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Pumping for Return to Work...

MJC1116MJC1116 member
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I'm going back to work at the beginning of September and I've been pumping once almost every day for the past week in an attempt to build up my storage supply. I plan on pumping at work when I go back so that I can continue nursing. I'm worried my supply will tank like it did with DD and I'm hoping to have quite a bit saved up in storage so that if I had to start weaning (which hopefully I won't), I'll still have enough left to give breast milk to DS for as long as I can. Right now, DS sleeps from 9 pm to 4 am, so I'm thinking maybe I should wake up at midnight to pump? Any advice to build up my storage supply?
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Re: Pumping for Return to Work...

  • jschwind22jschwind22 member
    Hi!  I pump every morning.  Usually your milk supply is the highest in the mornings.  I feed from one side and pump the other.  Or you can pump the leftovers in LO eats from both.  I think whatever you pick you just need to be consistent with it.  I wouldn't pick the MOTN because...sleep yo!
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  • jenn43jenn43 member
    I pump immediately after our early morning feed. LO nurses on one side, and I pump both until empty. Sometimes we use that for a bottle, sometimes I add it to my stash. On workdays i pump twice more at work, and LO usually gets 3 bottles while I'm at work, so it evens out.
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  • MJC1116MJC1116 member
    Thanks for the advice. I was really hoping to avoid pumping at night... I appreciate the feedback!
    DH & I: 29
    TTC #1 4/2009 -  DD 2/5/10
    TTC #2 since October 2011
    2IF issues
    7/2013 - IUI #1: 50 units Follistim +  Ovidrel  = BFN
    8/2013 - IUI #2: 50 units Follistim +  Ovidrel  = BFP! Beta #1 (12 dpiui) 8/21: 45  Beta #2 (16 dpiui) 8/26: 301 Beta #3 (21 dpiui) 8/30: 1,929. 1st Ultrasound 9/4 - One perfect sac. 2nd Ultrasound 9/13 - Heartbeat at 124 bpm! Anniversary  

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