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What helped me to build a stash was to pump one side as I nursed the other. H never took more than one side until about six months old, so by doing that I was able to build my stash fairly quickly. At work, you'll be pumping both sides so it helps get your body used to producing on both sides at one time. Do you know how many times you will be able to pump at work? I pump twice and for a couple of weeks before hand I pumped/fed around those times to train my body.

When I went back to work, I had about 100oz. in the freezer. Looking back, I wish I had more, but now I know better for next time, and hopefully you won't have to go through what I did (mastitis, two bouts of thrush, and some non-BF friendly meds).

@babybean404: I always froze in 2 oz portions. Not really sure why, I just got into the habit and then was afraid to change it up and have random bags with random amounts in them.

As for having your husband feed her - I would definitely do that so she gets used to bottles, and pump while he feeds her. But whether you do it every day or not is up to you. Xander took to bottles with no issue and could back and forth between them, so I ended up only having my husband feed him a bottle maybe once a week or if I wanted to go out and get my hair cut (in those cases where I was leaving, I would probably pump right before I left and then when I got back, depending on when the baby ate/was due to eat again).

My LO's pediatrician recommended starting to give a bottle every couple days at 3-4 weeks so she would get used to it (I was going back to work at 13 weeks). Either it worked or DD is just pragmatic about where her food comes from, because she's never had any trouble switching between breast and bottle Around that time, I was having trouble with oversupply anyway, so I would feed her from one side in the morning and then pump the other. I didn't pump a lot, just enough to deflate the boob a bit so DD could nurse more comfortably, but it usually ended up being enough for one feeding. I would store it in the fridge and then, if she didn't have a bottle that day, freeze it the next morning and replace with the newly pumped milk. Otherwise, I'd pump again when she got her bottle and rotate the new milk in the same way. I built up a good freezer stash like that! I don't think pumping an extra couple ounces per day is going to cause oversupply if you're not already struggling with it.