Lise, Just thought I would pop in and add my thoughts to BF and expressing, I think it really depends on your supply. I started expressing in hospital, mostly because my girls were on the little side, and had a period of tube feeding, then switched to bottle feeding them expressed milk with a fast flow teat to get the milk into them as quick as possible to help them gain weight. Once they did I have slowly changed over to BF, adding an extra BF each day, now I am almost exclusively BF both (tandem style ) with one bottle feed a night (at about 2.30) of expressed milk. It is slightly quicker for me to bottle feed them singly then express, rather than BF (and a bit easier rather than trying to juggle two). I also then know how much they are getting and they are then sleeping until 7am. I express at that feed, and also 2 other times in the morning. I am super conscious of making sure that I keep up my supply, especially with having two, and also making sure I can accommodate growth spurts. So it can be done .
I know this has been mention before, but I would highly recommend the book Save Our Sleep by Tizzie Hall. I really found that after leaving hospital I was struggling for more of a routine than just 3 hourly feeds, and was previously feeding at 10pm, 1am, 4am and 7am, I am now doing a 9.30pm feed, they sleep until 2-2.30 am, and then sleep again until 7am, and it is working really well.
) with one bottle feed a night (at about 2.30) of expressed milk. It is slightly quicker for me to bottle feed them singly then express, rather than BF (and a bit easier rather than trying to juggle two). I also then know how much they are getting and they are then sleeping until 7am. I express at that feed, and also 2 other times in the morning. I am super conscious of making sure that I keep up my supply, especially with having two, and also making sure I can accommodate growth spurts. So it can be done
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