what breast pump?

MeggieMoo88 · Aug 29th, 2009, 06:02 AM

Hi all,

I'm pretty much ready for my little man now...but just had a thought today that I haven't got a breast pump yet! A few friends have decided to pitch together as they want to buy me something I need rather than something I wont use

Soooo which is best, i'm hopin to start expressing after the first 6 weeks (if its all successful and goes to plan that is) and I have very keen grand parents to be who can't wait to babysit and just help out and feed my little man while I grab a kip etc (gotta love my family!!).

So i'm looking to buy quite a good one, preferably an electric one? Any recommendation welcome!! Also rough prices if you know how much they are?

Thanks in advance!

Megan
x

NIfirsttimer · Aug 29th, 2009, 13:31 PM

i have a melela swing.. its very popular with the ladies on there, its around £85 i think. if you are going to be exclusively pumping you might want to go for a double pump tho, think its a medela symphony, but way more pricey to buy.. although you could always hire...

beancounter · Aug 29th, 2009, 13:34 PM

it depends how much you want to use it. I pump for one feed a day (or less, thesedays) and I had a medela mini electric. That one is fine for occasional pumping, I think. The medela swing is a bit better but I wouldnt use it enough to justify the expense. .. but medela ones are very good (but probably not quite up to exclusive pumping)

jane99 · Aug 29th, 2009, 14:31 PM

I would only get an electric pump (manual ones are hard work), I have got the Medela mini electric & got on with it fine.

MeggieMoo88 · Aug 29th, 2009, 16:11 PM

Thanks ladies...Medela it seems to be then?

I think I will just express occasionally, want to feed little man myself mainly, if I can!
Think I will go for the mini one.

Meg
x

MrsBop · Aug 29th, 2009, 16:54 PM

I have a Medela Swing and love it, best thing I bought this time round. My friend lent me her Avent electric pump, worked wonders for her but didn't do anything for me so everyone is different but Medela seems most popular.

celine · Aug 29th, 2009, 17:06 PM

I have heard great stuff about the medela swing but myself have an avent and it works great for me

Cheesepuff · Aug 30th, 2009, 00:47 AM

I have the Medala mini electric and it's great. I pump once a day and find it very fast.

nkbapbt · Aug 30th, 2009, 01:45 AM

I have an Ameda "Purely Yours"...its a hospital grade pump though..and cost a lot. But worth every penny...

Medela's are awesome though!

mama2b · Aug 30th, 2009, 02:39 AM

I have the Medela swing, can't fault it.

I have heard the cheaper pumps are quite loud ? Not sure how true that is but the swing is the total opposite so I can quite happily express in the same room as him and not wake him up.

It was £90 from mothercare but if you shop around you can get it cheaper and it is worth every penny. It sounds a lot but if you think you'd spend £90 fairly quickly on formula whereas this will last for ages and can then be sold on or saved for another baby, I like to think of it as an investment

Aug 29th, 2009, 06:02 AM	#1
MeggieMoo88 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Cheshire Posts: 174	what breast pump? Hi all, I'm pretty much ready for my little man now...but just had a thought today that I haven't got a breast pump yet! A few friends have decided to pitch together as they want to buy me something I need rather than something I wont use Soooo which is best, i'm hopin to start expressing after the first 6 weeks (if its all successful and goes to plan that is) and I have very keen grand parents to be who can't wait to babysit and just help out and feed my little man while I grab a kip etc (gotta love my family!!). So i'm looking to buy quite a good one, preferably an electric one? Any recommendation welcome!! Also rough prices if you know how much they are? Thanks in advance! Megan x

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Aug 29th, 2009, 13:31 PM	#2
NIfirsttimer Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 4,356	i have a melela swing.. its very popular with the ladies on there, its around £85 i think. if you are going to be exclusively pumping you might want to go for a double pump tho, think its a medela symphony, but way more pricey to buy.. although you could always hire...

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Aug 29th, 2009, 13:34 PM	#3
beancounter Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2,921	it depends how much you want to use it. I pump for one feed a day (or less, thesedays) and I had a medela mini electric. That one is fine for occasional pumping, I think. The medela swing is a bit better but I wouldnt use it enough to justify the expense. .. but medela ones are very good (but probably not quite up to exclusive pumping)

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Aug 29th, 2009, 14:31 PM	#4
jane99 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent Posts: 458	I would only get an electric pump (manual ones are hard work), I have got the Medela mini electric & got on with it fine.

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Aug 29th, 2009, 16:11 PM	#5
MeggieMoo88 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Cheshire Posts: 174	Thanks ladies...Medela it seems to be then? I think I will just express occasionally, want to feed little man myself mainly, if I can! Think I will go for the mini one. Meg x

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Aug 29th, 2009, 16:54 PM	#6
MrsBop Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Leeds, UK Posts: 3,608	I have a Medela Swing and love it, best thing I bought this time round. My friend lent me her Avent electric pump, worked wonders for her but didn't do anything for me so everyone is different but Medela seems most popular.

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Aug 29th, 2009, 17:06 PM	#7
celine Other BnB Elite Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Netherlands Posts: 11,978	I have heard great stuff about the medela swing but myself have an avent and it works great for me

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Aug 30th, 2009, 00:47 AM	#8
Cheesepuff Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 436	I have the Medala mini electric and it's great. I pump once a day and find it very fast.

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Aug 30th, 2009, 01:45 AM	#9
nkbapbt Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: North Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 3,771	I have an Ameda "Purely Yours"...its a hospital grade pump though..and cost a lot. But worth every penny... Medela's are awesome though!

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Aug 30th, 2009, 02:39 AM	#10
mama2b Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 2,067	I have the Medela swing, can't fault it. I have heard the cheaper pumps are quite loud ? Not sure how true that is but the swing is the total opposite so I can quite happily express in the same room as him and not wake him up. It was £90 from mothercare but if you shop around you can get it cheaper and it is worth every penny. It sounds a lot but if you think you'd spend £90 fairly quickly on formula whereas this will last for ages and can then be sold on or saved for another baby, I like to think of it as an investment

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