https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 04:00:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-wohms-have-a-job-not-conducive-to-pumping#post-765366 Tue, 07 May 2013 11:31:30 +0000 immabeetoo 765366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsCB: I SAHM but have had to pump here and there which is totally different, but just wanted to add that my body has always adjusted even if the pump times are different than what his eating times would be normally - which makes sense since most EBF don't eat on a rigid schedule anyways. I've also pumped while driving :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-wohms-have-a-job-not-conducive-to-pumping#post-765348 Tue, 07 May 2013 11:24:36 +0000 MrsTiz 765348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lavender: That is good to know, because that will probably be my situation as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-wohms-have-a-job-not-conducive-to-pumping#post-765260 Tue, 07 May 2013 10:53:58 +0000 lomom 765260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm an auditor so I'm always out at clients' offices... Not sure how that'll work for pumping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-wohms-have-a-job-not-conducive-to-pumping#post-765252 Tue, 07 May 2013 10:50:18 +0000 lavender 765252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsCB: @MrsTiz: After I stopped pumping that's what I did w/ LO, I nursed her in the AM and PM and supplemented with formula during the day. My supply stayed consisitent and didn't drop until I got sick and then my supply took a big hit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-wohms-have-a-job-not-conducive-to-pumping#post-765229 Tue, 07 May 2013 10:41:55 +0000 ShootingStar 765229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsTiz: Yeah, I'm guessing if I do that too early, supply won't really be established and it won't work. But in theory, once your supply is established, if you consistently nurse that much, shouldn't it keep it up? Haha, I have no idea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-wohms-have-a-job-not-conducive-to-pumping#post-765227 Tue, 07 May 2013 10:41:21 +0000 avivoca 765227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worry about this as well. I have an office, but it's shared with a man, and I don't think I can ask him to leave for 30 minutes twice a day. We're a small non-profit, so they aren't required to have a mother's room or anywhere for me to pump. Our bathrooms have outlets, so I may end up putting a chair in one of the more private ones and pumping there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-wohms-have-a-job-not-conducive-to-pumping#post-765226 Tue, 07 May 2013 10:41:02 +0000 PBandBaseball 765226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll start student teaching when she's 4-5 months old &amp; I have no idea how it would be possible to pump at that point. I'm hoping that I'll have a stockpile &amp; a cooperating teacher and school with some flexibility around lunchtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-wohms-have-a-job-not-conducive-to-pumping#post-765221 Tue, 07 May 2013 10:39:31 +0000 MrsTiz 765221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsCB: I've considered that, but I wonder what that would do to supply? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-wohms-have-a-job-not-conducive-to-pumping#post-765208 Tue, 07 May 2013 10:36:32 +0000 Rescuemom10 765208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only took 7 weeks leave and I also have a job where its really hard to find the time. You just have to make it. Even if there was something I had to do, I told my employer I need to step out for a bit and pump. It would be really easy for me to not BF and not pump for LO because it truly is a pain in the you know what with work. Seriously it sucks and I dread having to do it, but I do it anyways because its something I wanted to commit to and do for LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-wohms-have-a-job-not-conducive-to-pumping#post-765197 Tue, 07 May 2013 10:32:59 +0000 regberadaisy 765197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsTiz: you just make do! I've been pumping in a bathroom for the last 5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-wohms-have-a-job-not-conducive-to-pumping#post-765196 Tue, 07 May 2013 10:32:18 +0000 ShootingStar 765196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Very interesting responses. In an ideal world, I would never pump. I would feed LO when I'm home with them, and FF during the day. But maybe that's unrealistic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-wohms-have-a-job-not-conducive-to-pumping#post-765157 Tue, 07 May 2013 10:15:02 +0000 MrsTiz 765157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm really worried about this as well.</p> <p>My mat leave will only be 6 weeks and there is no pumping/private room here. I will be in DH's office or in the bathroom, I work with mostly men so i'm nervous about them hearing the pump. I'll have the time but not the resources.</p> <p>I'll try to make my supply bigger, I don't know how i'll do it though. I'm also not opposed to formula, which is more of a reality seeing the answers in this thread! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-wohms-have-a-job-not-conducive-to-pumping#post-765148 Tue, 07 May 2013 10:10:10 +0000 cascademom 765148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had some days where I could only pump twice a day. My job (a promotion when I returned from maternity leave) got too demanding to pump more frequently. I managed to make it 5 months pumping before being done with twice daily pumping. Right now, we're weaning, so I'm only pumping once a day to ease pressure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-wohms-have-a-job-not-conducive-to-pumping#post-765127 Tue, 07 May 2013 10:01:31 +0000 lavender 765127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was only able to pump once per day at work (during my lunch) in the bathroom. I lasted 3 months pumping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-wohms-have-a-job-not-conducive-to-pumping#post-765125 Tue, 07 May 2013 10:00:51 +0000 MamaMagpie 765125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm worried about this too, but more because I won't have anywhere but my car to go and pump. I don't work in an office (manage several cosmetics accounts) and so my options are severely limited. I really don't want to have to pump in the women's restroom at a department store, so I'm thinking my car (parked in a parking garage) will be my only option. Ugh this stresses me out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-wohms-have-a-job-not-conducive-to-pumping#post-765115 Tue, 07 May 2013 09:55:15 +0000 Espion 765115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't run into yet, but I will. Oh, I will. (EDD 6/8) I feel like my biggest post-partum challenge is going to be getting myself as close as humanly possible to right-off-the-bat successful breastfeeding and adequate supply.<br /> I may even try all the tricks that women use to "convince" their body they had twins, just to stockpile like crazy to give myself some breathing room when I start work again. (I'm a surgeon, so not only will daytime pumping be difficult, but I may not be there at night either. I hope it won't be a losing battle, but I'm going to be stubborn and try.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-wohms-have-a-job-not-conducive-to-pumping#post-765113 Tue, 07 May 2013 09:52:49 +0000 dagret 765113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My job is like that too some days and I just get the pumping in when I can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-wohms-have-a-job-not-conducive-to-pumping#post-765102 Tue, 07 May 2013 09:47:05 +0000 ShootingStar 765102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There have been a lot of really informative breastfeeding posts lately making me think about what I want to do when LO gets here in November. I know that I would like to try breastfeeding but I'm not horribly opposed to formula if it doesn't work out. Of course I could feel differently after baby is here.</p> <p>I feel like my biggest hurdle to wanting to commit to EBF is pumping. I have a job where it can be very difficult to find time to pump. I am lucky to have a mother's room pretty close to my desk, but I'm worried my schedule won't work with needing regular pumping times. There are some days when I'm packed with meetings, and some days when I need to be flexible and schedule meetings with customers, and I won't always have the luxury of planning my day around pumping.</p> <p>The other issue is that due to several factors I think I will only be able to take an 8 week leave. So I'm not sure how invested I should be in breastfeeding and establishing supply if when the baby's 2 months old it all fall apart anyways because I can't pump regularly at work.</p> <p>Has anyone else run into this kind of issue? </p>