Breast Feeding and going back to work

[Dottie]

I want to continue breast feeding when I go back to work LO will be 9 months and will be doing 3 days a week

Im thinking I will have to express milk at work

Has anyone managed to do this ? and how did it go ?

 

[Serene123]

I think you'll be fine if you're not expressing untill then.

I've started giving Caitlyn formula during the day, and to be honest she isn't that interested in breast feeding during the day anyway. She still has her first and last feed of the day. (And some comfort ones during the night! )

 

[Caroline]

I went back to work full time when all my lo's were around 3 months old but still managed to continue to bf them all till at least 9-12 months+.

I used to express every lunch time. Some ppl express mid morning too but that wasn't practical for me.

I'd sterilise everything the night before, store expressed milk in fridge @ work till home then keep it in cool bag with ice blocks to keep fresh until I got home.

I also built up supply of expressed milk in freezer so OH could give to lo in bottle whilst I was @ work.

Make sure you take spare clothes to work in case you leak. Only happened to me a coupple of times thankfully but can be a bit embarassing.

Hope this helps.

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