Hi ladies, I hope you don't mind me dropping in on this thread - if this is the wrong place to post - please let me know.

We are due to have a baby in the next little while (trying not to get caught up in the whole due date thing) and my DH is going to be the SAHD and I am headed back to work. I run my own business so I am flexible with when I go back and on what terms and I have some wonderful staff but realistically, I am going back and we plan/really hope that I will be able to express.

I know this is an exclusive expressing thread so I hope some of you can answer some questions please:

1 - Did you ever breastfeed or express right from word go? The reason I ask is because I have been doing alot of reading and trying to become educated about the whole thing but some books say you shouldn't even try and express before 6 weeks because you can lose your supply?
2 - Do you recommend breastfeeding and expressing like some of the books say or do you think it really needs to be one or the other?

Thanks in advance for your help