Breast pump

Brieb33 · June 2015

does anyone have the ameda purely yours pump, and pros and cons?

cassietegtmeier · June 2015

I have it and I'm not a huge fan. I've had mastitis twice so I've been trying to pump till I'm empty and it seems like it takes forever. I was given this breast pump by a friend because military insurance didn't cover pumps but starting July 1st they do and I'm going to get a medical grade one.

jenfumaster · June 2015

I have a medela double electric handsfree and it's the best one I've ever owned. I'm glad that I got this one after the other manual and electric single and double pumps I've gone through.

HOLLYSODEN · June 2015

I have the Ameda purely yours. It was free with my insurance, and I like it. I pump about ten minutes, twice a day and it empties me out. I have an oversupply and overactive let down though so just a little pressure on my boob makes it squirt in the air. I don't go back to work until mid August so I don't know how it'll be pumping three times a day. So far, so good though.

kremerj1 · June 2015

This is going to sound dumb, but how do you know your pump is working up to full potential? Obviously your getting milk out if it is, but still?

Brieb33 · July 2015

@kremerj1 I'm no pump guru but I guess how long it lasts/durability. A lot of women say theirs didn't hold up and motor went out within short amount of time. So just checking w moms to see if this one was durable.

Thanks everyone, I got the ameda and it worked great tonight.

cassietegtmeier · July 2015

I just got my medical one today and there is a huge difference between it and the ameda. I'll keep the ameda for travel tho.

annie10 · July 2015

I got mine free with my insurance. It works fine for me because I'm a SAHM who only pumps once or twice a week when I'll be out of the house without baby for a couple of hours. It takes me about 10 min. to get 4 ounces, which is fine for me. If I was going back to work and was pumping more often I'd want something better but it serves the purpose for me.

montanchelsy · July 2015

I had one with my first child and didn't like it, I had supply issues and I felt it took forever to empty me. This time I got the Medela Freestyle and I love it so far.

mamajama3 · July 2015

I have it and don't like it- I pump almost exclusively and it was not great and ended up lowering my supply, so I got a medical grade medela that the nurses said I can use until I'm done nursing as long as I call them monthly to let them know I need to keep using it. With the ameda it was rough with the pumping (didn't ease into it with a cycle like the medela has) and the phalanges were not big enough with no way I saw to replace them with larger ones. I got it free from insurance. If you're using it every so often it's not awful but if you pump daily I'd advise medela.

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