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ashleyrsotomayor
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Any working moms only nurse in the evening and morning? No pumping at work...
ashleyrsotomayor
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I will be returning to work when DS is 4 months old. I would like to EBF until that time. I will not be pumping at work because my job is very demanding and I just don't want the added stress of pumping at work because it will mean taking more work home with me and having less time for DS in the evenings. Anyways, I have a couple of friends that nurse and pump in the mornings and evenings only, and their LO's are given frozen/pumped BM supplemented with formula and solids while in child care. I plan on doing this when I return to work. I will obviously need to implement this a few weeks before I go back so we can see how it works and get DS used to it. How do I go about adjusting my supply to nursing/pumping in the mornings and evenings only? What kind of schedule should I have? Also, DS used to take a bottle of expressed milk just fine and now he is fighting it. How do I get him back on the bottle so he can get used to it before I go back?
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Re: Any working moms only nurse in the evening and morning? No pumping at work...
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Your LO may be a little young for this to work, but you will only know by trying. I did this, but my LO was 9 months when we started it. I nursed him morning, evenings and once overnight (so maybe 3-4x per day) and all weekend. I never had any supply issues.
Thanks! I am interested to see how it works for you!
I don't pump at work anymore either. Around 6/7 months I stopped pumping at work once DD started eating more solids (and dropped one of her bottles). This is how I've managed to maintain my supply - I pump one side in the morning while I'm getting ready for work, then I nurse DD on the other side once she wakes up. I use the milk from that pumping session for her bottle during the day. I pump in the morning, even on the weekends, and then use the weekend milk or my freezer stash to supplement any extra ounces I need during the week (I usually pump 4-4.5 ounces each morning, but DD takes 6.5 ounce bottles so the extra 8-9 ounces over the weekend really helps). Then I exclusively BF over the weekends.
So basically, DD nurses in the morning, evening when I get home and before bed. She mostly eats solids at this point while I'm away at work, plus one bottle. This works really well for us, but she's also a little bit older now and enjoys eating solid foods.
When she was younger I would actually pump and drive on the way to work (sounds crazier than it actually is), and then pump while eating a quick lunch. It was the only way I could do it without impacting my work schedule and having to bring a bunch of work home with me each night.
I have had friends that have successfully nursed while home but supplemented with formula during the day - but everyone's supply is different. I would at least try it before jumping to formula only if pumping at work isn't an option.