Starting to Freak out... Returning to work soon

[Kailani]

How many days a week will MIL have her? The days your DH has her she will only be missing the one feed (10am). I think you've planned it out really well

[Ryatha]

Thanks Holly

DH doesn't have his uni timetable yet, so makes it a bit hard to know when she will be there. He also has a 6 week prac in term 2 so MIL will have her every day then.

ETA - OG - yep at the catholic one, DH can bring her for the feeds when he has her, MIL probably wont be able to. Big feeds are hard cause she is a really chucky baby and if I feed her too much it just comes up again. Then she gets hungry... which is why I have so much milk - oh for a milk bank!

at the moment her sleeps are really short but extending them out would really help, thanks for the suggestion, I hadn't even thought of that!

[mrsmac]

I went back to school when DS was 8 months but only 3 days, I couldn't express so he just drank water and had solids at FDC then a big feed when I picked him up just after 3pm and he was fine, he just fed more at night. We managed to keep going until he self weaned at 14 months.

[Ryatha]

Thanks pinny and mrsmac & MR, it is a relief to know that others have successfully combined work and BFing and you have been able to feed for longer. It makes me feel more confident that I can do it too

[MantaRay]

Hun, that sounds like an awesome plan. I went back to work when DS1 was 7 months (and again when DS2 was 8 months) and I have to say, I wasn't anywhere near that organised!! And still I managed to bf both boys for quite some time after returning to work - so you will be fine.

It is very normal to feel anxious about going back to work. I found that it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. I found the bfing and expressing part worked well. It took a little time to get into a routine but as I said, I wasn't as organised as you!