Pumping at work
- 02-01-2012, 12:45 PM #17Registered User
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Have you considered reverse cycling so the pressure to pump is not so great? It would probably require co-sleeping though, so not sure if that solution is suitable for you.
- 02-01-2012, 01:25 PM #18
I came back to work when my baby was 7 month old. I started pumping 2 times in the office (from the toilet), and also after the night feed. I could manage to pump enough for 2 feeds of 6oz each. When my baby was around 9 month old, I pumped just once at the office, and then at home (if I couldn't get enough for a single feed).
When I was pumping twice, I would rise the bottle and pump with hot water (if no one was in the pantry) and then put everything in the refrigerator till the next pump. At the end, I think everybody at the office knew that I was pumping , since I would just take the packed milk out from my bag (after the pumping) and put it in the freezer. I just didn't mind.
About dropping supply, I didn't really have that problem.. .In fact, I seemed to be pumping more than what my baby drink from my breast, as I always noticed that I pumped less milk on Monday, after we have spent the weekend breastfeeding without expressing.
About the pumps, I got 2 manual pumps from Avent, and would pump on both side at the same time.
- 02-01-2012, 01:32 PM #19Registered User
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That's also an option...really. At one point I found because I was busy at work it was better for me to feed more at night so my daughter co-slept with us and fed throughout the night and then she didn't need as much during the day. I slept really well but then again, we co-slept with her from the beginning so I was used to it.
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- 02-01-2012, 01:34 PM #20Registered User
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“Many women have described their experiences of childbirth as being associated with a
spiritual uplifting, the power of which they have never previously been aware …
To such a woman childbirth is a monument of joy within her memory.
She turns to it in thought to seek again an ecstasy which passed too soon.”
~ Grantly Dick-Read (Childbirth Without Fear)
Mother of Two
JMW, boy, born November 29, 2007, 9:43 pm, USA
MJW, girl, born March 17, 2011, 4:14 pm, HK
- 02-01-2012, 01:57 PM #21
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Last edited by thanka2; 02-01-2012 at 04:11 PM.
“Many women have described their experiences of childbirth as being associated with a
spiritual uplifting, the power of which they have never previously been aware …
To such a woman childbirth is a monument of joy within her memory.
She turns to it in thought to seek again an ecstasy which passed too soon.”
~ Grantly Dick-Read (Childbirth Without Fear)
Mother of Two
JMW, boy, born November 29, 2007, 9:43 pm, USA
MJW, girl, born March 17, 2011, 4:14 pm, HK
- 02-02-2012, 11:27 AM #23Registered User
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Apologise if I'm stating the obvious. Is it possible for your helper/ carer, to bring your baby to you, so that you can feed her during your lunch hour?
Sorry that you have been having to face these difficulties.
- 02-02-2012, 12:58 PM #24Registered User
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Hi MommieMid -- Unfortunately, my office is far from home -- 45 min by public transport. It would take two hours for the amah to get the baby here, have me feed her, and get the baby home. And a taxi is expensive as she'd have to cross the harbor twice.
Plus, there's no breastfeeding room anywhere -- and I'm not feeding her in a toilet cubicle! It's an extremely quiet, open-plan office and the staff are mostly men. Yesterday, I had to make a personal phone call,and I felt awkward doing even that at my desk.
It's nobody's fault -- it's just that my office is not set up to be mom friendly. I'm the only mom here. In fact, I think I'm the only mom in my department for many years.
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