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My son is 9 months old and I work outside of the home. I split between pumping and nursing. My schedule is as follows: early morning breastfeed, then pumping every 2 to 4 hours throughout the day, dinner breast feed and before-bed pump. I will tell you that it's a tremendous -- but very fulfilling -- commitment (as other mothers on this website will confirm my whining ... ha ha). I've not met a mother who BFs exclusively and works out of the home. Interestingly, I did that TODAY: I was working near my son's daycare and so q2-3 hours, I'd drop in and feed him. Went smooth enough and I imagine that I could do it if I was consistently near there (which is not the case most days). The most important factors are frequency of pumping and adequate hydration AND support from family and friend and work. (I work in a busy clinic and have patient most day all day long .... takes discipline to stop and pump and somedays it's the last thing I want to do when I'm running behinds, etc)

I worked at home when my kids were babies, so I don't have personal experience with this...but I admire you for it. Have you contacted your local LLL group? They have excellent resources and some cities have groups for working moms. IMO, they are the primary experts on breastfeeding.