I'm wondering what other EP moms do when they go away, especially when a plane ride is involved. I'm going away for Memorial Day weekend for an x-long weekend (leaving Friday afternoon, coming back Monday afternoon). I'm trying to formulate a plan for pumping, transporting milk, etc. Right now I pump about 20 oz a day and she drinks anywhere from 20-25 oz a day, so I'm working with a bit of a deficit each day that I make up for with a bag of thawed milk every other day or so.

I'm not too concerned about scheduling pumping times since I'm down to only 3 pumps a day, and I can be flexible since I can go 8-10 hrs without pumping. I'm mostly concerned with the logistics of providing enough milk and transporting it!

I THINK my plan is to bring a few bags of frozen milk to provide for the first 24 hours of feedings, so I won't have to worry about the milk going bad (they can slowly thaw during the trip until I can get them into a fridge when we get to our destination). The plane ride is only 2 hours and the car ride once we get there is another 2 hours, so I'm planning on bringing two bottles in my diaper bag to cover the entire trip. Then once we get to our destination, the bags of thawing milk can provide for the first 24 hours while I build up an inventory of a few pumped bottles in my first few pumping sessions.

I'm a tiny bit worried that I'll dry up randomly during the trip... then what will LMW drink?!? I guess if that happens I'll just start pumping round the clock and hydrating to try and get myself to start producing again. And what if TSA has a problem with the frozen breastmilk and take it away?

I'm SO close to being able to wean (LMW will be 9 months by then, and I have about a month's worth of frozen stash), I really don't want to have to introduce formula.. only because the process of getting her used to formula might be long and painful!! But the idea of traveling with formula sounds so, so, so easy vs all this frozen/thawed/freshly pumped milk and bringing my pump and scheduling pumping sessions.