working and pumping after the first 6 mos.

[hildare]

just curious.. how do you do it?
how often?
how much?
how old's your babe?
when/where/anything fun or atypical?
did you have the 6 mo. 'slump'?
if so, did it get better? how?

i'll play..
how often? 3 times a day, but am starting to try in the car on the way to work for freezer, since i'm out
how much? around 4 ounces each time from both sides
how old's your babe? 9 mos.
when/where/anything fun or atypical? just starting in the car, easier than i though. otherwise in my office.
did you have the 6 mo. 'slump'? yes
if so, did it get better? how? it did get better! i vented on mdc, but now it's moved from a pita to a routine and welcome break..

[LROM]

My babe is 19 mo now but I first started pumping/returned to work full time at 6 mos so I can relate...

just curious.. how do you do it? At first I'd do it in the bathroom, then someone heard the pump and told me there was an actual pumping room on a lower floor (I work in a big office bldg) so that was awesome to find out!

how often? At 6 mos I pumped twice/day at work and that was it

how much? At that point I was getting 6-7 oz out of each boob per session (so 12-14 oz/session) but I think by 9 months that went down to more like 9-10 total oz per session

how old's your babe? Now 19 mo but I'm giving you 6 mo stats (I stopped pumping altogether at about 15 mo)

when/where/anything fun or atypical? No good stories other than the occaisional pumping-while-driving situation

did you have the 6 mo. 'slump'? I actually don't know about this, what's the 6 mo slump?

if so, did it get better? how?

[Quinalla]

how often? 3/day typically, sometimes 4/day if I had a slow day or wanted to ramp up production a bit
how much? ~15oz total a day, what I got at each session varied and for each day somewhat too
how old's your babe? She's 8months now and she only needs 10oz/day or less at daycare now, so I only pump 2/day
when/where/anything fun or atypical? In my private office with the locked door shut so I can work if I need to, but mostly I surf the web and read personal e-mail and the like
did you have the 6 mo. 'slump'? Nope, but I did have times where my supply was lower, but it was nearly always lack of sufficient sleep that did it

[akind1]

DS is a day older than Katie's DD!

I'll play:

how often?
twice a day (I am in the office 2 days a week) after each feeding the days I WAH until I get 4 oz to freeze
how much? ~
morning pump - between 6-8 oz total. afternoon pump 4-5 oz. I bring home a total of 10 - 13 oz. once in a while I will get 14 oz
how old's your babe?
He is 8 months now and only needs 10oz/day or less while with DH when I am working in the office
when/where/anything fun or atypical?
We have lactation rooms at work. Nothing Atypical really
did you have the 6 mo. 'slump'?
I had a slump during DS's 7th month. I have added Mother's Milk tea the days I WOH and this seems to have helped a bunch!

Other than the recent slump, pumping is the same now as it was when I started 7 weeks PP. I figure I need to keep up until DS is at least a year, until I can start spacing out nursing sessions more.

[hildare]

man, people with lactation rooms are so lucky! how awesome to have a friendly workplace!

[Quinalla]

Oh, and I should mention my boss offered to let me use an empty office if I wanted separate room to pump in, but I prefer to have access to my PC