MadB quoted a looooong thingie I did about pumping at work here - https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...-study-184150/ It was in response to a specific person's situation, so may not all apply, or may be telling you stuff you already know ... take what's helpful, ignore the rest

So I guess I'd be asking at Uni whether there's a fridge you can use to store your milk, and if there's not, I'd be doing what I did at conferences, court etc: take a soft cloth lunch esky chill bag thing, with frozen primas or ice blocks or whatever, to use as a portable fridge.

Both times when I went back to work, I found that I didn't have to pump quite as often as I would breastfeed - and it didn't affect my weekend or overnight feeding at all. Whether that's standard, or I was just lucky, I don't know.

I did find though that both DSs often would basically drink the next day all of what I'd pumped the previous day and more - because I couldn't pump as much as they'd drink, on average, except for the first morning feed when I'd often get up to twice as much milk. I got over 500ml one time :0

So I'd also pump before their first feed and after their last feed, and on the weekend, to keep me in the black.

Any days I had left overs which hadn't been deep frozen and needed to get used, they'd go on weetbix or porridge in cooking or whatever.

At uni, same as with work, I just figured out ahead of time when I'd be able to pump, and I worked out where I'd be able to do it. Being at uni, this hopefully will be simpler than at court! Because semester-by-semester you'll be in the same place, and so can hopefully find out where the best spot is, to be able to set up, have a power point, a sanitary place to clean your pump, and all the rest. And hopefully in this day and age, it won't be an unusual request!

When you go for placements, it should be even simpler. With your course, there's bound to be quite a number of expressing mothers in the same boat as you

I absolutely recommend getting an electric pump - particularly as you'll assumedly be writing heaps in class, the last thing you need is a hand cramp from manual pumping. They're pricey, but you can probably find someone through BB who is ready to donate theirs ... ?

Re your initial question, my starting point would be doing a pump per standard feed, and then gauging how much more milk you need to express (if any) to match the day to say need. Naturally, I'd always prefer too much than too little, because it can always get used for something

Good luck!