Expressing at work

[HeyDuggee24]

I'm looking for any top tips (and any experience of) returning to work and expressing..

DC will be 8 months. I have access to a private room, with a sink and a fridge. Obvs I need my pump, and I'm assuming a cool bag suitable for bottles..fridge thermometer?

I'm a bit nervous about it as DC still feeds frequently (like every 2hrs..) and I've never known anyone actually return to work and keep expressing..

I did. Is there anything in particular that you'd like to know? It sounds like you're all set up and ready to go, with a supportive employer!

I am but struggling as my meetings regularly extend into time I should be expressing in. Only a few weeks back though.

I guess I'm wondering how doable it is? It seems so few people express at work (or maybe they are super discreet about it!)

Do you express for every feed? Did you manage to match what baby was taking in from missed feeds? Does it cut too much in to your working day?

I'm not too meeting heavy in my job role so hopefully that wont affect me too much! Good luck with it!

I've done it for months with both babies. Never bothered with a thermometer. Just booked the pumping breaks into my diary, went and did it, put them in the fridge or freezer, and carried them home at the end of the day in my mini cool bag. It's an easy enough thing once you're in it. I flexed them sometimes for important meetings but you've also sometimes got to be assertive and tell people you need a 15min break.

I expressed twice in a workday when baby was 8mo and dropped it to once within a month or two. You don't need to pump every time baby feeds, and your baby will probably drink less milk without you around all day anyway.