Hi I'm 27weeks pg with my first. Right from the beginning I have been set on EBF him and hope all goes well. I've been doing endless reading on latches/feeding on demand/common problems etc. but have still got some questions to ask, I do know anyone who has breastfed baby so I'm just googling mostly. Any how thanks in advance for replies and hope I do t sound stupid just would like to know :)
Many websites say not to pump until milk is established and bf is going well, my question how do you determine when this is? Why shouldn't you pump off some say early in the morning I've read many posts where people do because of breasts being really full/engorged? What about people that can only pump at first say due to prem baby? Surely they manage after this period. It's just me and my partner are so excited about baby and I always had it in my head that maybe after say 2 weeks I could express a feed every other day for him to do, would this be detrimental to bf if so why?
Also if I were to express very small amounts due to engorgement or only getting tiny amounts when pumping, if I were to freeze it immediately (so It would all be fresh at time) could I put say three lots together when defrosting for one feed or is this a huge no-no?
Thanks once again 