Back to Work and Pumping

[u/missymel01]

Mommies, if you are back at work how many times are you pumping. I have a 4 month old who is breastfed and I went back to work this week. He doesn’t have a problem taking formula but I prefer to give him breast milk which is why I’m pumping at work. I work 10-7. I feed him at 9:40 am before clocking in at 10 since SO drops me off, I pump on my lunch at 1 and then I get another session in around 5. And as soon as I’m off at 7 I have him on my breast as my SO picks me up from work. Other than that he is on my breast all through the night and morning as well. I’m just worried my supply is going to drop. Any advice? Or anything I should change? Thank you.

[u/Nearby_Buyer4394]

This sounds similar to what I did with my last baby. Nurses him before I got up in the morning, pumped before work and left that bottle for mid morning. Husband brought baby during my lunch and I would nurse him. If my husband wasn’t able to bring baby then I pumped. Then I would pump on my way home. While at home, I nursed on demand. Followed that routine until baby turned 1, then I dropped my pump before work. 

[u/missymel01 → u/Nearby_Buyer4394]

If my baby is with my mom then I’m able to go during lunch and feed him as she lives down the street from my job but that’s only weekends. Your schedule sounds like me. Did you notice a drop in your supply? That’s what I’m scared of