Breastfeeding and working

[bethcstamps]

Hello everyone. I'm new to cloth diapering and this board.

My daughter is 8 months old and she is EBF except for some solids now. I returned to work for a month when she was 4 months and quit so I'm back home now. I am going back to work in a few weeks and will not be able to pump there. She still nurses a lot so I thought about pumping first thing in the morning or night but someone told me maybe I could go without pumping and reverse cycle feed her. Anybody know how to do this? We do cosleep and she pretty much nurses all night long. Any other ideas?

Thanks in advance!

[SubliminalDarkness]

How long will you be away from her?

[bethcstamps]

Originally Posted by SubliminalDarkness How long will you be away from her?

I'm not sure yet. Probably around 8 hours. I've never had supply issues so I'm not worried about that but about her wanting to nurse during the day. I nursed my second child only at nights and on weekends for about 3 months but I also sent formula during the day. I just didn't want to do formula this time.

[doberbrat]

at 9mo she'll need to drink some milk during the day even if she reverse cycles. so either you'll need to pump or send formula.

I'd start pumping now. haveing even a little bit of a stash will help. could you pump on the way to work, at lunch and on the way home? if you do that and pump on non-working days and she reverse cycles, you might make it w/o formula.