Rough night

ArcticFox

The baby had nothing to do with it this time!

My pump BROKE at my 11:30pm pumping and I freaked out.  It took me like 40 minutes to pump (instead of 10) and even then it wasn't everything (enough to feed the baby, but I can tell I'm not empty - I hope the imbalance doesn't upset the baby's tummy, since it usually does).

So this morning I am dragging both kids all the way to BRU for a new pump.  I am SO mad.  I had to use it for my 4am and 8am feedings, there was barely any suction and it was awful.

Not to mention it is a Medela swing pump which is not cheap, but it is 3 years old.  Grr.  Couldn't have broken on some weekday morning!

JenJar

Did you check to see if the little white flap (I'm not sure the real name for it) is attached completely?  Once I didn't snap that back into place after washing it completely and the suction was awful.  I thought it was broken, too, but then someone told me to check that - problem solved!  Hopefully it's easy for you!

ArcticFox

No- nothing to do with the pump attachment.  The hose going out of the pump wasn't getting suction (i put the tip on my lip and it was barely pulling).

I have had to replace the valve flap before so I knew about that.  This time the pump was just shot (the motor I gues).