pumping shmumping

i share an office with someone... a man... so pumping in my office is def not an option. i have to pump in the lactation room two floors down. there's a sign-up sheet and i have the 11:30am & 3:00pm time slots. my coworker just quit breastfeeding and she has the slots after me. i haven't crossed her off the list yet because i want to take her slots in case of meeting conflicts.

juggling work and pumping is a real pain. it takes half hour each time so 1 hour total at work. i don't make up for that time so hope they don't find out! had an all-day meeting on monday and had to excuse myself... told them i had to "take care of business". ;) can do that with smaller groups but not with larger meetings.

a couple of times this week, i went downstairs and realized i had forgotten something (first time it was bottles, second was the pump)! it's annoying to have to go back up to my office and down again. sometimes i use an office on my floor if i know the person is out that day. it helps when i don't have to leave my floor. also a couple of times, right after i started pumping, i noticed milk leaking and realized i forgot to put the bottles on! this happened yesterday... just too much on my mind at work.

the lactation room has a new leather love seat now. it used to have this nasty, stained sofa chair. i complained to HR and they replaced it. i also complained about the horrible carpet so hopefully they replace that too.

maki's appetite is back but my milk supply isn't. i've been going through my frozen stash and have very few left. don't know what else to do. i drink the tea, take fenugreek, drink water, sleep at least 6 hrs, pump 5x and nurse in the mornings and at night.... i don't want to give maki that stinky-partly-digested formula but i may have to... :(