Anyone renting their brestpump from the hospital?

Five_letter · March 2011

This was suggested to me by my longtime bff and the only one of my close friends who breastfed and made her own baby food. I take her advice to heart.

What are your thoughts on this.

Her argument was that her rental fee was $30 monthly. She only wanted to breastfeed for a year. Quality of hospital grade breastpumps is hard to beat. And...if it just isn't right for you, or just isn't working, you're not out a bunch of money.

Now I'm not sure what I'm doing.

lwmooney87 · March 2011

I put a breast bump on my registry but if I don't get it... I'm going to rent one from the hospital for a month or so to make sure I'm even going to be able to pump and produce milk before I spend the money on one.

jlm245 · March 2011

That is my tentative plan. I may rent it from a lacation center right down the street instead of the actual hospital though.

mbritto4 · March 2011

I wanted to, but my hospital was out of pumps to rent out when I delivered my DD, they had some for in-hospital use only but once I was discharged I was on my own.

MarshaBrady · March 2011

That's a really good idea and I've seen it suggested before, but I haven't known anyone personally who did this. I'm definitely interested in looking into it.

sharonstevens85 · March 2011

I rented the breast pump from the hospital. It worked amazing. If you have a hard time paying the $30 think of me renting it for over $60 in Canada. I think you're getting a deal

ShannonMacHappy · March 2011

I am getting one because I plan to breastfeed for as long as possible or until DS stops. But, time aside, $30 x 12 months = $360, which is way more than most store bought breast pumps. But, I agree with pp about maybe renting one for the first month or so to make sure the BF and pumping goes well.

MPSW · March 2011

I wish! Our rental fee is $25 ... PER WEEK. So at $100/mo, it hardly seems worth it. The hospital grade pumps are so much better than the commercial pumps but, sadly, I'll have to make do with my trusty old Medela.

meg211 · March 2011

My older sister recommended I consider renting first too. The reason being to make sure I'm ABLE to breastfeed before I go out and spend a ton on a high end pump. I'll be going back to work and intend to BF as long as I can, so I want a good, fast pump to get the job done quickly later on - so I'm willing to spend a lot of $$ on it.

But you ladies in pp make a good point about finding out if the hospital even has enough to go around. I'd hate to plan on renting, and then find out the hospital is out!

hcdekarske · March 2011

This is exactly what I had planned to do, for many of the reasons listed (might not work out, issues getting enough milk, etc) but when I found out insurance will pay for it, I figured what the heck. I plan to do it for a year, and I have to go back to work after 6-8 weeks, so I am purchasing one of the Medela pumps. They are supposed to be very, very good, and they have some nice "travel" models I can use to take back and forth to work.

Just haven't figured out which one yet.

I think if you don't have insurance to cover it, that renting a great option, especially if you are on the fence, even a little, about breast feeding.

Hopeful11 · March 2011

I think we are going to rent for the first month or so just to see how it goes.

sharonstevens85 · March 2011

You know what pisses me off about these breast pump rental fees, is that the hospitals make such a HUGE profit on them!! Doctors recommend feeding breast milk over formula yet they make these ridiculous rental fees per month which is almost as much as buying formula!! I know you can get cheaper breast pumps, but they hospital grade ones are the best.

*Done random vent!

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