Juggling breastfeeding and a full-time job: 'I worried about finding time to pump'

In spite of our low breastfeeding rate, Ireland is taking the right steps to support mothers returning to work

Eimear McGovern, a paediatric cardiologist at CHI Crumlin with her baby Senan. 

Eimear McGovern returned to work after maternity leave in December. Since then, the 38-year-old paediatric cardiologist at CHI Crumlin has juggled full-time work with breastfeeding her seven-month-old son.

“He’s my first baby, so I was worried about how I’d find time to pump during my working day,” she says.