My wife is starting a new hospitalist position at 6 months postpartum. She had a lot of trouble getting her milk to full supply and is nervous about cutting back, but isn’t sure what to expect with the ability to pump while at work.
Anyone have experience with pumping while running a hospitalist shift?
She’s FM, patient panel is 18 on average, no admits. 7-7 shift.
My wife is a hospitalist and will be returning at 6 months pp to a balanced patient panel (~18 on average no admits). She had a lot of trouble getting to full supply and is nervous about cutting back… if you’re in this position she is curious what is realistic for pumping at work?
Family Med, 12 hour shifts
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Our daughter is 4 months old and later this month we'll be going on a ~3 hour plane ride to a friend's residency graduation. Through a series of events my wife ended up exclusively pumping... 2 weeks early, wouldn't latch, poor suck/swallow reflex, uterine cast (which delayed her milk supply coming in), and a series of other unfortunate events. The good news is the baby is healthy and my wife is healing.
Our flight is at 3pm. Our plan is to pump before we leave and freeze that, pump in the sky club before the flight, give baby a bottle on the climb (we read sucking will help with the ear pressure), another pump on the descent, pump in the sky club, and head to the Airbnb.
We'll be gone for about 2.5 days, and my wife can thankfully pump enough for the baby's day supply (even though we are doing the pitcher method due to prior low supply). The plan is to take a days' worth frozen, pump, and supplement with frozen.
Anything we're not thinking about? Any tips? Advice? Anything is appreciated!
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