Ok I'm back... I hope you all don't mind but I have a couple of questions...

I see that a lot of you got down to 3-4 pumps per day. When did you do this & how? ATM I am 'supposed' to be pumping 8 times, I find though that I get by fine on 7. Arlea sleeps very well at night (o far) and I hate having to get up & pump when she's asleep! Plus it's so hard to work around through the day. I love the idea of cutting it down.
Speaking of being hard to work around... any tips for managing pumping when you have to go out somewhere? So far all our trips out have been planned as short trips so that I have time to get home & pump. Even then though it's hard, we run late or get held up & in any case It only gives us 2-2 1/2 hours before we have to be home. How did you work around this?
How did you manage pumping when baby needed feeding / settling etc? I find I often express later than I should because at the time I am meant to pump she needs my attention! In particular yesterday I started at 12, got halfway through then she got grizzly... by the time I got her settled it was 1:00.. what do you do then? Wait till next pump or finish it off even though its an hour later?

Belfie - thanks for the welcome! and thanks for your honesty it's ok I am getting an idea how much work it is! Especially compared to BFing DS2. Dh is making noises already about me giving it up, he's worried it's too much. I just can't do it yet, I'm not ready to give in! I think it would be worse for me to stop now than keep going.

Setof3 - DS2 was diagnosed with an intolerance to cows milk protein ( he had blood in his dirty nappies) - would this be the same thing, or similar? I had to cut all dairy out of my diet for a while... it was only 8 weeks before I started re-introducing it & he was fine. Don't know if this is same or similar to your situation... great though that it's identified & he's improving already

Sorry for all the questions. I have found this thread so helpful already. I didn't know for example that Raspberry Leaf Tea increased supply? I have some left over that I was taking while PG... not that my supply needs increasing but it's good to know.
Mostly I have found it so inspiring to read what you all have done.
Thanks again!