i pump roughly every 3 hours, and i figure that'll be my schedule for a while still (LO is 6 weeks). i pump for 30 minutes each session, so i get just under 2.5 hours of "free" time between sessions. that's plenty of time if we just want to walk somewhere in the neighborhood.

but if we want to go somewhere across town, the roundtrip drive with loading and unloading LO in the car will eat up at least an hour of that time. so we have at most 1.5 hours to be out, which is just enough time for a doctor's appt, or a casual lunch, or walking around the farmers market.

anything more ambitious than that, i'd have to plan ahead and prep and pack all my pumping stuff, as well as find a place to pump at our destination and leave DH and LO to entertain themselves while i pump.

is this how it goes for you too? or am i missing something, in terms of making things easier? how often do you venture out? and at what point does the schedule get easier?