cristletips
Registered User
arkcocoon,
Good job first of all for bf for 3 months! As far as expressing at work.. here is what I do. I don't travel, but i'd think it would take a lot of committment if you travel.
I have an Advent portable cooler that i take with me, I bring 1 empty bottle and 2 plastic ziploc style disposible bottles. I use an Advent hand held pump. I try to express every 2-3 hours. I get an average of 3 ounces each time.
I have to express in the toilet stall of the bathrooms where i work. I work freelance, so sometimes its different toilets. ONce i had to emergency express in the Langham hotel toilet!
Luckily there are refrigerators at the places I work and no one ever minds that it sits in the fridge. Actually people are alwasy kind and there to help.
SOmetimes my husband visits me at lunchtime on his day off so that I can bf her during my lunchbreak. One less express! It's a long trek for him, but i tell him its bonding for him and our daughter, plus he gets to see me I remind him!
I also try to express at home after she feeds even if its a teeny bit, i save it and add to it. But i dont do it EVERY time.
Good job first of all for bf for 3 months! As far as expressing at work.. here is what I do. I don't travel, but i'd think it would take a lot of committment if you travel.
I have an Advent portable cooler that i take with me, I bring 1 empty bottle and 2 plastic ziploc style disposible bottles. I use an Advent hand held pump. I try to express every 2-3 hours. I get an average of 3 ounces each time.
I have to express in the toilet stall of the bathrooms where i work. I work freelance, so sometimes its different toilets. ONce i had to emergency express in the Langham hotel toilet!
Luckily there are refrigerators at the places I work and no one ever minds that it sits in the fridge. Actually people are alwasy kind and there to help.
SOmetimes my husband visits me at lunchtime on his day off so that I can bf her during my lunchbreak. One less express! It's a long trek for him, but i tell him its bonding for him and our daughter, plus he gets to see me I remind him!
I also try to express at home after she feeds even if its a teeny bit, i save it and add to it. But i dont do it EVERY time.