Hi everyone, I just wanted to share something: I had a mom return a pump a couple of days ago. On October 4, her daughter will be a year old. What makes this exceptional? Well, this mom is a flight attendant who is separated from her daughter for 3-4 days at a time! She is continuing to breastfeed, but says that she can do as well with hand expression as she can with the pump at this point. Also, last month she and her husband went to Brussels for 8 days "sans bebe" :( and she pumped 3 times a day to maintain her supply! Who says that breastfeeding "ties you down" or that you have to wean just because you'll be separated from your baby! I really admire this mothers dedication to making sure that her baby was able to continue breastfeeding, even though it would have obviously been easier for her to just wean as soon as she went back to work. Best wishes, Debby Boehle, IBCLC & MOM