Let the baby's father, grandma, or the day-care provider give the first few bottles to your baby. If you are using a full size electric autocycle pump and pumping both breasts simultaneously, you can expect a pumping session to take 10 to 12 minutes. Using hand expression to achieve a let-down prior to pumping will make your pumping session quicker and more productive. Early in the morning most women have a greater milk supply. As you sleep, your prolactin levels go up.
Prolactin is the milk-making hormone.
Nursing your baby in the morning off one breast and pumping the second breast is a great way to begin storing milk in the freezer in preparation for your return to work. Make sure you eat a nutritious breakfast and drink lots of fluids after you have emptied your breasts so completely. All babies are different and respond uniquely to various types of bottles and nipples. Many babies prefer the tasteless silicone nipples over the rubber ones. Look for nipples that will feel similar to the shape of the breast in the baby's mouth.