Wish us luck: I leave tomorrow

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I'm going on a 3 day / 2 night work trip to rural Manitoba. DH's school starts musical tomorrow, which means he's working crazy hours and Grandma will have to help out a bunch on Tuesday. I'm hoping I respond to the pump I haven't used in about a year, as this is not how I want to wean.

Also hoping I can engage my brain and get something useful out of all this. It's a meeting to draw me into new projects and a new function (numerical modelling). It does feel a bit weird to be simultaneously gearing up for more complex work and counting down the weeks I have to be at work (33, less holidays...)

The worst part may just be dumping the milk. It's not worth trying to get it home, it's not a city so no HM4HB. I really do have to just dump it, and that sucks.

[bronxgirl]

Good luck. I hope it all works out for you and the time goes by quickly.

[Ashley&Scott]

Good luck! That totally sucks that you have to dump it. (are you sure you couldn't put it in a cooler?)

Don't forget some lanolin or nipple butter to put on before you pump, your nipples will thank you.

[Deleted]

I hate pump and dumping! Good luck to you all

[pugz]

drink up!!!

[gibbinator]

Hope you enjoy

[anna7602]

Good luck.

I had to have a medical procedure when DD was 18 months old that required me to pump and dump. It was painful to see all the milk go to waste, but happily, the experience didn't affect my nursing relationship with DD at all.

Re: work. I know you are counting down, but at least there's a chance those 33 weeks will be more interesting than they would be if you didn't do this trip.

[bunch]

Good luck! Try to focus on having fun!

[pugz]

um forgot you are pregnant now, maybe DON'T drink up, lol

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Yes, alas, I will be awkwardly NOT drinking up. It sucks that I'm rather early to be coming out at work (we haven't even told our parents yet). I guess I'll have to assume no one cares that much and rely on the notoriously bad social skills of my engineering colleagues to not notice.

I'm sitting in the airport, waiting for my coworker's flight to come in before our ride retrieves us. The morning was all right, but every play area in the airport makes me go "Aw, Owen would love that."