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@sjedwards6: Are you sure you want to exclusively pump? EPing is so much more work than pumping to supplement feedings. The only reason why I EP is my daughter's severe reflux (I'm fast flow, she needed slow flow..).

This was how I started establishing a pumping routine:

First Step (Pump 2X daily): I started to really build my stash about 3 weeks PP. I would do DDs middle of the night feed, then DH would wake her up 4 hours later to do her morning feed. I would wake up 2 hours later and pump (completely empty my breasts). About 2 hours later DD would wake up and I would feed her again. I would offer both breasts since I had just pumped a couple hours before. I would BF her at night then pump right before I went to sleep and again completely drain my breasts. We did this until she was 1 mo. and her pediatrician said we could let her sleep as long as she wanted at night.

Step 2 (Exclusively Pumping 5X): Around 4 weeks was when LO started sleeping 6-8 hour stretches and due to her reflux not improving I decided to stop BFing. I have a crazy letdown, and I couldn't bear to see my LO struggle so much to eat.. I was pretty desperate to do anything to help fix her reflux. I started pumping 5X a day for 15 min. With a power pumping session every other night or so.. I would pump first thing in the morning, then every 3-4 hours throughout the day, and right before going to sleep. I kept up this routine until DD turned 4 months when I reduced to 4 pumps a day.

I still make enough milk to cover DD's needs and freeze some. I think my freezer stash is somewhere around 800+ oz. now after 5 months of EPing. I know I've been really lucky with my supply, as most women find that they have to pump more often than I do. Still, it's a huge commitment and if I could I would pump only once or twice a day and BF the rest of the time.