https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:51:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-your-pumping-routine-at-work#post-170865 Mon, 28 May 2012 08:16:22 +0000 Downward Dog 170865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Where? In my office.</p> <p>Pump: Medela freestyle and simple wishes bustier.</p> <p>How often? Twice a day, usually at 930 and 130. My boobs are usually really full in the morning. If I have a meeting or something, I do it earlier or later. </p> <p>Do you work? I try to so I can take my full lunch hour, since it's so nice to have a little time to relax. I do email or research. I only have the pump on for 10 minutes usually, even though it takes a few minutes to set up and put away. </p> <p>Process: I keep everything in the little insulated bag, and stick the pump parts in the fridge. I use a bunch of tissues every day to wipe things off. Then I wash everything when I get home at night, when I'm making the bottles for the next day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-your-pumping-routine-at-work#post-170788 Mon, 28 May 2012 00:29:53 +0000 lemondrop 170788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Where do you pump?<br /> My classroom has a large bathroom that doubles as a radiology room, so I pull a chair in there and sit with my laptop at a table and pump. I could commandeer an office, but we have so little space and enough people that I don't want to get walked in on- nothing else has a locking door either. </p> <p>What pump do you use? What other supplies (special pumping bra, etc)?<br /> Hygeia Enjoye with the internal battery and a pumping bra I bought at BRUS. No need to find a plug in! Sometimes I just bring a manual pump and pull over the car in a quiet place if I run out to grab lunch. </p> <p>How often do you pump? At what times?<br /> I work 1-2 days a week, so most of the week I am home and pump first thing in the morning, at noon, and at bedtime. When I work, I still pump the same times- only the noon one at work (the others before I leave for work or before bed), I can usually grab 10-15 minutes at lunch. </p> <p>How do you fit it into your schedule? During my lunch hour, I teach so it isn't realistic for me to stop class to pump. I literally have no other times in the day that I can do it when at work. </p> <p>Do you work during your pumping times?<br /> Sometimes if my workload is large or I'll answer e-mails, other times I read or surf the internet. </p> <p>What's the process like? (washing parts, storing/refrigerating milk, etc.)<br /> I have a small lunch sized ice cooler bag that my bottles and parts fit into. I rinse them after use and really wash them once I get home. I put them back in the ice cooler and stick them in our office fridge. This way it isn't obvious that there is milk in there. I always have to write a note to myself not to forget it at the end of the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-your-pumping-routine-at-work#post-170786 Mon, 28 May 2012 00:02:27 +0000 autumnlove 170786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Where do you pump? Empty conference room with occupied sign</p> <p>What pump do you use? What other supplies (special pumping bra, etc)? Ameda Purely Yours Pump, Simple Wishes hands free bra, Medela 5 ounce bottles, Planet Wise Medium wet bag.</p> <p>How often do you pump? At what times? Usually three times at the office...7, 10 and 1. Sometimes I will pump during my commute home.</p> <p>How do you fit it into your schedule? I usually skip lunch and take 3 twenty minute pump breaks.</p> <p>Do you work during your pumping times? No, I check HelloBee and eat.</p> <p>What's the process like? (washing parts, storing/refrigerating milk, etc.) I don't wash parts at work...I just put them into a Planet Wise medium wet bag after I use them and stick the bag in the refrigerator. The pumped milk is stored in that same bag. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-your-pumping-routine-at-work#post-170784 Sun, 27 May 2012 23:51:18 +0000 littleveesmommy 170784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work at home (drop LO off with my mom in the morning) so I pump right at my desk and work through it. I pump with my Hygeia Enjoye and also use the Medela Handsfree Bustier (love it and can't pump without it!). I also don't wash my parts - I pour the milk into storage containers or bags and put them in the fridge until end of work day. </p> <p>Here's my schedule:<br /> 0630a - nurse<br /> 1000a - pump<br /> 0100p - pump<br /> 0400p - pump<br /> 0630p - nurse<br /> 0730p - nurse / bedtime<br /> 1200a - pump </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-your-pumping-routine-at-work#post-170780 Sun, 27 May 2012 23:20:11 +0000 brownie 170780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am so glad I am finally pump weaned but will tell you how I did it:</p> <p>Where: spare office that locked<br /> Pump: medela Pisa, 3 sets of parts.<br /> How: 4 am nurse, 8 am pump, 11 am nurse, 2 pm pump, 4:30 pm nurse</p> <p>I brought a burp cloth and set up on that. I also uses that to wipe my parts. I didn't wash them I put them in the fridge with the milk. </p> <p>Good luck </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-your-pumping-routine-at-work#post-170728 Sun, 27 May 2012 20:39:53 +0000 mrs. wagon 170728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Where do you pump?<br /> What pump do you use? What other supplies (special pumping bra, etc)?<br /> How often do you pump? At what times?<br /> How do you fit it into your schedule?<br /> Do you work during your pumping times?<br /> What's the process like? (washing parts, storing/refrigerating milk, etc.) </p>