Breastfeeding on night shift

[Birdy2]

I would like to know how other moms are managing breastfeeding while working 7p-7a. I have to work three 12's per week and my son is 4 months old. He typically eats every 2-3 hours. I've been pumping at 10,1, and 4 at work. I feed him at 6 before I leave and at 8 when I get home, so I'm missinghis 8:30 pm, 0300, and 0630 feeding.

Can some one of you give me an example of your daily schedules? I'm driving myself crazy trying to set one for him that allows me to feed him before work, have him awake and hungry at that time. He takes medicine three times per day and one of them has to be taken an hour before a meal, so it just makes it even harder. I really wish I could just let him make his own schedule, but i can't always. I kind of do let him do that on my days off, but isn't it better to be consistent every day?

[cleback]

It's tough. I would only sign up for 8 hr shifts while pumping because of supply issues, etc. and couldn't ever pump more than 2-3 oz at a time. I would pump twice in the 8 hrs so it would probably be similar to your 12 hr schedule tho. I would also pump in the car on the way to/from work to try to offset decreased time nursing, even though I'd also nurse before leaving and upon coming home. By 10-12 months I still had to dip into my tiny freezer stash. Anyway, just do the best you can and try not to stress about it too much.