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Parenting after a Loss
mork
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Tube Cleaning
mork
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I swear I've been backing milk up into a tube at least once a day. I don't know how I do it, but whatever, the tubes aren't that terrible to clean. What gets to me is the waste of milk! I get so annoyed that I'm losing liquid gold that should be in the bottle. Arg! ??
Mama to 5 angel babies, 1 rainbow baby, and 2 more angel babies.
My beautiful Ella/ToT arrived 10/10/12.
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Re: Tube Cleaning
After 7 years of no ovulation...
BFP#1 10/24/11 ~ EDD 6/29/12 ~ Natural m/c 11/2/11
BFP#2 2/3/12 ~ Alice born 9/26/12
I agree with the PPers that something is up. I had this issue with my very old Medela DoubleEase. It resulted in a dead pump. The milk sucked all the way into the pump (it was also 4am, so I was pumping in the dark), leaked all over my legs (the pump sat on my legs) and killed the pump. My culprit was the two part flanges. I had the old style ones on and those have the tube hook in on the bottom. I have a feeling that they moved those to the top for a reason.
I did have a small amount of milk go into a tube on my PISA (which is what replaced the DoubleEase). Again it was with the two part flanges, except it was the new style this time. I tried it again another time after checking everything and had the same result. I threw those pieces of crap away. So, if you're using two part flanges, they may be the issue.
Hrm. I have the PIS backpack version. The white membranes appear to work, and almost all of the milk goes into the bottles. It's just a little that goes in the tube when it happens. I'll definitely pay more attention to see if I can figure out the problem.
I'm thinking it's either how I sit - I'm super short so the bottles hit my lap and sit up a little, and I'm too lazy to stand the whole time - or my forceful spray somehow causes it. I seriously have a forceful spray that wildly goes around the tube. I can turn the pump to super low but then it takes longer and I don't get as much.
Meanwhile, I'll continue my rinse and micro-steam routine!
I don't have the problem with milk, but there is condensation in the tube. All I have to do to clear it up is run the pump for a couple of minutes with just the tubing hooked up, still a pain though.
Just keep pumping away and you'll have plenty of liquid gold, so a few drops lost won't hurt you or your precious little lady at all.
I'm short and in 1.5 years of pumping (DS 1+ years and DD 8m) I've never had the milk back into the tubing in my PISA, even when I pump in the car. I also have a forceful letdown. Seems odd that it does it for you.
Missed m/c 10/25/10 @ 11.5 weeks