the past month has been the toughest so far in terms of making sure there's enough breastmilk for baby. first, i had to adjust to going onto a full-time work schedule ... which means having to wake up early everyday (usually before 7) to pump and usually having to rush through lunch so that i can spend whatever is left of the lunch break to pump. then, the place where i'm at now has only one nursing room which is quite heavily used. believe me, i tried looking for alternative rooms, but they only have rooms with full glass doors and panels around here ... bah. hence, i have had occasions where i have to wait for the nursing room and then really rush to get my pumping done in order to be in time for the next class. third, there are days where we spend the whole day outside, which means i don't even have access to a nursing room .... so i have had to use the manual pump in toilets quite a few times already. not the best arrangement, but thankfully the toilets have been clean and my boobs have been cooperative. it also means i have to bring extra ice to make sure the milk doesn't go bad in the cooler bag.
sigh.
must admit that i have added formula milk to one of baby's feeds though ... because the bottles of ready-made formula that my mum helped to get earlier on are about to expire. :D so yes, baby has been getting 2oz of formula everyday for the past week. she doesn't seem to mind the difference in taste (maybe because it is still largely breastmilk in that feed), but it hopefully also means that she won't be rejecting formula milk in future when i REALLY stop pumping.
i hope this is worth it. next month, i will have to contend with two overseas trips ... how challenging.
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