question re: maintaining supply while away

DS is down to 1 BF in the morning (waking feed). I have no idea how much he is getting, but he seems to be happy with it (and I love this morning time with him even if it's just a couple of minutes) and I've manually tested and there's definitely some there. I'm going away for work without DS and will be gone 6 nights (don't ask me how I feel about this - it is what it is and I'm trying to make the best of it). I would like to maintain my supply - to the extent necessary to resume these morning feeds when I return. Here are my options:
1 - do nothing and hope for the best - ha
2 - hand express in the shower (I am not saving/storing the milk - just dumping it down the drain)
3 - use a manually pump which I tried in the past and found that my hand did a better job
4 - pack my bulking electric pump - which is fantastic - and pump and dump every morning
5 - make a conscious decision that this will be weaning and we are done with BF'ing - however, I realized that I'm not ready to make this decision

Advice/suggestions/feedback please - greatly appreciated.

If you and your DS enjoy feeding still, I'd take my electric and pump and dump :)

If I could keep it going longer, I'd want to give him the option to continue when I got back home :hug:

Is there anyway to store it while your away and take it home for him? Pouring BM down the sink makes me so sad :(

But ide take the big bulky electric one to maintain your supply as he is under 12 months and would be benifiting greatly from that morning nurse, im sure :)

Thanks ladies - you've basically confirmed what I already knew/decided.

I've dumped so much BM that a bit more doesn't depress me any more (DS refused a bottle for 8 months so every time I tried to express (which was regularly during those 8 months as I worked on getting him to take EBM) he refused). Also, I'm flying internationally and don't feel like dealing with cold storing or quarantine. I know it's wasteful, but my goal is to maintain supply and not to come home with some EBM that he probably wouldn't take anyway.

PS - do you think that the electric pump will maintain my supply?

hopefully. certainly will be better than not! I would express more often than you feed though, to increase stimulation etc.

I worked full time from when DS was 9 weeks old, and expressed frequently and kept that up for months :)

I'm not expert but would suggest that you try using the electric pump more than once a day to help maintain your supply when you are away. You might just need to try popping your DS on more than once a day when you come back and then I would think you're supply would be okay. You are only away for 6 days and we've all gone through periods where they've refused feeds without supply drying up.

Best of luck. Xx