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when to start pumping?

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I'm exclusively breastfeeding and my son is doing excellent with it!  Weight gain, lots of wet and poopy diapers, no issues latching, etc.  He's almost two weeks old and I haven't even opened my breast pump yet - I'm not sure when I should start in order to start a freezer stockpile.  Any tips?  I don't want to have to either be BFing or pumping at all times in order to make this successful, but I want to start a bank for when we introduce the bottle and also so I can be away from him for more then two hours eventually if I need to.  What have you done?  TIA
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    1Mrs.Jones1Mrs.Jones
    A really helpful nurse, who is a mom of 3, told me to start pumping by doing once a day after the morning feeding. For most people, that's when you have the most milk. Other things I have read on the bump have confirmed that other people start that way.
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    sweetpea2718sweetpea2718
    I also put off opening my pump until 3 weeks old.  I started a stash, but don't pump every day.  Sometimes LO will drain one side & be satisfied so i'll pump the  other. DH gave a bottle the other day in the early evening & I pumped after I realized LO was fine with taking the bottle.  I'm not going back to work until late Aug but wanted to start a stash for the same reasons as you.  
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    anglndsguse44anglndsguse44 member
    I have also started pumping at least once a day. I've found that for those middle of the night feedings, it's nice to have a bottle go down nice a quick vs. breastfeeding for 30-45 minutes and falling asleep. Also, I am going back to work and want to get into a routine of pumping.








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    DucatiLeahDucatiLeah
    The LC I met with today told me to go ahead and start pumping today, 7 days PP. I have a wedding in July that will take us away from LO for 4 days, so I need a big freezer stash to cover it all on top of going back to work, etc. We have some latching issues, but pumping won't change that. :) we have to fix that anyway.
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    Canuck20Canuck20
    I started pumping a few weeks ago (typically in the morning as recommended)..and I made the mistake of pumping once after dinner (shortly after a feeding).   It was a bad idea (for my supply anyway)..  my "supply" didn't refill enough by the next feeding and the poor girl didn't get enough food- which made for a very fussy evening.   I didn't want to deal with learning how to use bottles/thawing milk really late that night.   So since then I have just been pumping once in the morning when the supply is greater and it has been working well!!   
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