St Clair Hospital Breast Pumps?

Re: St Clair Hospital Breast Pumps?

• mareski

  January 2012

  In taking the Breastfeeding class at St. Clair, I doubt that the nurses will encourage you to pump at the hospital. They said that if you are breastfeeding to wait to pump until 1 month. While you are in the hospital you'll only produce colostrum and not breast milk and you'll want to give your best effort to breastfeed more than three days.

   

   

   

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• ghdst1 member

  January 2012

  I don't have an answer about pumps at that hospital but wanted to let you know that I have a Medela BP which most bottles fit onto.  Evenflo, playtex, avent, and medela all fit onto the breast pump.  Might be good to check if yours is the same way (i don't know what kind you have) and that way maybe you can just pick up a few extra bottles to bring with you?

   

  

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• clo1982 member

  January 2012

  I would call the lactation consultants prior to your due date. They are both extremely  nice but are also extremely difficult to get in touch with. I rented a pump from them for 2 months since I exclusively pumped beginning about a week after getting home. In response to the other poster, I would guess that the nurses will help you with the latching but if you are just choosing to pump I'm sure they will work with you on that as well. All of the nurses were extremely helpful with my DD and latching while i was in the hospital. They were all very knowledgable and accessible as well.

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• Jefsnickerdodle

  February 2012

  I stumbled here by accident...

  They do.  I don't know that they will give it to you on a normal in and out in 3 days situation.  If the baby is latching ok and everything, but  the consaultant was very nice and helpful.

  my son was VERY jaundice. Since the only way to pass the bilirubins is through urination we HAD to make sure he was eating.  He had to take about 3 oz of formula while we were there. I would nurse and then give him the formula to make sure he was getting fluids, he took only about an oz of the formula at a time. (they supplied the formula bottles) They gave me a bump to use and advice to use it and how much to help get my milk to come in faster for him while we were there. (4 1/2 days for him and 6 nights total for me...)

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