Breastfeeding advice

Hi, I’m 34 weeks with my 3rd child, I’m wanting to exclusively breastfeed this time, with my other two I comb fed. I really want my partner to feed them to, so starting out.. when do I pump and when do I feed from the boob?

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Pump after feeding when bubba is finished feeding the leftover will add up x or if baby is satisfied feeding on one side, pump the other while feeding from one and alternate x

I would look at midwife megan’s instagram as she has posts on this! She is a lactation consultant. Important not to overdo the pumping and induce an oversupply as it can make feeding difficult (currently going through this now) xx

I second buying a Haakaa. When you feed baby on one side, pop it on the other side to catch the let down. It’ll draw enough out for a few bottles in the early days, and won’t cause your body to make loads extra.
With my first, we just introduced a bottle in the night time and I fed the rest of the time as we didn’t want to confuse my body too much.
Once your supply is well established, you can introduce a proper pump into your routine, and as Laura said, there’s are a few midwives/ lactation consultants online who give some amazing advice and recommend routines. Just make sure they are properly ibclc (or whatever it is 🤣) certified.

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