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It might not work great at first, but your body will adapt I'm sure.

I think you will be fine. I do a 4 hour stretch daily between pumps and it works out. That said, LO sort of had me on that schedule because that was when he usually ate. Are these times somewhat close to when your LO tends to eat? Or is he not that predictable?

In general I have found that I have about an hour cushion if I need it--I usually pump at 10 and 2 but will go early/later if I have to. You will be fine! Pumping seems really intimidating beforehand but you will get into a routine and it will be fine. Plus your freezer stash will be awesome for peace of mind when some days are better than others.

I mean it's not the most ideal, but I agree that your body will adapt!

Your body will adjust to it. It's not too dissimilar to my schedule...I feed at 5:30, pump at work at 7:45 and 10, nurse at home at 12:45, pump at 3, and nurse at home around 6:30/7. The last stretch is the hardest, and sometimes my mom gives her an ounce or two of formula to hold her over until I can nurse.

I would definitely make sure you wear nursing pads until your body adjusts, though. And some warning, my pumping output dropped some once I went back to work (but I also got an IUD and started Zoloft at the same time, and I'm not sure what impact all that at once had on my supply). I can usually only get 9-10 ounces over 3 pumping sessions, and I'm taking fenugreek, brewer's yeast, Mother's milk tea and eating oatmeal with ground flax seed for breakfast every day.

I think your body will adjust. I know you have a thing about textures, but if there is any way you can get some avocado into you, that is one food that really helped my pumping output when I was struggling. I ate it so much that I can barely look at it now, but it helped a lot.

i think you'll be just fine. it's so stressful thinking about this stuff!

Obviously that last stretch is going to be your challenge. Is there anyway you could maybe consider pumping one side at 3:30 and feeding the other side at 4? You may find there is a bit of an oversupply there by 4 pm (aka baby may not need both sides). You could alternate days to pump/feed each side.

I think you will be totally fine. I'm a teacher too and my schedule rotates which means it's basically impossible for me to have a set pumping schedule. When I first went back to work I would sometimes have to pump before leaving for work (around 5:30) and then wouldn't be free again to pump until lunchtime (11:30 or 12). Yea, I'd get totally engorged and I wore nursing pads for a long time but then I'd also pump 10 ounces or so that session.

Just the fact that you have a set schedule will help a lot - your body will adjust. And it will be awesome to know you only have 7 weeks til summer break!

@avivoca: Yes to avocado! I tried this after you posted it when I was pumping last year, and it totally works.