Ronan is only 5 days old and i am doing both breasting feeding and pumping. Breast feeding at night and pumping and bottle feeding during the day. For one reason. My milk, for no reason at all, dries up about the 4 month mark. For Isabeau I had no idea till too late and had to switch her to formula exclusively. For Dedrick we found out in time to get a pump and on meds to incease the supply. He also ended up with formula added to his diet till my milk came back in enough.

Personally, and this is a very personal decision and there are no wrong or right answers, I would suggest pumping. Having an emergency supply of milk comes in very handy. Take last night for example. I almost passed out at home from sever cramping. Hubby grabbed the extra bottles of breast milk from the fridge and took me straight to the hospital. Later learned I have an infection in my womb so am now on antibiotics. But thanks to the extra milk in the fridge he was able to feed Ronan without any worry about getting formula or distrurbing me while I was being checked out.

So that is what I would suggest. I am already making more then Ronan needs and have some baggies frozen in teh freezer also. It is a great relief to me knowing that if an emergency arises that the milk is there.
Nicole & Ronan