Hello everyone! I’m halfway through my second pregnancy and this time I’m deciding to exclusively pump. Breastfeeding was difficult with my first and she never really latched and I got frustrated and stressed and we just stuck with formula. I also felt uncomfortable breastfeeding, probably because my husband is a boob man and I just felt like that was between us lol I’m busty and I also don’t like showing my boobs to the world. I wanted to keep pumping with my first but I only had a manual pump and it got to be too much work so I gave up. My sis in law is being very helpful and encouraging with my decision to exclusively pump this time (of course since she’s a breastfeeding mom lol) but she is getting me the same medela pump she uses.

So now my questions, since I’m new to this exclusively.

1. How much milk should I have stored and ready for use while still adding to the collection?

2. If I want to skip actively breastfeeding altogether and go straight to pumping, should I begin with formula while I start a collection? (For example while I’m still in the hospital, etc)

Thanks in advance!