I was able to be off for 12 weeks after the births of both my children. I began pumping to build up my stash at about 8-9 weeks postbirth. My eldest would wake up at around 0500, then go back to sleep until about 0800. I would pump in between these feeds. She was also a one-breast-per-feed nurser, so for a few weeks I pumped the "neglected" one after one or two morning feeds. A short pumping session after she went down for the night was also helpful. It is also important to remind working moms that young infants commonly take 1-3 ounces per feed. Filling up an 8 ounce standard bottle is not necessary at the beginning--sometimes those big ol' bottles look pretty intimidating! Carole __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html