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I returned to work at 3 months with LO2. Leave house at 7:15, pick up at daycare at 5 PM.

Feed at 6:50/7 AM. Pump at 9, 12, and 3 for 30 minutes to get a total of about 16 oz. Nurse him at least once before dinner (though depends on whether he was given a 4th bottle at daycare). Then nurse him before bed and a dream feed around 10:30. I think he's dropping a bottle soon (he's 7 months) because of solids, so I might go to a 10 AM and 2 PM pumping schedule sometime in the next month or so.

Good luck!

I went back to work at 12 weeks. I was away from 8:30-5:00. I pumped twice at work, usually 10:00 and 2:00. We nurses on demand at home. I pumped until she was 12 months and two days old, then quit. We nursed morning and night for another two months before she dropped her bedtime session. H is currently nursing once a day at nearly 21 months.

@Anagram: did you pump anymore throughout the evening/night?

I'm trying a new pumping schedule today but who knows if it will work long term. I'm way too busy to pump at work this time.

With dd I would feed at 6:30, pump at 9:30, 12:30, 3:30 and nurse all evening. I stopped pumping at 10 months and went through my freezer stash.

This time I'm pumping at 6:00 feed at 7:15, pump at 12:30, feed/pump at 4:30 nurse all evening til bedtime and pump again at 9:30pm

I only work OOH two days per week but on those days I leave the house at 6:30am, pump at 9, 12, 3, feed when I get home at 6pm. I had a huge stash from when I was on maternity leave and I'm so glad I did because lately I haven't been pumping enough at work to meet LO's needs. I'm usually 3-4oz short but I think I have enough frozen to make it until 12 mos without having to add more pumps during the week/weekend. We nurse on demand when I'm home and DD still wakes 2-3x/night, which is awful.

I returned to work when E was 8 weeks old. I was away from him 6-6.

On a typical day, he would eat around 5 and go back to sleep. I would pump while I was getting ready for work, at 9, 12, and 3. I would pick him up from daycare and we would nurse when we got home and before bed. I would pump again about an hour after he went to bed. I struggled with keeping my supply up and and needed the extra pump session to have enough oz. I exclusively nursed on days we were together, but would still keep the pump session after he went to sleep to make up for any shortages during the week.

We kept this up until he turned one, then he got WCM during the day. We continued to nurse at bedtime until 15 months or so.

@yellowbird: By the time I went back to work, LO was 5 months old and I just had 2 weeks until winter break. Over winter break, I cut down to 5 pumps a day, total--5:45 am, 9 am, 1 pm, 4 pm, and around 8 pm before bed.

When LO was 6.5 months old, I cut down to 4 pumps a day and at work I only pumped once, and then pumped while driving home each day (from 3-4 pm) instead of waiting till I got home. So at work, I usually pumped around 10:30 am and then again at 3 while driving home.

I had a great supply until I got a sinus infection followed by a stomach virus that cut my supply almost in half--I went from pumping about 45 oz a day to pumping about 22 oz a day....with Mother's Milk Tea and some MM+, I got back up to 28ish oz a day. But I always had one huge pump in the morning--I could get 16-19 oz in the morning in one pumping session while I did my hair and makeup. Every other pump of the day would be 5-7 oz total.

I went back to work around 14 weeks. Our schedule was basically:
- Nurse at wakeup and often once more before leaving
- Daycare drop-off at 8:30, work by 9
- Pump - 10am, 1pm, 4pm
- Daycare pick-up at 5:30, home by 6 and nurse
- Bedtime between 7:30 and 8, nurse
- Nurse as needed overnight

We did this until 12 months but we slowly dropped nursing sessions so by 12 months, it was once in the morning and once at before bed. I kept the same pump schedule the whole time.

I went back to work part time at 12 weeks. I only work 2 days / week but my days are very long so I end up EPing on the days that I work.

First pump in the car as I drive to work at 5:30am
Second pump at work at 10am
Third pump at work at 3pm
Fourth pump in the car on my way home at 8pm

J is almost 7 months old and takes either 6 or 7 bottles (4.5oz each) while I'm gone.

@MrsF: Sorry to ask... but how do you pump in the car? I am really interested!

I went back to work at 12 weeks.
I was away 10 hours - 8:00am - 6:00pm
I pumped 3 times at work: 9, 12, 3
I nursed 6am, 6pm, bedtime (8ish at that age) and overnight.

I dropped one pump at 8 months and another at 11 months, and continued nursing.

I went back to work at 8 weeks. I worked 8:45-3:45. As a teacher, I didn't have much downtime to pump at work and since I lived pretty close to work, I pumped right before I left and when I got home. Our schedule went something like this-

Nurse around 6am
Pump at home at 8am
Pump at work at 12pm
Pump at home at 4pm
Nurse around 6pm
Nurse again before bedtime (8:30-9ish)

I would also sometimes pump before I went to bed around 11 in order to add to my freezer stash. I had a good sleeper who rarely woke up to eat before 2 or 3 am, so I didn't worry about him waking up right after I'd pumped.

Went back to work at 16 weeks.

Nurse 7am
Pump 11am
Pump 3pm
Nurse 7pm
Nurse 1x motn

I pump between 12-15oz each day and am away from 730 to 530.

Went back at 9 wks half time, 13 wks full hours. I work shifts and have different schedules. Up until 4 mo I pumped every morning after first wake up nursing session no matter what. Built up my freezer stash that way but also donated a ton because I had too much! LO is now almost 9 mo. My work pumping schedule has not changed.

Work 8-3pm: nurse at wake up, pump around 7am before leaving, pump at noon, nurse when I get home.

Work 3-11pm: nurse before work, pump at 6:30pm, nurse after work first MOTN wake up.

Work 8am-11pm: nurse first am wake up, pump 7am, go to work pump noon and 6pm, nurse after work first MOTN wake up.

I still pump more than she drinks most days and freeze about 10 oz per week. I don't pump on none work days (I work average 4 shifts per week).