You’ve got a nagging backache (so much for your ergonomic office chair). Also nagging at you is how you’re going to breastfeed once you’re back at work—being acutely aware that it’s the way babies get optimal nutrition. Does your company have a lactation room? Will your boss let you take pumping breaks? In fact, only 24 states, including Oregon, New Mexico and New York, have laws to protect a nursing mother’s right to pump in the workplace, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. But take heart: “Companies see the business case for female employees returning to work and for having these policies in place to attract women,” says Kimberly Seals Allers, an advisory board member for the nonprofit Bravado Breastfeeding Information Council (breastfeedinginformation.org) and founder of MochaManual.com, a website for moms of color. Basically, nursing moms want a private place, a door, a plug, a fridge and a sink. Seals Allers suggests talking to your supervisor or approaching your company with a proposal if these resources aren’t available at your job. She adds, “The cost of these benefits is minimal, and in this economy, anything positive companies can do is a win-win for everyone.”