Pumping With Multiples

SWA80 · July 2013

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?

carrotcake06 · July 2013

Have you looked into your insurance to see what they cover?

pizzo84 · July 2013

I used the hospital pump while the girls were in the NICU (i think was medela symphony?)... I had great results with it. I used that pump primarily for 2 months.
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" https://www.snugabell.com/products/pumpease ... that thing made all the difference! Good luck!

SWA80 · July 2013

carrotcake06 said:
Have you looked into your insurance to see what they cover?

Nothing unfortunately. They've said that my policy is grandfathered in and exempt form the new law.

BuckeyeNut05 · July 2013

I had a Medela Pump in Style Advanced and I highly recommend it!! Worked just as well for me as the one I used in the hospital, and I could just pump straight into the Dr Browns bottles we used. I EP'd, so I pretty much lived with this thing attached to me for 7 months. Its great!

BuckeyeNut05 · July 2013

And I second the hands-free bra!

LottaLattes · July 2013

I EPd with both a PIs
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

Brummy14 · July 2013

LottaLattes said:

I EPd with both a PIs 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

:-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!

SWA80 · July 2013

Thanks for all of the advice. I think I'm going to go ahead and get the PIS. And it sounds like I need a hands free bra as well!

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