Returning to Work
Everyone has heard the legend...
"My milk decreased when I went back to work so I was forced to stop breastfeeding because I didn't make enough milk"
There are a few reasons why it looks this way. Let's review why milk appears to decrease, and teach you how to pump effectively at work so your milk maintains current volume.
Pumping at work looks differently than it does at home - different time availability, different environment, different stresses! These can all be navigated with proper education and providing the right support for your own unique work setting (and daily schedule).
Let's review some time management hacks, how to juggle pumping and feeding with day care drop offs and commuting (on top of making dinner for yourself and family at the end of the day with a cluster feeding baby!)
Let's make it as easy and simple as possible
Learn about a few products that may make your journey a little more helpful, and easier!
Learn some troubleshooting tips in the event of high stresses at work, plugged ducts, travel for work or any temporary decreases in expressed milk volume.
Learn common behavior changes in babies around this change - such as increased night wakings, cluster feedings and sometimes even nursing strikes - and how help navigate some of them.
If you're struggling with getting your baby to take a bottle - we can work with that too!