Received a call from a lactating teacher who plans to take her class on
a kayak trip in May for 1-3 weeks. Her baby will then be 8 months old.
Her questions were 1) Will she be able to maintain her milk supply with
a handpump for this length of time.  (She expects to have complimented
breastfeeding with solids at this point.)pumping 3x/day and 2)What is
the likelihood that the baby would wean after 1, 2 or 3 weeks?  I do not
have enough experience with this to give her an educated guess, so am
asking for your collective thoughts.
There is a possibility she could take the baby with her, but she feels
this would divide her loyalties. There is also a  possibility her spouse
could come too, which would probably be ideal, but she wanted my opinion
as is unsure this would be possible so.......any ideas?
        Thanking you in advance
        Debi Ballam, RNC, IBCLC