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LO was less than 24 hours when I started pumping--we were having problems with her latching and she had jaundice, so they had to take her to be under the bili lights for 24 hours. So I started pumping every 2 hours, 24 hours a day.

I think that's why I had such a great supply. I'm sure her weak/bad latch would have killed my supply otherwise.

DS was 3 days old when I started. Basically the day after I got home from the hospital.

Per the lactation consultants advice not until after 4 weeks when supply is established.

About 24 hours with LO1 at an LC's advice. I was in too much pain from my inverted nipple to feed on one side.

I'm pumping as little as possible now with LO2 in his first week. I'm super engorged and starting to show signs of mastitis so I'm pumping to get rid of clogs and pinkness. Hoping I caught things early enough.

With DD1, I started pumping immediately b/c she was in the NICU. With DD2, I started pumping once a day at 2 weeks postpartum.

3 days. We were in the PICU because T was dehydrated. I was not planning on starting until she was a few weeks old. I have a small oversupply now that she is 3 1/2 and freeze a fair amount of milk.

I pumped today for the first time for my freezer stash, and LO is 3 weeks old. I still have an oversupply, but the milk comes out so fast LO screams from all the gas even though I recline/lay down/ hand express. I read three weeks is the earliest to begin pumping, and I only pumped one breast while she nursed the other one and got 4oz. I plan to do this once a day in the morning. It already made a world of difference at the next feeding. I gave her the breast I pumped from and no screaming! DH is going to start giving her a bottle next week sometime. I go back to work in 5 more weeks.

In the hospital. We were having latch issues.

I started pumping at 3 weeks. I pumped once a day, about 45-min to 1 hour after his first feeding of the day (after he woke up). I've kept the extra pumping session up since then and have consistently been able to freeze an extra 4 oz per day.

3 days old when she had to go to the NICU for jaundice and dehydration. I ended up EPing

Around 3 weeks, because our ped recommended getting her used to a bottle before 4 weeks since I had to go back to work at 10.

14 weeks when I went back to work. I pumped here and there when I needed to for comfort on the nights she slept longer and that was enough to give me enough frozen for her first day with her nanny (plus a little backup).

Four weeks, when we introduced a bottle.

@dc yoga bee: Just a word of advice, I would caution against full-on regular pumping in order to address oversupply and forceful let-down. I had problems with oversuppy and forceful let-down and you really want to use pumping only as a last resort because it will trigger your breasts to produce even more milk than they already were. My lactation consultant recommended just using a hand pump to take a small amount of milk right before each feeding in order to reduce engorgement/soften the nipple a bit and take the edge off the initial fire-hose.

With DD they had me start in the hospital because she was late preterm and a sleepy, slow nurser. They had me pump after each feeding.

With DS I started pumping at maybe 4 weeks. I would pump once a day after his first morning feed. I did that until he was about 4 months old. It helped me to start a freezer stash. I think I did establish a slight oversupply, but that's been a good thing in my case.

As soon as he was admitted to the NICU, less than 24 hours after he was born. He was teeny tiny, so the LC knew there would be latch issues.

Around 3.5 weeks. I only started then because I wanted to use the hospital grade pumped they had rented out to me and I had to return it at 4 weeks! Baby had a minor tongue tie and they thoufht it might cause problems. He ended up latching like a champ. After that I used my pump maybe 2-3x per week to get milk to practice bottles. Then at about 4m I started my freezer stash since I was going back to work at 5m.

@MrsBrewer: pretty early, like one week old or so? Mostly because she had a bad latch at first, but also to up my supply. It helped!