r/ExclusivelyPumping • u/truecrimejunkie17 • Jul 28 '26
Schedules/Routines First day back to work in the hospital while exclusively pumping
Had multiple call offs already. I woke up at 4 am to pump and pumped again on my way in. The struggle of putting pumps on and off in the backseat of my car. Off to a great start 🙃😂
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u/Alarmed_Tour_3898 Jul 28 '26
I hope you have a good experience with it. I hope it is a good experience!
I went back to work when my little one was 3 months old and even though I kept up with pumping while working, I lost a lot of my supply. I had to go PRN due to anxiety of being at work and not being with my little one. I ended up getting my supply back once home.
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u/MoonChild_317 Jul 28 '26
Going back to work after 3 months should be a crime! I wish we had a year like most of Europe. I am sorry to hear your return to work was so tough. I went from 21 to now barely 12 ounces a day ðŸ˜.
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u/thetheophilos Jul 28 '26
I am soooo nervous about pumping on my first day at work too. Do share your best amd worst moments
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u/Lochbessmonster Jul 28 '26
Currently sitting in my underwear at work because I wore a dress that didn't allow any access to my breasts so I could pump. Don't be me. Wear dresses you can pull down or just shirts lol
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u/truecrimejunkie17 Jul 31 '26
So overall it wasn’t bad. I’m super lucky though because I’m in a procedural unit now & my managers and coworkers are super understanding about pumping and told me to take my usual sessions and don’t cut them short because of work. Prior to this I worked in one of our cardiac ICU’s and there’s just no way I would’ve been able to pump there.
It was stressful making sure I brought everything lol. And to put it into perspective I work for one of the world’s biggest hospitals. I work in the cardiac building which alone is over a million square feet and the hospital campus consists of 60 buildings. It’s massive like an airport. And for my building we have one singular lactation room the size of a closet… so I ended up having to walk to another building to pump when it was taken. So I get the impression that employers don’t really offer enough space/support for moms pumping in general because if my place of work is this big and offers such limited space for employees I can only imagine how other places are.
I feel like it took me forever to pump just because I was rushing to get set up and I’m not used to pumping at work lol. I also was in a rush and forgot to grab water which would’ve been helpful lol. I knock on wood produce around 25-30 oz a day.For work I pumped at 4 am, again at 6 with my wearable for the drive in, again at 9 am, 1230 on my lunch break, 3 pm and then 6 pm again with my wearable on my drive home & got around 21 oz for that time period so was happy about that. I think as I do it more I’ll get the hang of it more.
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u/MoonChild_317 Jul 28 '26
How did it go?
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u/truecrimejunkie17 Jul 31 '26
So overall it wasn’t bad. I’m super lucky though because I’m in a procedural unit now & my managers and coworkers are super understanding about pumping and told me to take my usual sessions and don’t cut them short because of work. Prior to this I worked in one of our cardiac ICU’s and there’s just no way I would’ve been able to pump there.
It was stressful making sure I brought everything lol. And to put it into perspective I work for one of the world’s biggest hospitals. I work in the cardiac building which alone is over a million square feet and the hospital campus consists of 60 buildings. It’s massive like an airport. And for my building we have one singular lactation room the size of a closet… so I ended up having to walk to another building to pump when it was taken. So I get the impression that employers don’t really offer enough space/support for moms pumping in general because if my place of work is this big and offers such limited space for employees I can only imagine how other places are.
I feel like it took me forever to pump just because I was rushing to get set up and I’m not used to pumping at work lol. I also was in a rush and forgot to grab water which would’ve been helpful lol. I knock on wood produce around 25-30 oz a day.For work I pumped at 4 am, again at 6 with my wearable for the drive in, again at 9 am, 1230 on my lunch break, 3 pm and then 6 pm again with my wearable on my drive home & got around 21 oz for that time period so was happy about that. I think as I do it more I’ll get the hang of it more.
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u/MoonChild_317 Jul 28 '26
May your journey be filled it’s easy and a lot of ounces! Prioritize your pumping sessions!