HI Ladies,
I am looking at purchasing a breast pump now that Target is having their baby sale... Since this is my first baby, I know nothing about breast pumps.
What brands are good?
What did you get and Why?
What are you thinking of getting and why?
Any special features that I should make sure to have?
Re: Breast Pumps
Big Boobs. My niece had teeny ones and she could hardly get enough suction around her mini-nips. She barely got a few trickles. She did better letting the kid suck.
Medela is probably the best, but the most pricey. If you're planning on BF long term, I'd definitely invest in one.
Honestly, I'd say hold off on buying a breast pump until you know you're going to BF long term. It's not unheard of to have issues so serious that you have to resort to formula. Once BF is well established and you know you're going to stick with it long term, that's a better time to make the big investment. So few moms are BF by the time their LOs are 6 months old (statistically, about 65% of moms BF at the hospital, but only 22% of them make it to the 6 month mark) that a lot of the time an expensive pump isn't a good long term investment. When you're spending $300+ on a pump and you only nurse for 3 months, it would have been actually more cost effective to formula feed from the very beginning.
Good luck!
I love my Medela PISA. It got me through 8 1/2 months with DS just fine.
As for the PP, size has NOTHING to do with pumping. I was a sucktastic pumper. Supply wasn't a problem...I just didn't respond well to the pump...ANY pump. I got what I needed for DS and that was it. No stash. I'm an F...bigger than that when nursing. My friend the A cup would get like 19 oz. at a time and I was sooooo jealous!!! They have different size horns (what are those things called again?) and you just have to find the one that works for you.
Yeah, I called and it's not covered unless medically necessary (ie. I deliver before 37 weeks, baby has a physical problem that prevents it from sucking such as cleft pallet or I develop a breast infection)