renting breast pump from hospital?

starlettedir

Have you done this?  How much did it cost?

 

I was thinking about doing this but I found a great deal($80 + free shipping) on the one PAGAS and a few other gals gave a rec for.

 

thehoneybadger

We rented for 1 month and it was around $60ish I think.

melissa0312

we rented one from the milk bank at texas children's. i want to say it was about $60 a month. it was the "yellow" medela - cannot remember the name.

renting turned out to be the best option for me. between my low supply and dd not latching it would have been a waste to buy one. the one that my mom bought me was never opened and was returned almost immediately after it was bought. 

sad5781

AggieKristin:

We rented for 1 month and it was around $60ish I think.

It was 60 at my hospital for the hospital grade super duper pump.  I did it for one month to make sure I was successfully before dropping more money on my own.  But, if you can get one for 80ish, you aren't getting as much of a savings as if you were gonna get a more expensive one. 

 

TexasSmith

If you can buy one for $80, I'd do that rather than spending $60 for one month's rental.

starlettedir

sad5781:

AggieKristin:

We rented for 1 month and it was around $60ish I think.

It was 60 at my hospital for the hospital grade super duper pump.  I did it for one month to make sure I was successfully before dropping more money on my own.  But, if you can get one for 80ish, you aren't getting as much of a savings as if you were gonna get a more expensive one. 

 

It's normaly $150 but it's on sale and then another discount off of that

BritanyV

I found that got a lot more out of my pumping sessions by using a hospital grade pump.   I rented the 1st month from the hospital approx $60, it was the Medela Symphony.  I returned it after a month because the Medela Select worked better for me when I was in the hospital.    So I went to a lactation consultant who rents pumps, to rent one of those, it was $45 a month.

I rented for 6 months then decided to purchase one of the Medela that everyone talks about, I found a HUGE difference but I had to stick with it, luckily I had plenty in the freezer that it was ok.

 This time around, I am hoping to find a Lactina Select to purchase, but I'm also hoping to not exclusively pump and to focus more on bfing.

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Where did you find it for that price?

I personally will buy it at that price! It's not that much and if it turns out I can't BF or something....maybe I can just return it to Target?

starlettedir

pook:

Where did you find it for that price?

I personally will buy it at that price! It's not that much and if it turns out I can't BF or something....maybe I can just return it to Target?

LOL!

 

I ended up buying it.  If it was only $20 more for me to buy right now than rent I was fine taking that risk.  I got it here.  If you are a new customer you can take an extra 20%.

 https://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=215010&catid=99480

WELCOME20 was the code.

 

All the nursing pads etc were cheaper than they were at target PLUS the extra discount so I got a lot of those as well.

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Thanks for posting!