joining the club of working BFing mums

I just got a job! 16 hours per week probably spread over 4 days, so 4
hours at a time. DS will probably need 2 bottles during that and
travelling time, but I'm hoping I won't need to pump at work, I'll
probably pump as soon as I get home and hopefully get 1 bottle worth and
continue my routine of pumping 5 mins per side after each feed to get the
other bottle.

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Anne Rogers

Before my breasts settled down into supply and demand (as
opposed to all supply, all the time), I could nurse one side
before I left, pump the other, then come home 5 hours later
and do the same (nurse one side and pump the other). If I
was lucky, I didn't leak before I got home, and I almost
always was able to pump as much as she drank (4-6 ounces).
I'm definitely over to supply and demand, I think I was by about 6 weeks.
I've only leaked recently when I've not nursed from a breast for 12 hours
(when I was in hospital recently I gushed all over my gown, very
embarassing)


Now it's easier for me to pump at work, because I can do
real work while pumping with a handsfree bra, but can't play
with the "must hold me all the time" baby while pumping.
And now that my supply has settled down, I usually only get
an ounce a side in one pumping session, regardless of how
long it's been since the last pump or nurse.

I have a medela mini electric, i.e. very noisy, I'll be sharing an office,
so I really want to avoid pumping at work. I'm fairly sure I'll be able to
manage volume wise and if leakage becomes a problem I'll just have to go
back to breast pads!

I'm definitely over to supply and demand,
I think I was by about 6 weeks.


No, I mean the switch around 3 months, when milk production
stops being hormone-driven. But I think our babies are
about the same age (3.5 months), so it's likely you are.

maybe I had low hormones or something, but I definitely had some supply
issues after about 6 weeks which have only resolved in the last couple of
weeks.

Anne Rogers wrote:
I just got a job! 16 hours per week probably spread over 4 days, so 4
hours at a time. DS will probably need 2 bottles during that and
travelling time, but I'm hoping I won't need to pump at work, I'll
probably pump as soon as I get home and hopefully get 1 bottle worth and
continue my routine of pumping 5 mins per side after each feed to get the
other bottle.

Congratulations on your job! Here's to everything
nursing still going well!

-- Anita --
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Phoebe & Allyson wrote:

No, I mean the switch around 3 months, when milk production stops being
hormone-driven. But I think our babies are about the same age (3.5
months), so it's likely you are.

What's the hormone-driven vs. non thing? I haven't
heard of this. What is it if not hormone-driven?

Thanks,
Anita

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Phoebe & Allyson wrote in message ...

Now it's easier for me to pump at work, because I can do
real work while pumping with a handsfree bra, but can't play
with the "must hold me all the time" baby while pumping.
And now that my supply has settled down, I usually only get
an ounce a side in one pumping session, regardless of how
long it's been since the last pump or nurse.

Phoebe

Hi Phoebe,

IIRC you have a PIS and a Isis. Back when I used the PIS I found
putting the Isis insert into one of the PIS horns, and then swapping
back and forth which breast that Isis insert was on I would get more
than without the insert.

KC
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KC wrote:

IIRC you have a PIS and a Isis.


A Purely Yours and an Isis, but yes.

putting the Isis insert into one of the PIS horns, and then swapping
back and forth which breast that Isis insert was on I would get more
than without the insert.

That's a good idea. I've got the Flexishields, but they
aren't comfortable to use. I'll try using the Isis insert
next time.

Phoebe

"Anne Rogers" wrote in message
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maybe I had low hormones or something, but I definitely had some supply
issues after about 6 weeks which have only resolved in the last couple of
weeks.

Hmm funny you say that Anne - I've had to work really hard to keep up my
supply and even then I feel it's only just enough. When Ro went to 1.5
hourly feeds last week I did wake up 2 mornings in a row with wet patches
but apart from that (and the first 3 weeks) I've never leaked, not even a
drop.

As for pumping, my output varies tremendously. Same set of circumstances
day in day out and yet some days (occassional) I can get 120mls (4oz) in a
10 min session, others (same time etc) I get 60mls (2ozs). The latter is
the more usual. I wish I knew why. Sometimes this breastfeeding thing is
annoying when it's so hard to understand the mechanics of production, isn't
it?

--Alison