I plan to BF as long as I can but have to go back to work 8 weeks PP so I'll be pumping a lot. I was thinking of renting a pump from the hospital since they are supposed to be more powerful and quicker but then I saw that they are heavy and hard to lug around so I'm having second thoughts. BRU has 20 percent off pumps now so I'm wondering if I should just buy one? Any advice from MOMs that did a lot of pumping?
Re: Pumping With Multiples
Once the girls were out of the NICU I used the Medela Pump in Style for 3 months and the Medela Freestyle for another 6 months after that for a total of 11 months of pumping.
I loved my Freestyle and would recommend it highly. I did not see a significant difference in the amount I was able to pump with any of these pumps (I did not have any problems meeting the volume I needed to feed my twinners). As well, the Freestyle was very efficient and pumped more quickly than the Pump in Style.
I would suggest buying one, and make sure it's a double pump! I also loved my Hands Free "Bra" http://www.snugabell.com/products/pumpease ... that thing made all the difference! Good luck!
SA and an Ameda PY and was fine with either. And I third the hands free bra, get one asap! And I did have to keep my supply in check but was pumping upwards of 100oz a day in my prime still without a hospital pump (and only quit at 10 months for sanity reasons
BFP#4: 7/6/11, EDD 3/15/12 - Missed M/C diagnosed 8/8/11 (8w4d), M/C 8/19
BFP#5: 10/8/11, EDD 6/17/12, U/S on 10/27/11 - fraternal twin boys born 6/3/12
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:-O 100oz a day? I hate you. J/K. I've just had to kill myself to get to the 50oz I day I pump now, which is still insufficient for two hungry monkeys!