After today, I have about 7 weeks of pumping at work left and I cannot wait to be done! I need some inspiration to get me through. We all know pumping sucks (ha, ha), but is there anything you enjoy or will miss about pumping at work?
I'll start: I use my pumping time to do the crossword puzzle - I'll miss having those few minutes of "me" time every day when I let myself step away from work.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
I know I'm in the minority but I love pumping. I just view it as a break to snack and check HB! 
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
I used to play candy crush during pumping! LOL i quit a few weeks ago and haven't touched the game since~! seven weeks will fly by i promise!!!!
cantaloupe / 6885 posts
I know I'm strange but like @autumnlove: I like pumping too (I EP)...granted I have a year long maternity leave, if I had to pump at work I probably would hate it too!!
I like having an excuse to have 10min to myself...I read a mag, check hellobee, or sometimes catch a few minutes of sleep lol!
coconut / 8861 posts
I played Temple Run 2, called my mom, and read magazines while I pumped.
blogger / pomegranate / 3044 posts
When I stopped pumping at work with DS1 I missed having the little breaks in the day and chatting with other moms in the mothers room!
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
I actually like pumping at work! It's a nice break in my day and makes the day go by so much faster!
I use pumping time to catch up on a good book!
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
I like pumping because it's required time away from work and I like it. It helps make the day go by faster with 3 pumping sessions!
pear / 1563 posts
I also hate pumping but congrats on only having seven weeks to go! That is a real accomplishment. My LO is almost six months and sometimes it feels like I will be pumping forever.
grapefruit / 4923 posts
woohoo just 7 more weeks! while the actual pumping doesn't bother me, the cleaning/storing/transporting are pretty tiresome.
eggplant / 11716 posts
7 more weeks is amazing. I just started back at work yesterday after Mat leave and pumping at work is SO weird when you work in a school. There are NO "private rooms" except bathrooms, since every door can be opened with a key that lots of people have (principals, team leads, tech guys, janitors). I have to pump in a small room that doubles as professional library room, but there's a table so people also have meetings in there. So everyone and their dog has a key. So I'm SO PARANOID of a teacher giving a student a key to go get them something from a room and I have nightmares of a middle schooler or janitor or tech guy walking in on my pumping.
Also, there's no sink or fridge, so I have to get dressed....take all my stuff down to the staff break room to rinse and store in the fridge their.
I was dreading pumping at work, and now I see my dread was warranted. My LO is only 4.5 months, so my goal of 6 months isn't too far.
honeydew / 7504 posts
Yeah, I'm going to miss the break from the floor! And I've never really minded pumping, but the cleanup is such a huge pain!
apricot / 444 posts
@Anagram: Ugh, poor you! I worked in a school and walked in on someone pumping! But I was like, 9 months pregnant at the time, so we had a good/awkward laugh. Still... I felt terrible!
grapefruit / 4717 posts
I used that time at work to read. Now it takes me forever to finish a book!
GOLD / pomegranate / 3688 posts
@Anagram: I am not sure if you know this, but you don't have to rinse/clean your parts between pumps - just put them in the refrigerator. I store everything in a cooler bag with ice packs all day and then throw everything in the dishwasher once I get home. I have two sets of bottles and parts, so I just run the dishwasher every other day. SO much easier and faster than cleaning everything each time!
It's so nice to hear such inspiring ideas from all of you - thank you!!! Pumping is no fun (I have to leave my desk to go to the nurse's office each time...), but I feel lucky to have made it this far!
honeydew / 7091 posts
I used to pump for 30 minutes at a time, so I would take a nap while I pumped. That was pretty awesome!
eggplant / 11716 posts
@septca: you have to go to the nurse's office? Are you also in a school?? is there a seperate room in the nurse's office or they just not let students enter during that time?
And yeah, I know about the fridge trick. I still store them in the fridge, I just like to do a quick rinse first. Having all the old milk drippings still on the parts just grosses me out a little. heh.
grapefruit / 4187 posts
I gave up on pumping pretty early on because my supply never came in, but I am so glad I don't have to do it at work! We have a designated pumping room here, but it's kind of a joke. It's a small conference room with the door window covered and it locks, but there is no sink which makes it kind of pointless IMO since you have to bring all of your pump parts into the bathroom anyway and clean them in front of everyone! Also, people ignore the sign on the outside and go in there to eat lunch anyway. So the women who pump always complain that it reeks of everyone elses lunch!
pomelo / 5258 posts
Congrats! Not long to go.
Compared to pumping at night I love pumping at work. I block out three 30 minute windows every day but it only takes me about 15 to pump so I'm secretly reserving 45 minutes a day that people can't book me in other meetings. I feel so sneaky.
GOLD / pomegranate / 3688 posts
@Anagram: No, I work at a big Federal agency and my office has no privacy. The nurse's office here has designated pumping rooms that are actually quite nice - it's just a hassle to drag everything back and forth and set it up. (I am being a big complainer because until 8 months I had an office with a door that locked, so I could just go about my day while pumping.)
apricot / 358 posts
I don't mind pumping. I don't like having to set things up, but I enjoy taking 15-20 minutes to close my office door and take a break. In the early days, I looked at pictures of LO, and it was nice because I felt like I was connecting with him from afar. Now that he's older, I chat with my husband or do something relaxing.
If I didn't have an office, I would probably like pumping a lot less! But I really do enjoy the forced break.
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