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Pumpin' Mamas- Come In!

trevesstrevess
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Okay, since this pumping & working mama thing are new to me, please tell me how you do it.  I'm really at a loss here.  I guess this is where a LLL meeting might be helpful!

Specifically:

-When do you pump, how often & how much do you yield?

-What type of container do you pump into, and do you use that right away or do you freeze for later?

-Also, while she's at daycare all day (7-3) should I provide her with separate bottles for each feeding, or do you think it is okay to just re-use the same bottle?  (Yikes. I sure hope I have enough!  Luckily, I will be able to go down to nurse once a day since she is in my building.)

-What is your cleaning/sterilizing routine?

I never had ANY IDEA how much work this would be.  And I didn't even officially start back at school yet=(

TIA!

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Re: Pumpin' Mamas- Come In!

  • WendellsWendells

    When I went back to work, I would pump during the day at work, every 2-3 hours and once before I went to bed.   I don't remember how much I would get...3-5 oz I think?  

    I pumped into the Medela bottles and stored them in the bottles in the fridge (tape on the lid with the date).  I would usually leave them in the fridge for a few days and freeze when I had enough.  I would freeze into the Lansinoh storage bags.  4-6 oz in each bag depending on how much he was eating.  They lay flat so they are easy to stack in the freezer.  However, don't stack them until they are frozen b/c I think they can freeze and stick together if you do. 

    For daycare, I would defrost the bags that I needed for that day in a bowl of warm water and take the milk in those bags.  I didn't have to worry about separate bottles because we used the playtex drop-ins.  I would just send enough nipples that they could use a new one for each bottle.

    During the day, after pumping, I would rinse the parts and then store them in a ziploc bag in the refrigerator at work.  At night, I would let them soak in a bowl of very hot water and soap.  Rinse and reuse.  I probably sterilized by boiling only a couple of times. 

    Every once in awhile we would give G a bottle of formula before bedtime and I would pump for that feeding to build my stash before I went back to work. 

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  • MrsBlayneMrsBlayne member
    I BF B before I go to work, around 6. I pump around 9, between 12-1, and between 4-5. The LC said try for every 2-3 hours but there is just no way. That was also when she was 2 mos so she doesn't eat quite as often now, but my pumping schedule hasn't changed. I get 6 oz or so the first time and usually around 4-5 after that. I store them in the fridge in the medela bottles and rinse the parts in hot water. When I get home I put them in lansinoh bags (usually 4 oz each) and freeze. I use the stash for the sitter, I just pull out a few bags for the next day. We also use the drop ins so can't help you on that. At home I wash the medela bottles and pump parts in hot water with dish soap.
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  • Eleise96Eleise96

    I'm so glad you asked about this!  I've been stressing about it since I'm going back to work in 2 weeks.  I have to be in my classroom this week to get it set up, so K will be going to the sitter for 2 1/2 days.  Here is what I have "planned" so far.  I know things might change though. 

    I plan on breastfeeding K around 6:30am or so and then dropping him off at the sitter around 7:30am.  I have my planning period from 10:00-10:40am everyday, so that is the only time in the morning I'll have to pump.  Three and a half hours after feeding K isn't ideal, but it is the only thing I can do.  Our lunch starts at 11:15, which is going to be too soon to pump again.  So, I am going to have to find someone to cover my class around 1pm so I can pump again.  I'm able to leave work at 3:35, so I'll go pick up K and head home right away so I can feed him.  On the days that I have to stay late for a meeting or something, I'll just have to pump right after my kids leave for the day. 

    I'll probably pump in to the Medela bottles, since I want to keep my Dr. B bottles for the sitter's house.  I'm not sure if I should send his milk in seperate bottles, or if it would be ok to just send in the freezer bags and have the sitter reuse the bottle I do send.  Hmm...

    Oh, and I'm not going to have much time to rinse my pump parts at work.  I plan on just sticking them in a ziploc bag and storing them in the fridge between pumping sessions.  I'll give them a good wash when I get home each evening.  I might buy the Medela wipes just so I can wipe them down after each session. 

    Ugh, this is such hard work! 

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