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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry for not coming on here sooner. My milk came in last night. I’m pumping every 3 hours as advised by the hospital nurses. It’s varies how much I get each time - is this normal? My other questions are below

- Do you hand wash or can we just use the dishwasher and sanitize to make things easier?

- Do you think it’s best to buy a big mason jar and many store milk into it? I saw some doing that online but read you can’t mix just pumped milk with cold milk. Or is it best to store each pump session individually in bottles?

- How many pumping bras are needed? I have two.

- Is coconut oil fine to lube up the pump and my nipples before pumping?

- How long do you need to pump? I’ve read 15 minutes and some say 30 minutes.

- We were advised to wait two weeks to start trying to nurse. How often did you try to nurse while pumping?

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Wonderful OP- those amts 15-18mls is great. baby is only taking about that right now on demand.

1. Whatever feels easier for you! Toss in the top rack of the DW- most parts are safe. We also used the Medela sterilizer bags a lot

2. Again whatever you're comfortable with..maybe ask the NICU team. New research says it's fine to mix cooled milk and fresh milk - although I believe this rec is for term babies. The idea is bm has enough Antibacterial properties to not have it be a problem. But for preterm or compromised babies wait until 3 months +. Ask your team!

3. I only have two but people usually say- wear, wash, spare. If you're getting by with two stick with it if you find yourself wishing you had another go for it. Try out different styles/brands

4. Yes coconut oil is encouraged unless you have elastic nipples- too much areola being pulled in

5. If you have the time if go for 30 min at least some of the pumps. If you're at the hospital or using manual stick with 15. 15 is the minimum. Most people go for 30 but it will also depend on how your supply develops over the next few days

6. I'd ask your team their reasoning. If it's because baby is burning too much energy trying to nurse them limit it to 1-2x a day to start. But overall the rec is the more they latch the better although I'd caution falling into nurse, pump, feed- triple protocol if you don't need to be on it .[/quote]

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