These pictures are of the Nursing Mother's Station at the The Big E, a big regional fair in New England. So far this year over a million people have attended.
Last week I volunteered at the nursing mothers' station, as I did last year. It was good fun, though it's hazardous to the volunteers to locate the station across from the cream puff stand.
One mother who used the station approached me and said emphatically, "La Leche League saved my life!" She told me her story of being sent home from a hospital with a non-latching baby, a bag of formula, and little hope. She called a Leader as soon as she got home and soon had the baby on the breast and gaining.
One man passing by looked at the station and said, "That's awesome! It really is."
I've written before that I feel a bit ambivalent about nursing mothers' stations. You can check out my post last year called: Nursing Mother's Rooms - Convenience or Quarantine? to read my thoughts and readers' comments.
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