Pumping and fashion

[Anonymous]

I'm heading back to work shortly and will be pumping 2 to 3 times per day, so I'm thinking that I'll need to wear pants/top or skirt/top combos to avoid completely undressing to get the hands-free harness and gear set up. Thing is, I used to wear lots of dresses (sheath and wrap style) in the spring/summer, so I don't have a lot of pieces to work with. Any tips from the BTDT crew on how to dress for pumping at work? I should add my office is business casual, jeans on Friday.

[Anonymous]

Ha! Every morning when I get dressed, this is what I think about! I've put aside several items of clothing until next season, just because of the hassle. Now I usually wear pants and a camisole with a sweater or cardigan over it. Cardigans are the easiest, because I can just open them up and lift up the cami underneath. It's pretty much become my uniform (DC is 8 months).

[Anonymous]

i'm pretty much the same way. pants with a shirt and a jacket. the shirt has to be button front, or it has to be easy to lift up (no close-fitting, side-zipper shirts).

[Anonymous]

I've done some dresses - I just lift them up completely.

there are definitely some clothes I don't do while pumping- button down shirts take too long to un button and my breasts are too big at the moment for most of my fitted shirts

Today, I'm wearing a sweater and a tank underneath ... pumping at the moment.

[Anonymous]

Wrap dresses also work well since you don't have to get completely undressed to pump.

[Anonymous]

I wore Bravado nursing tank tops with a cardigan almost every day.