Comments on: Again with the Counting http://www.nolanotes.com/2007/08/13/again-with-the-counting/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:07:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: mybayouvieux http://www.nolanotes.com/2007/08/13/again-with-the-counting/comment-page-1/#comment-306 mybayouvieux Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:43:08 +0000 http://www.nolanotes.com/?p=157#comment-306 I vividly remember going back to work with my first. I also went back 3 days and ya know what? It actually worked out. If your employer is willing to be flexible and you can focus during those three days it is amazing how much you get done. So don't sweat it. You will be fine. Also, summon help for others. When I went on maternity leave they had to have 4 people cover my responsibilities and only gave 50% of them back to me upon return because they said I had enough work for 3 full-time people. So only take what you need to. At first I felt slighted, but realized I did have too much on my plate and with only 3 days I needed to focus on the really important stuff. I quit breastfeeding before I went back (4 months old) so I can't help you with that one! BTW, I am trying to rejoin the working world again after 3 years off to stay at home with my kids. Doing out of necessity and have really mixed feelings. Trying to look at it as a forced positive, but it feels like the days when I had to go back after maternity leave. Same feelings. Same guilt. Same anxiety. I am there with ya girl! I vividly remember going back to work with my first. I also went back 3 days and ya know what? It actually worked out. If your employer is willing to be flexible and you can focus during those three days it is amazing how much you get done. So don’t sweat it. You will be fine. Also, summon help for others. When I went on maternity leave they had to have 4 people cover my responsibilities and only gave 50% of them back to me upon return because they said I had enough work for 3 full-time people. So only take what you need to. At first I felt slighted, but realized I did have too much on my plate and with only 3 days I needed to focus on the really important stuff.

I quit breastfeeding before I went back (4 months old) so I can’t help you with that one!

BTW, I am trying to rejoin the working world again after 3 years off to stay at home with my kids. Doing out of necessity and have really mixed feelings. Trying to look at it as a forced positive, but it feels like the days when I had to go back after maternity leave. Same feelings. Same guilt. Same anxiety.

I am there with ya girl!

]]> By: MammaLoves http://www.nolanotes.com/2007/08/13/again-with-the-counting/comment-page-1/#comment-305 MammaLoves Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:55:52 +0000 http://www.nolanotes.com/?p=157#comment-305 I really remember being at the stage you are now. It is tough. Enjoy each day--as hard as it is. As for pumping at work. You will have to be good about taking the time to pump. As long as you have an office with a door that closes, you can still get things done like reading and eventually email (you'll be able to figure out how to type and pump at the same time). The way I did it was that I nursed whenever I was with the baby. Once I went to work, I pumped every three to four hours to try to stay on the schedule that the baby would be on. So right before lunch and in the late afternoon (with enough time so that by the time I got home I was ready to nurse again--or within an hour or so). The mastitis will return if you don't pump frequently enough. But you should be able to maintain a level of production if you just look at pumping as a replacement for nursing. Sorry if this is going on. Please feel free to email me if you want to discuss. mammaloves@gmail.com I really remember being at the stage you are now. It is tough. Enjoy each day–as hard as it is.

As for pumping at work. You will have to be good about taking the time to pump. As long as you have an office with a door that closes, you can still get things done like reading and eventually email (you’ll be able to figure out how to type and pump at the same time).

The way I did it was that I nursed whenever I was with the baby. Once I went to work, I pumped every three to four hours to try to stay on the schedule that the baby would be on. So right before lunch and in the late afternoon (with enough time so that by the time I got home I was ready to nurse again–or within an hour or so).

The mastitis will return if you don’t pump frequently enough. But you should be able to maintain a level of production if you just look at pumping as a replacement for nursing.

Sorry if this is going on. Please feel free to email me if you want to discuss. mammaloves@gmail.com

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