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Pump recommendation - opinions please!

sunpath8sunpath8
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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ? After our baby is born I am planning to stay home with him.  I plan to breastfeed but also want a pump so I can pump milk and DH can feed him too. 
For the NFTMs out there - is it really necessary to get the Pump in Style for this situation?  I'm seriously considering the Swing, but want to make sure I'm not making some crazy mistake.  I figure I can pump one while or right after he nurses on the other...is that insane?
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Re: Pump recommendation - opinions please!

  • kel716kel716 member
    If you're planning on staying home, the swing may work for you.  You might also consider looking at the Lansinoh double electric- it retails for about $150 and is as effective (if not more) than the PISA. 
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  • kmmancilkmmancil
    OK, so I've had 2 Medela's - one manual, one electric.  Honestly, I wish I would've only gotten the manual one.  I don't remember the model I got on the electric, but it was around $65. The $30 manual one was definitely the best buy.  Also, depending on how you're holding the baby you may not be able to pump while they eat b/c baby/pillow/whatever you're leaning against can be in the way.  Good luck pumping, my baby is exclusively breastfed and unless he sleeps through the night, I don't have enough to pump.
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  • marrymemylovemarrymemylove member

    I would never buy a pump that wasn't closed system ESPECIALLY if I was a SAHM and not getting "full" value out of it every day and so likely to use it for later kids or want to pass it on to a friend or sister or something. You just can't share a non-closed system pump, that would be gross. I think they're gross, period. And ALL the medelas are not closed system.

    I would only ever get the Ameda Purely Yours or equivalent closed system pump.

    Otherwise I would be getting a cheapie manual pump I had no intention of keeping past weaning. That might be ok if you don't need to use it much. I actually have a friend who put her DS on a cup at 9 months and MANUALLY (ie with no pump at all) expressed for the next 3 months. Don't ask how I have no idea. 

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  • sunpath8sunpath8

    Wow, marrymemylove, that's crazy/amazing that your friend hand expressed for 3 months!  She sounds like a rock star!

    Great advice about the closed vs not closed system.  I asked this question on another board and got a lot of recommendations for the Lansinoh double electric.  I'm going to check on whether it's closed system now :)

     

     

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