Maintaining a set
pumping schedule once you have established an adequate supply will help you to keep it.
Not exact matches
Once you are back at work, you should try to
pump on the same
schedule as your baby would normally feed.
Many spend whatever maternity leave they get
pumping to build up stashes of frozen breast milk to leave with caregivers and,
once back at work,
schedule pumping breaks about
once every three hours (calling them «breaks» is a misnomer, however, because many women continue to work while
pumping).
I am a teacher, and my
schedule only allows me to
pump once — at lunch — at 11:45 every day.
Pumping sessions are really hard to work into a daily
schedule that has me unable to take a bathroom break more than
once in a 14 hour day.
If you're
pumping every 3 - 5 hours, you can adjust your
pumping schedule so that you
pump right before you go to bed and after you wake up, meaning you only have to wake
once to
pump.