I'm a teacher, and I want to talk to my boss before I go on leave about rearranging my schedule so that I can pump when I get back. Right now, my planning period is first thing, and then I'm straight through until the end of the day, which I know is not going to work. Not 100% clear on the childcare details yet, but I will be gone from approximately 7am-4pm, while LO is 15-30 weeks old (then I'll be on summer break). What intervals were you going between pumps/feeds at that age?
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I'd pump at 9:40 and 3:40 during the day and around 10 or so at night. That's what I started with and am still doing at 10 months.
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I pumped twice at school. At like 9 and 12 I think? I fed him when I got up at 6 and again when I picked him up at 3
Eta: teacher too and that year my schedule just worked. I don't know what I'll do this year when it comes time ( I'm due in January) because my schedule is not great.
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I pumped 3x a day for 3-4 months and dropped to 2x. Today is the first time in 3 weeks I didn't pump enough bottles, so I'll have to make up 2 ounces before bed...I feed T at 6:30 and 5:15ish, then one or two feeds before bed
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I pumped 3 times at work and was gone from 7 to 5. This was our daytime schedule.
6am - nurse
615 am- pump at home (LO didn't drink that much, so boobs were still a little uncomfortable)
930 am - pump at work
1 pm - pump at work
330 pm - pump at work
515 pm - nurse at home. -
I pumped at 6:00 am, nurse at 7:00 pump for 5 mins at 10 am, 30 mins at noon and then 30 mins around 3pm after nursing from 4-6.
At 5.5 months I dropped my before bed pump and at 6 months I dropped my 10 am pump so now I just pump in the morning first thing and at lunch
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Teacher here too. With my first, I pumped twice—once in the morning, and once around lunchtime. I nursed at 6, and at 4 when I got him. This time, my two periods I can pump will be very close together (10-1045 and 1140-1225 on a normal day). It stinks, and I don't know how it will work out, but I imagine I will be pumping at home too.
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I was gone 7 to 5 and pumped 3x.
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I was gone 8-530 and pumped one side in the morning after his first feed and then three times at work, 9, 12, 3.
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I'm a teacher too. I feed him whenever he wakes up in the morning. Usually around 5, then pump on my way into work in the car at 6:15, then during my prep at 8:30, again during my lunch at 11:30, then at 2:10 when school gets out. I pick him up at home and feed him when we get home when he is hungry around 5 then at bedtime around 7. He usually is waking up around 1am to eat too.
That is 8 times total for me. Next semester my schedule is not as good, but I pump really fast for whatever reason. I usually get all my milk in the first 3 minutes. So I can maybe squeeze a pump in over a passing period. But he will be 6 months then, so it may not matter so much.
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Every 3-4 hours
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Thanks for all of the responses! I had figured on two times during my work day, but hadn't thought about pumping in the car on the way to/from work if need be. Do you just get a hands-free pumping bra and set the pump on the seat?
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@lady baltimore: I have a medela freestyle that I charge at work, so it's ready to go in the car. I also have a dairy fairy bra, so I just pull one shirt up, pull my underneath cami down, and pull the panels of the bra aside and shove the flanges in. This way I can still wear a "real bra" and not have to take it off/change or anything. I'm far less exposed this way (after all, i would hate for someone to come up to me in the parking lot while I'm setting up or unhooking!). It's a game changer for pumping while in the car
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@lady baltimore: Yep that is exactly what I do. I pump before on the way to work at 7 then 9:30, 12, and 2:30 at work. I am in the process of dropping that 12 pump session. I do not pump enough anyway and every 2.5 hours is too close together for me. These are my work breaks so I can't change the times =/
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I pumped 3x at work (8 hr) and sometimes at night if I didn't make enough for whatever reason.
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I pump 4-6 times per day (she doesn't nurse well so even when we try, I have to pump after). I get uncomfortable around 4 hours, and really don't like going longer than 6.
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This is my schedule at almost 5 months:
6:40am - Nurse (She only eats on one side so I use the hand pump and just take off 2oz from the other side for comfort)
9:15am - Pump at work
12:15pm - Pump at work
3:15pm - Pump at work
6:30pm - Nurse
8:00pm - Nurse
10:00pm - Pump before bedI'm freezing about 10oz extra a day, so I'd really like to consolidate the work pumps into two pumps, but I haven't tried it yet. I'm usually bursting by the 9:15am pump, so I don't think I can stretch that one any later:(
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I pump at 9, 12, and 3 at work and then before I got to bed. I'm gone from 8-530 during the day
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