Coping With Working and Pumping

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nowadays i found out that no more “working cause BFing impossible“. yea maybe some dads still. most of the ladies at my workplace knew what i do cos they see me everyday in the surau pumping milk. and some men knew if they went to same courses with me, cos i’ll bring my pumping bag along & it is enough to explicit questions.

at previous 7habit course:
the trainer “are you going to fly as well?” when seeing my bags.
download another stakeout dvd mr macho “no la. she’s pumping milk for her baby”

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i am not a ‘gifted’ mom with ‘banyak susu’. i only manage to collect about 3-3.5oz for each pumping session. so i have to pump frequently to cater 16oz per day needed by my stash. so i pump 4 times at work at:

  • 9 o’clock
  • 11 o’clock
  • 2 o’clock
  • 4 o’clock
despite my *%^$%% job, i am such a lucky coz i’m working on office based, NEVER (so far) have to go to the sites, offshore, terminals, etc. so i have times to make it 4 pumping session, unless when i have to go out for courses.

during courses i manage to pump maximum 3 times… during breaks & lunch hour.

another bonus point to me is i am the only executive doing the ‘document controlling’ things. i plan the meetings. so, my meeting schedule is at 10am if it’s in the morning, and 2.30pm if it’s during the afternoon. ahah. it doesn’t even touch any sheet of my pumping schedule 😀

i still envy on mommies who manage to get 5,6,7,8,9,10,etc oz per session. hehe. i am struggle to get 3-3.5oz. but it is not an excuse for ‘susu kurang’ cos i knew the trick is to PUMP FREQUENTLY. i usually have chat with Mama Ryan (when i’m home or when the office’s YM works properly :D) cos she just like me, we pump frequently to cater our babies’ need. and sometimes Mommy Adam memoirs of a geisha free download via email 😀 it’s really motivating by having pumping buddies even if they’re thousands miles away.

i miss the good old days when my boobs engorged like melons and filled up the 9oz bottle in each pumping session. when i started working, my body learned the demand, and the supply is not ‘always there’, & don’t feel ‘full’ all the time. it ‘filling the tank’ on demand, and when the pumping time comes, usually it sends a message to “pump now!” via let-down reflex. so if only i forget about the time, my super intelligent body will send the message so that i won’t miss the session.

up to this point, i still manage to work & pump happily. unless when i have to go abroad (the most ‘abroad’ to me is to KL, KK or Kertih), oh i still can’t tell cos i’m yet to go, but in my head is bringing Hafiy together & have to find a place to stationed him while i’m doing my job. and for offshore assignment, i’m gonna prepare frozen EBM for his need during my absence.

i used to be a bit skeptical for working mommies who say WE can’t BF (i assume all SAHM are BFing). but after having a conversation with my friend, E, who’s not-BFing, very proactively, then i changed my mind. i’ll story later2 about E 🙂

to BF or not to BF, is the mother’s choice.

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11 responses to “Coping With Working and Pumping”

  1. ayueayang Avatar
    ayueayang

    hehe kalau dtg kertih meh lajak ke setiu, kenalkan afy dengan aysh.. hehe..

  2. mama ryan Avatar
    mama ryan

    bila kita leh ym lg nie eh?? 🙂

  3. mommysarah Avatar
    mommysarah

    sarah : saya sangat cute? bleh jadik menantu aunty lah nie? hehe!!!

    saya cuma direct BF kat sarah malam jek. nampak2 jek kiter terus nak “slurp²”

  4. Fid Avatar
    Fid

    lina
    sebenarnya tak de mende nak komen pun tapi nak juga taip hahaaaa

  5. mami hafiy Avatar
    mami hafiy

    AYUE,
    bole la singgah kalo nk blk KB 😀

    MAMA RYAN,
    tu laaaah! bilakah YM nk okey ni!

    MOMMYSARAH,
    hafiy: ehem2. wink2 😀

    KAK FID,
    boleh2. hehehehe.

  6. zuhaini Avatar
    zuhaini

    hihi.. saya pun nak YM gak.. bagi la address nya..

    Lagi satu, hopefully saya bukan la si E tu.. heheheh.. 🙂

  7. MommyAdam Avatar
    MommyAdam

    Along,
    i like that Macho Guy! sgt open dan understanding!! begitulah yg sepatutnya attitude yg kite perlukan..

  8. Nic Avatar
    Nic

    Hi lina, Afiy beza around 2 month ngan my Faris. suka baca blog nie coz psl BF. Nic betul2 aware psl BF around two weeks before keja but right from the start i knew I wanted to BF Faris.
    Nic envy u guys yang sempat buat 4 session pumping. Nic average 3x je dahla dpt 4oz jek.. tp alhamdulillah, so far Im enjoying bf and moga2 dapat kekal utk 2 tahun.. Amin!

  9. mami hafiy Avatar
    mami hafiy

    ZUHAINI,
    ayaaaakk.. itu YM ada di bawah gamba hafiy di atas : sauberlina
    hehehe. jom2 add me!

    MOMMYADAM,
    serius. i think if we are open to them, guys pun akan open, especially yg dah kawen. hehe.

    NIC,
    alhamdulillah… jom kita sama2 teruskan sampai bb 2 thn!
    i pon 4 d time being smpatla wat 4 sesi sal xbz lagi. hahaha.
    ntah bila nk bz ntah.

  10. altuty Avatar
    altuty

    the young guard at my company refuse to ‘touch’ my bag when they knew what’s inside. hahahha

  11. angah Avatar
    angah

    up till now.. ada jer bebudak ofis from other departments yang cakap “bawak lunch ke” when they saw me with my bag…eheheh

    I pun sama.. bawak jer kemana2 pun, kalau kursus harus buat muka seposen tumpang freezer and bawak bebanyak icepack kalau a day seminar..

    sekarang pump 3 kali and manage la to get 3-4oz per session.. tapi takper.. Adneen dah setahun.

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