I agree with what the others said ... I however did find a pump helpful in the early weeks- my milk came in late and baby was slow regaining her birth weight in the first week so i pumped after breastfeeding to encourage the milk in. That said, I could pump easily but a lot of people can't get much milk with a pump. The best thing is lots of babe on boob- every time baby looks even remotely hungry or even if you are not sure if it's hunger. Your hospital should have a pump there and for home you can hire an electronic one for as long as you need if you don't want to buy, from Mother's Direct (retail arm of the breastfeeding association) or maybe your hospy hires out.