March 2011 Moms
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pumping teachers
Any elementary teachers planning on pumping (or went back at the end of the year and pumped)? I think more of my anxiety about going back to work centers around the whole pumping/ making sure DS is going to get enough BM. I guess this is where the whole "moms making sure their kids are fed" thing stems from. My mom still worries if I don't eat enough 
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Re: pumping teachers
I went back at the end of the school day due to the fact that my district won't let you use more than 8 weeks of your sick days for maternity leave. Booooo.
Anyway, I had the special ed teacher in my room in the late morning so I took a quick break to pump when she was there. I pumped again in the afternoon during my prep.
I plan to continue to pump but I have no clue what my schedule will be. I may only be able to pump once a day, if that. I was stressed about this in the beginning but figured what will be will be. My supply started tanking a few weeks ago and I stressed over it. Once I took on my new motto, along with a little tea and oatmeal, my supply went back up. Most important thing is not to stress.
Also, if you are able to, build up a nice freezer stash. I have over 1,000 oz stored right now. I'm hoping that if I can't continue to pump at work, I at least have the freezer stash and I can still nurse 1st thing in the morning and at night when I'm home.
Good luck!
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You can say that again....it is mostly the noise I am concerned about (I can work in the time....but that noise is soooooo obvious). My goal is to make it to October (6 months) anything after that is bonus!
Good luck.
I went back and pumped at school for about 8 weeks at the end of the school year. Here is how I kept up my supply.
- wake up and pump before getting ready for work (5am usually)
- give lo a bottle of bf (whatever you have time for) before work
- pump around 9 ( have another teacher cover for about 10 minutes), don't stress about how much you get during the day.
-pump and eat lunch
-bf lo as soon as you get off and on demand in evening
-pump right before you go to bed.
The early morning and late night pumping helped me keep up supply and even store some. HTH.
I'm a high school teacher. I had to go back in mid-May when DS was 8 weeks old, and worked through the last day of school (June 27), so I was able to get a sense of what it's like to pump at work. I know it's a little different for me since I teach HS and have planning periods, but I can relate to how you're feeling. I was really worried about what it would be like to pump at work. It wasn't as bad as I thought. I pumped in the nurse's office. They were always able to provide me a private place to pump and somewhere to store my stuff.
I think the hardest thing was having to use my planning periods to pump. I really didn't want to do any school related work at home because I wanted to enjoy time at home with LO, but I couldn't get much done while pumping either. THat part is tough.
ETA: I never had any problems running out of milk for LO. There always seemed to be just enough. I would definitely recommend building up a freezer stash now, though, just in case.