I am going to chime in here as one LC who does not tell moms to nurse on one side and pump the other. I might tell them to try pumping on side one when baby has finished that and gone on to side two. I mostly suggest pumping some after nursing and collecting the little bits into one larger amount. I suggest starting giving bottles about week 3-4 to get baby used to them (once or twice a week given by someone other than mom). I suggest mom start pumping for extra stored milk a week or two before she goes back to work. I am also one of those LCs who only encourage some extra stored milk, not a month's worth! For those moms with a huge milk supply, who can pump out 4 ounces from one side, the single sided nursing bit will mostly likely work. The ladies with huge milk supplies need to be careful with pumping too much because they then make more milk and baby often gets fussy from a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance. I also tell moms to limit the amount in the bottle to 2-3 ounces, depending on the age of the baby. And to limit their caregiver to about 12 ounces in the bottle total for each day. So for a 6 week old, something like 6 bottles of 2 ounces, 4 bottles of 3 ounces, etc. for the time away from mom. Too many caregivers feed too much to quiet the baby, mom can not keep up, and baby loses interest in nursing. The other thing is once they start back to work and get on a schedule of pumping, things will even out. Her body will get used to making milk and releasing it to the pumping schedule. From the pumping moms chat list, I've learned that many moms pump again after the last nursing of the night, or get up in the middle of the night to pump if baby doesn't wake to nurse anymore. Some pump at home after the baby nurses first thing in the morning because they have a larger supply then. The reason I do not tell moms to nurse on one side and pump on the other is that I have seen many test weights were baby gets 1.5 to 2 ounces on the first side and maybe one ounce on the other. Total together is fine for the necessary caloric requirements but take away the second side and you've got a hungry baby. Some babies will demand more to eat, others are way too passive and accept the lack of food and don't gain weight. This was most likely our example baby. Kathy Eng, BSW, IBCLC *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html