I know I might still be slightly in the minority here with being back to work, but I feel like I'm finally falling into a routine with what I like to keep in my pump bag. Besides parts, obviously, what are your essentials? (Or STMs, what did you keep in it last time that you plan to do again?)
Married: 9.22.12 - DD: 1.7.14 - EDD 2: 10.30.17 - J14 OG
Re: What's in your pump bag?
Eta - I'm not back at work yet so I'm referencing last time.
-Gallon ziploc and small cooler bag to keep parts in the fridge all day
-2 or3 snacks (pack of crackers bag of pretzels
-Hand sanitizer
-Extra lids (IDK why. Makes me feel safe)
-Hands free bra even though I don't use it anymore (THANKS @chuggingwater!)
-Lanisoh 3in1's if I'm feeling lumpy
-Car power adaptor
-Nail file (my nails are still growing like crazy and it's literally the only time I have to file them)
Married: 9.22.12 - DD: 1.7.14 - EDD 2: 10.30.17 - J14 OG
- gallon ziploc bag for putting parts in the fridge
- cooler bag with freezer pack
- snacks (granola bars, fruit snacks)
- burp cloth for my lap
- extra breast pads
- bottles and lids
- nursing cover (sometimes I can't pump in the privacy of my locked classroom)
- extra storage bags; I've forgotten lids for the bottles a couple of times and this has been a lifesaver!
- wall plug
Also, I bring TONS of water with me every day. Nursing makes me so thirsty!
Sanitizer wipes for the pumps, a small bottle of dish soap to wash the parts if I have time, and extra nursing pads.
Married June 2010.
DD born 1/13 via Csection at 41w5d after 47 hours of labor
@cnctf and @thegosiers - Store parts in the fridge and you don't have to wash them between use during the day. Then at the end of the day, just throw them in the dishwasher.
BFP #5 11/15/14, Team Green EDD 7/22/15
BFP #4 4/30/13, baby girl born med-free Jan. 2014
BFP #3 9/24/12, Missed m/c at 9w1d (baby measured 8w5d)
BFP #2 9/23/10, healthy baby girl born med-free June 2011
BFP #1 5/21/10, Missed m/c at 10w4d (baby measured 8wks), D&C 6/29/10
"Life is like a camera, just focus on what's important and capture the good times, develop from the negatives and if things don't work out, just take another shot."
Pump and parts obviously
Hands free bra
Extra storage bags
Medela cleaning wipes
Ziplock storage bag
Chapstick
Water
Snacks
BFP #2 (5/18/13) due 1/26/14. Grow baby grow!
Its a surprise! Team green!
@worleygirl I do fit all that in my PISA bag. Now that I'm only using one set of parts all day it fits so easily, too! Including the bottle cooler. I also keep empty bottles in that cooler until I'm ready to fill them. Otherwise the cooler is a waste of empty space until there's milk in it!
@onbabymaking226 I wash the bag every night and use it for a week. By then it's a little crinkled and I worry about it getting holes in it anyway.
@wilburbud My work has a sink but it's also full of creepy men who I DO NOT want seeing me wash my pump parts. Haha. None of them KNOW my pump parts are in the fridge. I feel like it's my little revenge knowing my booby milk suckers are sitting riiiiiight next to their lunches. MUAHAHA.
Married: 9.22.12 - DD: 1.7.14 - EDD 2: 10.30.17 - J14 OG
ETA: cami stays under the flanges, shirt stays on top.
Married: 9.22.12 - DD: 1.7.14 - EDD 2: 10.30.17 - J14 OG
Married: 9.22.12 - DD: 1.7.14 - EDD 2: 10.30.17 - J14 OG
Also, I bow to boobs too big for a pumping bra! ^:)^
Married: 9.22.12 - DD: 1.7.14 - EDD 2: 10.30.17 - J14 OG
Married: 9.22.12 - DD: 1.7.14 - EDD 2: 10.30.17 - J14 OG
Now it's great so I can be discreet in front of my students. They just think I'm really hungry and eating an extra snack each time I leave the classroom in the afternoon...ha!
And sorry for not responding quickly to your question about the parts in the fridge @cnctf ! I bump from mobile and didn't get the notification.
Married: 9.22.12 - DD: 1.7.14 - EDD 2: 10.30.17 - J14 OG
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Pump stuff (tubing, connector, valves, flanges, membranes, AC and battery adapter, extra membranes)
Bottles (4 bottles + caps)
Ziploc bag
Sponge + dish soap
Hand sanitizer
Nursing pads
Sterilizer bag
Ice packs
Sharpie
Hair clip
Snacks/water
Nursing cover
❤ Leave at work:❤
Extra set of pump parts
Manual hand pump