It's from the time you start expressing. Once your milk comes in you should be able to go four hourly overnight. After a breastfeed or skin to skin contact is the best time to express as well as it will have caused your let down to occur.
Gah, expressing into a syringe is a drag, isn't it? I had to do it while I was in hospital. DD was at the Childrens and due to her complications and such, she didn't start feeds until she was 9 days old.
Make sure you drink lots. At least 3 litres a day. It helps, it really does. Make sure you eat plenty, too.
By day 3 I was on the electric pump, but my milk came in mega quickly. But on the 2nd day I remember crying my eyes out because all day I got about 4ml -- for the whole day.
You'll get there. I'll be thinking of you. Hopefully the boys will be up to feeding soon.
Because you're able to have so much contact with your bubs (which I couldn't have with DD. I didn't hold her for 4 days, and then I only held her for about half an hour every 2nd or 3rd day. It sucks. No skin to skin either), try and express while you're with them. Take your syringe and sit by their crib and express. It really helps.
Or have a picture of them with you while you express and think about them alot.
Don't worry about the M/Ws.
I remember telling a midwife that my milk had to be frozen straight away. She kept saying how that I could just express and then feed the baby when I go visit.
I kept telling her that the baby wouldn't have any milk for 2 weeks (result of her surgery, she was on TPN). She kept telling me I was wrong and there's no way they wouldn't feed the baby milk because without milk it'd die and such. She was so dumb.
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