Exclusively pumping.

Hello
I’m 23 weeks pregnant with my second little girl. This time I want to exclusively pump, my first was formula fed.
Any tips or tricks I need to know
Best time of day I need to pump?
Do I need to do this every 4 hours?
Do I wash my pump every time?
Do people combo feed?
Do I still store milk into bag or just pump and feed from the bottle at the same time?
Do I fridge or freezer it?
So many question i don’t know anything about this all I know is formula which is quick and easy. For reference I have the momcosy s9 pro and have brought nuby bottles.
Give any advice on this would be great.

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Not going to sugar coat it, it’s hard work.

You’ll need to pump every 2-3 hours all day & night to keep your supply up.

There’s conflicting advice about washing/sterilising every time, I personally did as I didn’t want to risk LO getting poorly so young.

You can combi feed if you want, you’ll still need to pump regularly though to keep your supply up.

You can feed the milk straight away or store it in a bag/bottle in the fridge/freezer for later :)

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I was told the best time was between 2-4 in the morning.
I started pumping every 3 hours to build up supply, been doing it for 8 weeks now and after a couple of weeks I dropped increased the time so did every 4 hours and now I do every 5-6 hours and still have produce enough for my baby and to freeze a bag or two a day.
I put my pumps in the fridge and wash and sterilise once a day.
I put the milk into bottles after pumping then will pop leftover from the day in a bag and free:

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I also use momcozy s9 pro and really like it

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Hi! I feel like most of the ladies have said the gist of things. I will add it’s recommended to keep pumping every 3 hours until you establish your milk supply and that’s typically at 3 months. Also if you don’t have a premie/other health concerns with your baby you can store your pump parts in the fridge for up to 24 hours and sterilize once a day. If you have a dishwasher with the hot water setting can sterilize dishwasher safe parts. The storage of milk depends on how much extra you have/can store. You can store milk in the fridge 3-4 days. That can be done in 1 large container or multiple containers that are labeled by date. You can freeze milk up to 6 months and deep freeze up to a year.

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