Comments on: Join the Pumping Project http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project/ Two geeky girls' guide to the first years of motherhood. Fri, 24 May 2013 06:16:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Julia http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project/comment-page-2/#comment-175666 Julia Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:11:55 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project#comment-175666 I pump in bathrooms, only. not by choice, but because things like “maternity leave” or having a room to pump in is luxury students don’t get… at least not at my university. I actually found some pretty nice bathrooms, what is more difficult is that I don’t have a fridge for storage, no place to store the pump and no hot water to clean the parts after pumping. As far as embarrassing moments go, the cleaning lady who first tried to get in the bathroom and then, when I came out looked in an exaggerated way on her wristwatch would be the one! I’m still glad I’m able to pump, though!

]]> By: Returning to work: Stockpiling your breastmilk http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project/comment-page-2/#comment-175648 Returning to work: Stockpiling your breastmilk Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:47:14 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project#comment-175648 [...] taken a maternity leave to show you how she does it. [Read the stories we've compiled in our pumping project to feel less [...]

]]> By: Dot http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project/comment-page-2/#comment-167539 Dot Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:20:31 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project#comment-167539 I am a first time mother to a beautiful 6 month old. I have found myself gradually pumping in stranger and stranger places. The funny thing is, the stranger the place the less I seem to care about who knows what I am doing.
It started out on my living room floor and has progressed to public restrooms, my car (both in the parking lot and as a passenger), and at tailgates for football games.
However, when my daughter was 5 months old I did a charilty bicycle ride that was 78 miles long. While my daughter was home all day with my sister, I found myself carrying my pump from a saddle bag on my bike into a Port-o-John to pump. This happened not once, not twice, but 3 times during that day. Suddenly the car seems like a quite comfortable place to pump :)

]]> By: Checklist for pumping moms http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project/comment-page-2/#comment-161111 Checklist for pumping moms Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:59:10 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project#comment-161111 [...] Join the pumping project [...]

]]> By: What’s So Funny About Pumping? | giggle GAB http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project/comment-page-2/#comment-159487 What’s So Funny About Pumping? | giggle GAB Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:02:57 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project#comment-159487 [...] a page on our Rookie Moms blog to collect other people’s expressing experiences, called the Pumping Project: pumping milk while… pumping gas, riding in first class, or holding a power meeting! I bow [...]

]]> By: RookieMom Heather http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project/comment-page-2/#comment-157253 RookieMom Heather Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:32:43 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project#comment-157253 Last week, I had to pump in my own house while the HVAC team was actively testing my ventilation system with all the doors open. Workers wandering in and out with me on the couch under a blanket.

At least with their loud equipment, they couldn’t hear my machine noises.

]]> By: Love or shove: Babies in the workplace? | My Family Blog http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project/comment-page-2/#comment-153112 Love or shove: Babies in the workplace? | My Family Blog Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:04:58 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project#comment-153112 [...] was hard emotionally (I fought back tears whenever anyone asked about motherhood) and physically (I pumped daily in an electrical supply closet to provide ample breast milk) but I did what many moms [...]

]]> By: Lisa http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project/comment-page-2/#comment-149653 Lisa Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:04:33 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project#comment-149653 At my last job I pumped in an unused exam room in our medical unit, and they let me store the milk and pump parts in their fridge. If the doctor was seeing someone I got a (mostly) locked conference room. While traveling with a newborn still getting the hang of nursing I used a manual pump several times in an airplane bathroom.

My usual position was sitting on the kitchen floor (one room where we had a transformer to run my 110v pump in the 220v country where we lived), laptop in front of me…

]]> By: Sarah C. http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project/comment-page-2/#comment-149641 Sarah C. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:46:00 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project#comment-149641 When my baby was almost 8 months old, I went away for a weekend to watch a NY Giants game. Most of the weekend I was able to pump at my in-laws house, but I had to bring a hand pump with me into the stadium and pump in the bathroom. It wasn’t ideal, but it got the job done.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project/comment-page-2/#comment-142780 Sarah Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:20:35 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project#comment-142780 Unfortunately I don’t have a picture of this, but I have twice now pumped while I pumped gas (with a scarf on top).

I was all set with my pump, driving to work and realized I was almost out of gas, so had to stop to re-fill and by that stage with 12 hrs of milk waiting to be pumped (I don’t pump at night anymore), there was no choice!

If it happens again I’ll have to take a photo :-)

]]> By: Formula and breastfeeding – Help! http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project/comment-page-2/#comment-141858 Formula and breastfeeding – Help! Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:47:32 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project#comment-141858 [...] no attention span. I have done dream feeds with formula and breast milk combinations as well as pumped in dingy supply closets and on [...]

]]> By: jen http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project/comment-page-2/#comment-140856 jen Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:52:16 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/the-pumping-project#comment-140856 Ha! I thought I was the only one pumping during my commute. But some days its the only chance I have to sit down with any degree of privacy.

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