Hello,
As a mother of twins who breastfed and used the pump to get my milk supply large, this is what I did:
put the babies to the breast when I awoke from my c-section, pumped 10 minutes after each nursing for the first 2 months - I would recommend just pumping after each nursing until the babies are about 7 or 8 pounds and very productive at draining the breasts.  I had a huge amt of milk stored that I was able to use later.  One important thing: WEAN from the pump, or you may end up with mastitis as I did, from abruptly stopping (when I had no one to help me and just couldn't pump any more.

Melinda
Melinda Morris MS, RD 
Public Health Nutritionist 
Boulder County Public Health 
3450 N. Broadway, Boulder CO 80304 
303-413-7521 
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