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I was the same way when I came back to work. I hated the fact that I spent so much time away while pumping. I actuall pump 4x per day and spend about 20-30 min each time... so that's 2 hours that I'm pumping, and then I'm usually gone another hour for lunch. I felt like I was taking SO much time away from work!

It took me a good month to get in the groove of working and pumping and still feeling like I'm doing a good job at both of them.

I'm not sure what the law states - do you have an HR department you can talk to about it?

Each pumping session for me lasted anywhere from 30-45 minutes and I would do it 2-3 times per day. At my office as long as we get our billable hours in we can work when/how we need to. It made for very long days but it is just a new "normal" to get used to.

When I was pumping, I did it 3 times most days. It took a lot of time. Sometimes I would work and sometimes I wouldn't. I definitely noticed the difference -- if I was stressed I produced less.

One thing to consider if you drive to work is pumping in the car on the way to/from work.

@Teachermama: I think it depends on the number of employees within a certain radius. I would imagine that schools would be included.

I pump 2-3 times per day and it usually takes about 20 minutes. My work day is from 8-5 (9 hours) but we get a half hour lunch and two 15 minute breaks. So pumping 3 times for 20 minutes is still within my hour of break time.

If you need to get an extra pumping session in, think about pumping in the car on the way to work or in the car really quick once you have arrived at work.

Thanks ladies...you are giving me some hope. I'll look more into the law and ask my principal again.