In a message dated 6/22/2005 5:52:52 P.M. Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: Her issue is that she will need to return to work full time in about 6 weeks. Full time for her is 3 12 hour shifts as a labor and delivery nurse a week. She is wondering how to go about building up a supply of expressed milk. She has tried the tricks I use with moms of singletons (pumping before bed, pumping after first feed in the morning, pumping one side while baby nurses on the other) but so far gets very little with a pump. She is using a PIS now, will have access to a Symphony at work. One of the babies has had an ounce of breastmilk in a bottle, the other hasn't had a bottle yet, but she'd like to introduce one soon as the babies are now 6 weeks old. Any tips for moms of twins on building a freezer stash? And is now the time to start, at six weeks of age? Are the babies nursing tandem most of the time? Who will be the caregiver when she returns to work? Are there times during the day now when she has a helper to allow for pumping? Leigh Fredholm MD Austin TX *********************************************** 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