Pumping at Work

[moonstone523]

Help me ladies.

So....

I've been pumping around 9:30 am and 8:30 pm for two months now. I get anywhere from 6-9oz in the morning and 2-5oz at night.

Now I'm back to work. How many times should I pump during the work day?

I read that you should leave 1-1.5oz for the length of time you are gone, so that's 8 to 12 oz for the length of time I'll be working.

What are your thoughts? If I only pump 2x during the work day, will my milk supply suffer? That would still leave me with 4 pump sessions.

So far today I have
9:30 pump - 8oz
12:00 BF (I snuck one in. I work from home)
1:00 pump - 2 oz.
2:15 pump - 3.50 oz

Do I pump again today?

help.

[mskateb]

I pumped 3x a day at work from month 3 through 10, and it was enough. I nursed at home. That's my plan again, if not more. I always had enough supply, but I felt like if I had pumped more, especially in the beginning, maybe I would've been able to pump more. I always had just enough, but never a surplus.

Also, Lily is sitting next to me and as I hit reply she said "wait, I want to see that cute little baby again." :heart:

[moonstone523]

So if I pump 2x at home, could I pump 1x at work?

Actually I'm okay with 2x pumps at work.

Argh. I don't want to fuck it up.

[moonstone523]

And hide that f-word from Lily.

[mrsjenrn]

I pumped twice over my 12 hour shift because it was at night and Zoe would only nurse twice during the time that I was gone. During the day I would think that 3-4 times would be enough. That is what I hear that most people do. You could always try it out and if your supply drops stay in bed with her all weekend and nurse, nurse, nurse with lots of skin to skin.

[jennifer8080]

Pump as many times as you would nurse during that time period. How's it going this week?

[tashaandsage]

When I did pump at work, I actually just pumped once a day. I'm sure that is not recommended, but it worked for me and that one pumping I could pump enough for the next time I worked. If I didn't get quite enough, I'd pumped after her feeding when I first got home. Granted I only worked a couple days a week usually. I also was one of those people who didn't ever supply issues. My work was not really set up for pumping (there was literly no where other than a tiny bathroom) and I really hated to pump!