https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:32:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1411035 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 07:22:56 +0000 Adira 1411035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started at 4 weeks. In the beginning, I would pump just in the morning after Xander's first feed, but I eventually started pumping after every feed (during the day - he clusterfeed in the evening, so I didn't pump then). That gave me 8 weeks to build up a 70+ oz stash before I returned to work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1411002 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 06:18:06 +0000 petunia354 1411002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Within hours! DS was in the NICU and could't breastfeed immediately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410996 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:33:18 +0000 creativemomma15 1410996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>During the first week! I had an oversupply and DD would only eat from 1 side. My LC wanted me to have both sides either nursed or pumped for 10 minutes every 3 hours so she would eat on one side and I would pump the other. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410986 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 02:27:53 +0000 Sapphiresun 1410986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pumped for the first time in the hospital. LO was verrrrry sleepy, so they wanted to make sure my milk would come in. I started pumping to actually store up milk around 5.5 weeks. I'm on maternity leave for a year though, so I don't do it consistently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410968 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 01:14:54 +0000 delight 1410968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bisous: I was scared too at first! I used a hand pump the first few times cause the electric terrified me!</p> <p>I started at 4 weeks so we could try bottles which were a big fail. I built a nice stash though for when I go back to work! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410944 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 00:07:55 +0000 Mrs Spoon 1410944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At about two weeks pp. my midwife advised me to start her on one bottle a day to prep for going back to work. Plus I was able to build up a stash and donate some BM to other mamas with supply issues. Will do the same for future LOs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410839 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 22:31:00 +0000 bisous 1410839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At around three weeks. I would have started sooner, but I was scared. :silly: Hahaha...not sure why. At this point I have put in 100+ hours pumping so it seems ridiculous that I was scared in retrospect! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410821 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 22:16:06 +0000 lemondrop 1410821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Day 2 due to NICU time, I'll probably do the same thing with #2 since I really liked our system of both nursing and bottles last time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410750 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 21:25:28 +0000 rattles 1410750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not until 8 weeks. I wanted to wait as long as I could so that my supply could regulate and sync with LO's demands. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410639 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 20:14:16 +0000 sslm 1410639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it was around 4 or 5 weeks but it was so sporadic, and I had a massive oversupply I was trying to make better, not worse!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410636 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 20:11:40 +0000 MrsF 1410636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lavender: It definitely helped us. Congrats on the new baby! I hope everything is going well :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410630 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 20:04:52 +0000 lavender 1410630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsF: my LO was also 4 weeks early and sleepy too where I'm at the point I need to pump to make sure she's eating enough!</p> <p>I started 2 weeks after DD#1 and 5 days after DD#2 came. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410629 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 20:01:41 +0000 Corduroy 1410629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Day one. I had issues with my inverted nipple so the LC had me pumping 15 min after every feeding and feed it back to LO through SNS. It seemed reasonable at first. Then my milk came in. Holy engorgement. I built up a 100oz supply. Then I wasted it trying to get LO to take a bottle before I went back to work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410626 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 19:58:36 +0000 MrsF 1410626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M was born 4 weeks early and was very sleepy so they had me start pumping the day after she was born to supplement with. Once I got home the LC had me pumping after every feed for a while. It was so much work! I'm sure it helped me establish a great supply though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410612 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 19:47:36 +0000 MrsStar 1410612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 3-4 weeks because I wanted to get breastfeeding established first. I only pumped when I was wanting to get dh to feed her. (which only happened once, the rest of the time I fed her). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410605 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 19:40:59 +0000 MamaMoose 1410605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They had be start pumping in the hospital to help draw out my flat nipples. So I just stuck with it. Of course whe LO was around 7 weeks she was diagnosed with MSPI and other intolerances and I had to throw out my whole stash and couldn't add anything to it until we identify all the foods she was intolerant to and eliminated them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410604 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 19:40:58 +0000 cmomma17 1410604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 5 weeks, and not consistently at first. I wish I had started earlier! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410584 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 19:24:04 +0000 lilteacherbee 1410584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started in the hospital because he wouldn't latch well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410583 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 19:22:04 +0000 MaisyMay 1410583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to start pumping while I was in the hospital, so the day after she was born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410567 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 19:12:30 +0000 Cara M. 17 1410567@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I waited about a month until my DD had established my supply for the most part and also to let my nipples heal a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410551 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 18:59:20 +0000 Smurfette 1410551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Two weeks, as soon as my pump came in. I would have started sooner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410547 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 18:49:45 +0000 HLK208 1410547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As soon as my milk came in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410545 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 18:47:43 +0000 yin 1410545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On day 2 with DS1. I has to EP due to latching and sucking issues. With DS2 I waited a month before I started to pump. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410542 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 18:41:29 +0000 Charm54 1410542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Day 3! LO was in the nicu </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410532 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 18:27:53 +0000 Bao 1410532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think around a week so I could get some rest, yeah that didn't happen lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410529 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 18:24:08 +0000 daniellemybelle 1410529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was told not to pump because it could cause oversupply. I have the opposite issue! Next time I will use a hospital grade pump on day one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410520 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 18:10:54 +0000 MamaBehr 1410520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the hospital because I didn't want to have a bad supply. DS#2 is 6 weeks old and I have over 100 oz frozen! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410511 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 18:05:47 +0000 yellowbird 1410511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The night I gave birth! LO had a bad latch so I pumped to help my milk come in. I stopped after 3-4 days and started back at 4 weeks to build my stash. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410508 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 18:02:24 +0000 MapleMoose 1410508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had latch issues so I started in the hospital using the hospital grade pump. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-soon-did-you-start-pumping#post-1410499 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 17:55:15 +0000 MoonMoon 1410499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5 or 6 weeks. I had oversupply and was afraid pumping would make it worse! </p>