About two weeks before you return to work, start pumping or expressing milk for storage to use once you return to work. Initially, pump once a day. Early pumping sessions help your body learn to let-down to a pump, allowing you to store milk that the care provider can feed to your baby.
Many mothers find the best time to pump is in the morning when milk production tends to be greater.
Pump approximately one hour after you have breastfed the baby. Slowly increase to two to four pumping sessions per day but, again, feed the baby first. Do not be surprised if your baby wants to breastfeed more frequently for a few days whenever you add a pumping session. This method has the benefits of double pumping, and it may interfere less with baby s breastfeeding routine. A mother s body sometimes learns to let down in response to the pump more easily.