{"id":242907,"date":"2021-04-09T13:37:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T18:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=242907"},"modified":"2021-04-07T22:08:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T03:08:17","slug":"ncaa-coach-pumped-breastmilk-halftime-championship-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ncaa-coach-pumped-breastmilk-halftime-championship-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Doing it all: NCAA coach pumped breastmilk during halftime of championship game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Last weekend was the NCAA women&#8217;s basketball championship game, with the University of Arizona falling to Stanford. But it was University of Arizona head coach Adia Barnes who may have emerged as the real victor, as millions of people applauded the news that Barnes coached a championship game <em>and<\/em> pumped breastmilk for her infant daughter at halftime, too.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN sideline reporter Holly Rowe kicked off the viral praise for Barnes as she commented live on the game. \u201c[Barnes] was late coming out at halftime because she&#8217;s back in the locker room pumping. She&#8217;s still a breastfeeding mother, and they have to warm up the bottle with the heat packs that are here on the sidelines. She is doing it all,&#8221; she said, adding, \u201cAnd for those who think this is too much information, I&#8217;m just going to tell you this: Let&#8217;s normalize working mothers and all that they have to do to make it all happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FespnW%2Fvideos%2F885394732256376%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\nBarnes and her husband had a second daughter, Capri, in September of 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. And she was almost immediately back to work. &#8220;I had a baby right when season started. And took like a week off; it says I took a month off but I did not,&#8221; she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1378898463409242113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told reporters after the game<\/a>. &#8220;I was on Zoom calls four days after having a C-section so it was hard. But my team loved on me. I missed a couple of weeks, I got a little sick, they fought for me. I came back. They were patient. I&#8217;m happy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She also explained that she was aware of the role she was playing on a very public stage. &#8220;I represented moms, I have a baby here. I hear her crying ready to feed,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I represent moms. You can be a coach, you can do it at an elite level. You just have to have a village like I do. I represent Black females \u2014\u00a0don&#8217;t get here too often and don&#8217;t get opportunities. But I had an opportunity today on the biggest stage and represented a lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/vogue-january-pro-life-message-working-moms\/\">Vogue\u2019s January issue unintentionally promotes pro-life message by featuring working moms<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pregnancy and parenting discrimination is something that many women have to struggle with, both in education and careers. Mothers at companies like <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/google-employee-maternity-leave-return-pregnancy-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/settlement-reached-ups-pregnancy-discrimination-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UPS<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/nike-discriminated-pregnant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nike<\/a> have all reported facing discrimination when it comes to hiring, firing, and promotions. Abortion giant Planned Parenthood has also faced <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-dark-pregnancy-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar allegations<\/a> when it comes to discrimination against pregnant and parenting employees. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/lizelting\/2018\/10\/30\/why-pregnancy-discrimination-still-matters\/#5609dcd163c1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a> reported that the mere possibility of being pregnant can penalize a woman in her career.<\/p>\n<p>So for Barnes, this was a big opportunity to make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018Wow, there\u2019s a lot of hats.\u2019 It\u2019s the former WNBA [player], it\u2019s the Black woman, it\u2019s the mom,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/head-coach-adia-barnes-her-010508354.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told reporters<\/a> last week. \u201cBut it\u2019s a privilege for me. You can be great at all these things. You can be someone representing, and doing it with class, and professionalism, and doing well at your job. You can be a mom; you don\u2019t have to stop coaching.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend was the NCAA women&#8217;s basketball championship game, with the University of Arizona falling to Stanford. 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