Pumpers - need help

gymnst1013 · March 2012

I have 2 days in April where I'll be in seminars all day so I'll be leaving N with MH. I have no idea if the locations the seminars are in will have a place where I can pump - one is a high end restaurant and the other is a hotel. For the hotel, my office is across the street so I can always pop over there if necessary but for the restaurant I don't know what to do.

My question, will one day of not pumping for 7-8 hours mess up my supply? If I need to, I can go home over our lunch break but I'll definitely end up missing part of the seminar - it's too far a drive to make it home, feed N or pump and make it back.

LaRue86 · March 2012

I dont think one day would mess it up, but could you go to your car and pump?

gmc222 · March 2012

I recently had an all-day seminar at a college, and was in the exact same boat. I ended up using the locker room in their gym which was in the building the meetings were in. Perhaps the hotel has a locker room you can use? Not sure about the restaurant, my best suggestion is your car.

DowagerCountessofNJ · March 2012

Call the hotel, ask to speak with the manager, and explain your predicament. They'll probably be able to accommodate you, especially since it's such a short time frame 20-30 minutes tops.

JavaVino910 · March 2012

I attended a seminar at a hotel, the front desk girl tried to offer me the bathroom (I declined) and the head of housekeeping walked by. She was super nice and gave me empty hotel room to use. I'm sure that if you spoke to the right person you could borrow a room, too.

flows912 · March 2012

I've gone all day without pumping a few times (when I first returned to work when LO was 5 month, I kept forgetting various parts at home). I never saw any drop in supply. However you will be in pain and you will leak!

taitai07 · March 2012

I would call up the restaurant and ask to speak to whoever is in change of front of house. If it's a high end restaurant, I'm sure they accommodate unusual requests for customers all the time and this probably wouldn't even phase them. There has to be some small, private place in the building that they would let you use for 20 minutes.

Although I also think that it would not mess up your supply to go 7-8 hours without pumping for one day. I've had to do it twice since I came back to work, and it didn't make a noticeable difference to me.

mesr · March 2012

i would definitely want to pump. i wouldn't want to be in pain the whole day. worst case, i would pump in my car. i do like the idea someone mentioned above of asking the staff. maybe the hotel or restaurant will have a room to offer up. you never know. but plan on pumping in your car... when i have to do this, i use a nursing cover.

klingb52 · March 2012

I agree with contacting the hotel to see about a room and pumping in the car at the restaraunt. I have pumped in the car before and it really hasn't been a problem. I use DHs large sweatshirt to cover up and listen to the radio to relax. If you need power, try an inverter from Walmart or Target's travel section. You can use the inverter for other electronics later on.

Telly21182 · March 2012

Last summer when I was starting to pump I was in a situation where I was going to be out and about all day at wedding festivities for a friend and unsure about where to pump. I bought a manual hand pump from Amazon (Medela to use the same accessories) and kept that in my bag just in case. It ended up being very useful, and I would carry it with me A LOT because I could just run in to a bathroom or whatever and pump if I couldn't find anywhere else to set up shop.

CarlaAndJames · March 2012

I don't think one day will do permanent damage to your supply, but it won't be comfortable, you'll be engorged and possibly leak.

Call the hotel and the restaurant and talk to a manager and find out if they can accommodate you, they may have something available. I'd be shocked if the hotel doesn't have something, and if the restaurant doesn't, could just pump in your car? Even if it's just for 10 minutes, it will release that pressure!

bt3701 · March 2012

Does you LO sleep through the night? If so, I'd imagine how full you are in the morning to decide if you're going to pump the day you have to be at the restaurant.

For me, I could get away with it and not really be in pain or leaking, so I'd just skip it. But, after getting home and feeding, I'd probably have to pump. As others have said, I don't think it will harm your supply.

If I was to skip pumping that day at the restaurant, I'd probably pump right before I left home... or I know some people swear by pumping while driving!

amberpro · March 2012

I went all day without pumping twice. It didn't effect my supply, but it was painful.

On days that I attended trainings, I just pumped in the car and stored the milk in a cooler. No problems.

LauraOTR · March 2012

I had an all-day seminar a couple months ago at a hotel, and just pumped in my car. I felt more comfortable doing that than I would have if I had to ask some manager for a random room (then be all paranoid the whole time that someone might come in).

gymnst1013 · March 2012

Wow, sorry for that post and run! Thanks for the suggestions. I will definitely call both places and see what they might be able to do for me. I'm not worried about the hotel since my office is right there but it would be more convenient to not have to leave so hopefully they'll have a room I can borrow.

Pumping in my car might work - the only snag I can see is that it's valet parking so I'd have to work that out. But hopefully I won't have to resort to that and they have somewhere for me.

Good to know though that my supply should be fine. Thanks again!

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