nursing & pumping before work??

jeffrae

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  DD normally does a 4 am feeding (nursing).  I will need to be out of the house by 6:30 am to be at work at 7.  What is the best schedule to pump and nurse one more time before I leave?  I plan on pumping three times at work.  I just started taking fenugreek since I was only getting 2 oz sometimes when pumping.  Between a 4 am feeding, one pumping session and one more nursing session.....am I crazy thinking I can keep up with LO before work?

ENev

Rae, you're just going back now? How nice to have 5+ months off! Good luck on your first day back!

My boy usually eats around 5 a.m. or so ... I don't have time to pump in the mornings - I'll only do it if I'm SUPER engorged. Otherwise I just move my first pumping session at work to earlier. I usually do 9:30, 12:30 and 3:30 at work, but sometimes I'll move the morning session to 9:00 or even 8:45. 

jeffrae

Hey.  I know, I am very lucky to have had 5 months off with her.  :-)  I am going to miss her like crazy.

I am just worried about not getting enough out from pumping during the day.  I use to have an oversupply, but that is gone now.  LO eats around every 2 hours, but when I pump I am hardly getting anything.  Well, until I started fenugreek a few days ago.  

I plan on sending her off with 4-4oz bottles.  She will be dropped off around 7:30 and I will be picking her up around 4. We have formula just in case she needs more, but is seriously smells like cat food!

mrsmiller06

what is this fenugreek that you speak of??

jeffrae

mrsmiller06:

what is this fenugreek that you speak of??

You can get it in the health food section at a grocery store.  they are a natural pill that you take (2 or 3 pills, 3 times a day with food) that up your supply.