipley brings her wearable pumps to school every day, where she pumps during her second and fourth periods. To apply her pumps, Kipley goes into a private side room in her classroom. Once settled, she returns and proceeds with class."
Kayla Kipley pumps breast milk during her full-time teaching job and plans to continue until April. She is a 32-year-old special education teacher in Tucson who teaches 9th and 10th graders and has two children, a 4-year-old daughter and an 8-month-old son. She previously exclusively pumped for her firstborn after latch difficulties. This school year her class schedule did not align with pumping times, so she considered aides, substitutes, or Zoom but chose to pump during class. She obtained principal approval to use wearable pumps, applies them in a private side room, teaches while pumping and wears a nursing poncho. Her "Pump and Pour" TikTok received 3.2 million views.
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