I am looking for others who have worked/are working while continue to breastfeed their kids. I did manage to work part-time while breastfeeding my dd, but it had disasterous results (mastitis which lead to an abscess, OUCH!) How do you get time to pump? WHERE do you pump? How often? I am looking into going back part-time now, and ds is still very interested in breastfeeding. He normally nurses every 2 hours, and I have a very large milk supply. I will not consider weaning in order to work, not an option! (allergy to dairy and soy, I am in going to bf long term) What do your co-workers say about you leaving the floor to pump? Would you bring this up with your potential nurse manager at your interview? I would not expect EXTRA breaks or anything. I would just want to be GUARANTEED that I get to take my breaks. I can eat while I pump, so these breaks would not have to be in addition to a lunch break or anything. I would just need to be able to pump twice for 15 minutes during an 8.5 hour time frame. I don't mind going to my car to pump, if there is nowhere on the unit available, but that would require extra time, of course. What are your thoughts? How do I make this work? How do you get your co-workers to cover patients while you leave the floor and become unavailable for that time? I don't feel like this should be an issue, since so many other jobs you actually get your breaks... I am very nervous about this, as I am VERY prone to Mastitis, I have had it 5 times, 2 of those times I abscessed. I *really* do not want to go through that again, and I am afraid if i go an entire shift with not emptying out I will be going through it again. I am looking for others who have gone down this road sucessfully. I want to hear stories!!!