Worried about being away from 10mo for 2 days, twice!

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I don't know what to do! I am going to have to leave my dd, who will be 10 months at the time, for 2 days, and then 2 weeks later for 2 days again. I am still breastfeeding now but have recently been away from her for a night and it was a night filled with attempting to express milk with painful, engorged breasts.
How will I cope with 2 days? Hopefully she won't be feeding as often then (in 2 months time), but will this mean I get less engorged?
Wondering whether to slow down on the bf now, I don't want to stop though and wouldn't know how anyway!

2 days is quite a long time - if she takes a bottle she will be fine but for you not good - no way someone could come along with you and look after baby - or you get back at night?

She does take a bottle, she will be fine, it me who won't! The wedding is about 200 miles away, so can't get back. It would be good if someone could bring her along, but not sure that will happen.

is it a friend's/relative's wedding - could you take her and ask them to sort babysitter for some of it - or is it work?

I was away from my 11mo for work for three days and two nights a couple of weeks ago. She was fine and fed enthusiastically when I got back but I did get very uncomfortable.

I don't think you need to actively slow down on the bf-ing now and I don't think you need to worry that at 10m your baby will lose interest in breastfeeding after a couple of nights. Your main problem is how to stay comfortable whilst away.

Will the wedding be at a hotel where there might be somewhere to go and express? If so I'd start expressing early and often. My mistake was there was nowhere to express at the conference I was attending and by the time I got back to my hotel my breasts were so engorged the pump was pretty much useless. Hand expressing in the shower helped a bit. But by the second day I definitely felt like I might pop. It didn't keep getting worse thankfully, it kind of plateaued at fairly uncomfortable.

Oh and be warned DD signalled her pleasure at my return by going on an all-night breastfeeding binge.

It's a friend's wedding, in a field, we will be camping for the 2nd night! I have the hen weekend 2 weeks before it in a cottage in the wilderness.

Veronica, did your 11mo still bf as often or was it just morning and night? If so, perhaps the engorgement was not as bad?

It should be fine as long as you are able to express just enough to maintain comfort. What method of expressing did you try previously?

DD generally feeds morning and evening and 2-3 times in the day still. If your little one is feeding less than this by 10m that may help.

I have a manual pump, not great, and it squeaks.
I hope she is feeding less than that by then!