I finally broke out the pump tonight for the first time- my son is now almost 5 weeks old. After cleaning all the parts per the instructions, I dove right in and gave it a shot. I was able to pump about 2.5 oz on the right and just under 2 on the left.

We decided to use that milk to do the bedtime feeding to see if he would accept it and I poured both bottles together- he wound up taking about 2.5 oz easily and then got very upset so we stopped.

What I am wondering mostly is, is it ok that I mixed the two bottles together? I assume it is but I am concerned about any kind of contamination, even though all of the parts were boiled before use. Also, about how long do you pump, per session? I pumped until I was not making any more milk but I am curious if I should have gone back to the stimulation phase to try for more?

All in all, I didn't mind the pumping so much! Hopefully it will be an easy adjustment for us.