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  • You Should Put A Label On Your Breastmilk Before I Drink It

    Yes, I know I was in the wrong for using my colleagues coffee creamer or what I thought was coffee creamer, you could class it as theft I suppose, but when you have been on a long night shift and were in such a flap before you started work, what with my toddler having a melt down as mummy was off to work, and my husband moaning about bills I had completely forgot to bring my own.

    I used a colleagues coffee creamer after all, we all work together and I used only a quarter, I did plan to leave a note and buy them a new one on my next shift, ok I forgot to leave a note it was a very busy shift.

    The next time I returned to work I looked in the staff fridge and saw a note on the creamer (not the one pictured I didn’t have my phone on me but the message was very similar).

    I was fuming and I mean fuming surely if you are going  to leave bodily fluids in the staff fridge it should be clearly labelled, that’s like me leaving a urine sample in an apple juice carton, common sense people!

    Yes I shouldn’t of used it but it is so utterly wrong to leave bodily fluid in our staff fridge without some warning on it, my colleague clearly has time to leave rude notes but not the time to write Breast milk on it.

    I have taken this to HR and they have told my colleague they should label all breast milk clearly in future, well my colleague is fuming, stated that we are being nasty to her for breast-feeding, which is not the case, all we need is clarification on what is being kept in the joint fridge.

    Am I in the wrong for wanting to know whats kept in the fridge? Does my colleague have a right to be angry?

  • Should You Be Compensated For Lost Breast Milk If Your Freezer Breaks?

    Kimberley Ver took to Facebook to complain about her freezer defrosting all her saved breast milk and has since been given a good will gesture by Currys Pc world.

    But Ver’s post has stirred up debates about the value of breast milk Ver said:

    “Hi ladies you may remember my post about the faulty freezer defrosting my milk stash.well if just received a text saying they are coming to collect the freezer (the text came 10min AFTER the slot began) so I’ve taken the milk out. 89 bottles! 89 BOTTLES! 5.8LITRES I’ve emailed Currys twice and in their words they will not attempt to compensate me as you cannot put a monetary value on breast milk, so they are refusing to sort this situation out. I’ve asked them to ring me to discuss and they refuse. I tweeted it and no response. What else can I do? This is a tragic loss and Currys should be doing something in good will to the appropriate standard xx *EDIT* Currys have been in touch to discuss a good will gesture x Currys PC World Currys complaints”.

    Mandy Sampson replied to the post and said “No amount of money can replace lost Breast milk”. Sampson felt that money would not change the situation and was pointless to even complain.

    However Joanna Kennedy replied and said she would charge Currys pc world for the time it took to express the milk if it had happened to her.

    Milk banks can charge the NhS NICU £7.50 for a 50ml container of breast milk it has been stated, so do you think a good will gesture is enough or should the likes of Kimberley Ver and others who lose breast milk to faulty freezers receive the entire money value of their milk? or do you feel it’s just one of those things and should just forget about it? Let us know your views in the comments