I went back to work away from DD for two afternoons or mornings a week when she was about 8 mths old (she stayed with my gf). Since you'll be popping in at lunch you'll probably find it works quite well. I always bf her right before I left, ie where she was being cared for, and then as soon as I returned. She would go up to 5-6 hrs without me. I left a couple of bottles of EBM (frozen) for my gf, just in case. But only once did she even bother defrosting it because I was stuck in a traffic jam, and in the end I made it back before DD cracked it. She was generally happy with whatever food and water was there, particularly yoghurt.
I didn't bother expressing, I just used whatever supplies I had (I used to express for comfort when DD dropped a feed for a few days, that kind of thing, so I did have a small stash).
GL! You'll probably find she manages quite fine without you and just has bigger bfs when you get back on the days you work.
You will probably find that when DD doesn't feed when she normally would that you are able to express - perhaps even needing to do so for your own comfort. Have a practise "work" day over the weekend (i.e. leave her for 6 hours with someone other than you and go play) and see how you both do!
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