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Welcome to the Nursing Mothers group on Mayo Clinic Town Square
Employees and Learners Lactating | Last Active: May 17, 2017 | Replies (26)Comment receiving replies
I'm Jocelyn. I am a first time mom, my daughter is almost 15 weeks. I was born and raised in Rochester. My husband is from Clear Lake, Iowa. We lived in Iowa for a couple years and I teleworked for Mayo. When we found out we were pregnant, my husband took a job at Mayo so we could move back to the Rochester area (Byron). As a new mom, I am excited to be a part of this group and connect with other nursing moms!
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@jostby That is crazy. I would love to connect and get to know a daycare family! My transition is going pretty well, my work unit is great and supportive. I'm still adjusting with fitting my pumping in between meetings but so far it's working out. I'm definitely exhausted by the end of the day. I'm still pumping after her bedtime nurse and before I go to bed. I'm struggling with this pump and wanting to drop it, so I can go to bed earlier, but I'm afraid if I drop it my supply will decrease. I love nursing but not so much the pumping! Good luck on weaning, I imagine it's a bittersweet feeling!
@jjwebb Have you been able to pump enough at work for the next day usually? I know its also hard in the beginning figuring out how much baby will eat at daycare so always worrying about pumping enough. My daughter ended up staying at three 4oz bottles ever since I went back to work and still at this. Trying to stop bottles now, always a new transition 😉 I would say try dropping that pump and if you feel your supply dropping pick it up again. When you are more stressed and not getting rest your pumping goes done, so if this relieves some stress for you may actually help some of your other pumps! I almost always pumped just enough for the next day, there was a stretch I was putting more in the freezer and now I stopped pumping and we still have enough milk for at least another month. I never did pump at home, just the 3x at work, and then nursed AM before work, when got home from work, and then at bed. I didn't mind nursing but HATED pumping, so I never wanted to do extra at home if I didn't have to. Weaning is definitely a bittersweet feeling!
@jjwebb We live in Byron too! I see your last name is Webb, I think your daughter may have just started at our daycare where we send our newly turned 1 year old. Would love to connect! 🙂 Hope the transition back to work has been going well! I am in the process of weaning from pumping/nursing and finding more time for myself, or trying. So nice to see this group and not feel alone with the nursing journey even though I am coming to the end of it!