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if u started pumping at work @ 8 wks..
I am sadly going back to work at 8 weeks. I am a teacher and will be away from the house about 7:30-3:30. I have already started pumpingsome extra to hopefully have a stash and I will be pumping at work.
If you started to pump at work at 8 weeks:
1. How many times did you pump/ when during the day?
2. Into how many ounces did you seperate what you would freeze?
3. At 8 weeks, how much does your little one eat while you are away? What is their general day time eating schedule at this age?
I am so hoping not to have to give her any formula. I pumped at work w. my son, but I didn't have to go back w. him until 5 months and he did have to have some formula because w. my schedule I could only pump once a day.Thanks for any info you have.
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Re: if u started pumping at work @ 8 wks..
I too am a teacher. I pumped 3x a day with DS #1. I'd pump before the kids came 9am. Then at my lunchtime which was like 11:30am. Then I'd pump again at 3pm when the kids were at specials. I was usually able to get about 2 oz. I'd combine to get a 4 oz. bottle most of the time but sometimes I'd leave them as 2 oz. as snack bottles in case he got a little extra hungry. The first week will probably be the hardest to gage how much your LO is actually eating. They tend to eat a little more than what you pump because they can get more out of you than you can pump. Same eating schedule as when you nurse every 3-4 hours. Hope this helps. Also I had to take More Milk Plus tablets to keep my supply up because I was running around so much and not drinking enough. Good luck!!