u/General-Umpire123

hi! I am 7 weeks PP and will be heading back to work the first week of july. I currently am working from home at another job. I need to build a supply and am nervous I will not have enough. the job will be 2 days a week on site, 3 days WFH but I want an extra supply to compensate for meetings at home. my plan is to pump every morning but this morning I only put out 2.5 oz for my baby who eats 4 oz per feed. I know output can vary day by day and I am hesitant to pump more frequently as to avoid an oversupply Issue that can lead to mastitis. any suggestions?

I am a FTM and have the opportunity to start a new job as a hybrid remote RD in LTC - 1-2 days onsite (but don’t have to stay a full day, can essentially pop in to gather info and leave) and 3-4 days WFH. I have worked in LTC before, for 5 years…I spent A LOT of time in meetings, chatting with staff, and still had a good amount of downtime each day, but I do feel like working onsite I got trapped into doing more things than necessary for my role specifically.

The company is pretty corporate, I interviewed with the nutrition manager that oversees a couple of the branches. I originally applied to a PT 3 days/week on site position; however, she had informed me that the hybrid FT position is actually MORE flexible, with the exception of some meetings she said I will be work on my own timeline as long as I meet deadlines for MDS, etc.

Anyone have experience working remote for a nursing home…what does your day-to-day look like? I am leaning to the remote because I believe the less days you have to go in, the less opportunity to get in those stuck positions of having to get called into a last minute meeting or audit or conversation with staff. I also am pretty efficient and although I expect meetings throughout the day I think I will be able to complete my work pretty timely and in under 8 hours/day…..

i have been EBF, every 2-2.5 hours during the day and 3-4 hours at night (our pediatrician and IBCLC said I can do that stretch from the beginning).

I just had my 1 month appointment and pediatrician said don’t wake a sleeping baby at night to feed anymore. she said he likely won’t give me past a 5 hour stretch ANYWAY, but if he’s sleeping I can just let him sleep.

ny question is do I then sleep through the 4 hour stretch or should I pump? I have an appointment with my IBCLC next week and I texted her but figured I’d get some insight in case she doesn’t respond. my mom friends said they did still wake to pump at ~4 hours and would just give the pumped bottle to the baby if/when he woke up.