3rd Trimester

Medela Pump with Dr. Brown's Bottles?

I'm looking to purchase a Medela pump but the reviews I've seen on the Medela bottles are not that great.  I'd like to purchase Dr. Browns instead but can't find anything confirming you can use any type of bottle with the pump.  Does anyone know if the pump only fits Medela bottles?
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Re: Medela Pump with Dr. Brown's Bottles?

  • Not sure if it fits other bottles, but I used a Medela PIS and Avent bottles.  I just pumped into the collection botttles that came with my pump and then poured the milk into the avent bottles or freezer storage bags.  Between the fact that I was using a double pump and the fact that I usually got more milk pumping than she ate in one feeding I would have been transferring milk anyways, so I don't think it was an inconvenience at all.
  • One of my best friends did what the pp did.  She had a Medela pump and the set of bottles.  She'd pump into the Medela bottles and then pour into her Dr. Brown bottles for feeding or would use the Medela bottles for storing the milk for short periods.
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  • imageMarielle0430:
    One of my best friends did what the pp did.  She had a Medela pump and the set of bottles.  She'd pump into the Medela bottles and then pour into her Dr. Brown bottles for feeding or would use the Medela bottles for storing the milk for short periods.

    I did this as well.  Just pumped into the medela ones, used the doc brown ones to feed DS.

  • I never used the Medela bottles to feed DD.  I used them to collect the milk then poured the milk into my Avent bottles.  The cheapo gerber and Evenflo bottles will also fit on Medela pump if you don't want to shell out the $$$ for Medela bottles.
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  • I had 2 Medela manual pumps and they both fit my dr browns bottles.  I pumped in to my bottles alot of I was pumping to go out so I did not need to wash bottles and pump parts after I pumped to get out of the house quicker.
  • I know for sure that the regular, non-wide neck bottles fit on the Medela PISA.  I would pump right into those for next day bottles.  Medela bottles sucked IMO, the nipple would get sucked back in.  I liked the Dr. Brown's.
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