The next thing I knew, a friend with kids age 4 & 6 gave me hers. New plastic parts were maybe $40.

Good luck finding a good place to do the pumping.

PS I did use the hospital grade pump once at the lactation consultant’s office, and if you can rent one of those and leave it where you’re going to be pumping, it was MUCH more comfortable than the kind you can buy.

When I went back to work 6 wks postpartum, my husband was a student, so he’d bring me baby girl at lunchtime and I’d nurse in the car or an empty office room while I ate lunch. Then he’d pick me up at 5 and I’d nurse again before we drove home. I only missed about two feedings a day that way, and didn’t feel guilty about her having two bottles of formula a day. And my milk supply adjusted just fine after the first week or so, even with me nursing exclusively on weekends. I ended up nursing her past a year and it was great. And that baby became an office fixture — coworkers cried when I stopped working because they wouldn’t see her every day anymore.

Obviously, not everybody can have their baby brought to their workplace twice a day, but I guess my point is it’ll all work out. Do what you feel comfortable with and don’t worry too much about what other people think you should do.

Before you know it, you’ll be talking lots about poop too! heehee