Getting less with an electric pump?

Happily Overwhelmed · January 2012

I went from a Medela manual to a Medela PISA yesterday. I feel like I'm getting less with the electric pump than I did with the manual. I'm lost on why. The flanges are the same size...I don't feel like the suction is much different. I'm even spending the same amount of time with the electric as I did with the manual. I'm lost!

With the manual I found myself getting a solid 3.5-4 oz. per session. With the manual I'm only getting around 2 oz.

Any ideas?

mben1119 · January 2012

I had the same problem. I just kept using my Medela Harmony.

MesmrEwe · January 2012

Are you massaging your tissue the same? Chances are you were using both hands with the manual pump to get things going.

Also, switch out the membranes, sometimes those can be at the cause of issues even from the start...

tanyaharville · January 2012

I'm having the same problem. I can pump several times a day and only get 2 oz. i am using the Medela Advanced and would have thought I would have had a better result. : (

Xles10 · January 2012

I EP. I use an electric at work, but at home I switch back and forth b/t manual and electric. I find that the manual is faster and that to get the same amount from the electric I have to pump longer.