Breast pumps

I got a 'Medela Mini Electric' breast pump today from Boots for only £15!!! (they're usually between £45-55). Does anyone know if they're any good?

This is probably a bit daft but I don't want to try it in case I "lose" my colostrum before the baby's born (would that happen?).

 

[KJ]

as far as I'm aware the medela and Avent electric pumps are the best.

I'm yet to get one actually, was it on sale, still new and everything? Because that's a really good price.

K.xx

 

[valentine]

Hi Wendy,

I was advised that I could start expressing from 37/38 weeks but not before as it could bring on labour.

Expressing colostrum will only mean that you produce more and won't make your milk come in any earlier (once the baby is born) - you can store it in the freezer and give to baby via special feeding cup or special syringe in the early few days, according to my m/w (but also feed from breast to encourage your milk supply to come in and give baby lots of colostrum).

Where oh where did you get your electric pump from?!!!!!!!!!!! I am so jealous! I just paid £20 for a Tommee Tippee manual one (heard great things about it on the forum).

xxx

 

[OopsyDaisy]

I got a 'Medela Mini Electric' breast pump today from Boots for only £15!!! (they're usually between £45-55). Does anyone know if they're any good?

This is probably a bit daft but I don't want to try it in case I "lose" my colostrum before the baby's born (would that happen?).

Yeah, I've heard Medela is a good brand. You got a bargain there!

 

[Bex78]

Personally I prefer the avfent isis, its more of a case of stick to what you know, with me.
However, I have heard medela is a really good brand as well, and £15 for an electric breastpump is a fantastic bargain!
I almost want to go and get one myself!

 

[enn]

dunno got the diy hand one and grrr takes forever mind u i did have probs with breastfeeding

this in your sig u need to add the tags with no spaces

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[Hells]

I used a Medela double electric pump for three months, and I thought it was great, very easy to use, clean and sterilise and produced far more milk than when I tried a manual one. You've got a good bargain there.

 

Hi Girls,

Thanks for the info.

Valentine - I actually breastfed for years with my other two, but it's been a while and I didn't use a pump to express until they were a bit older (when I needed to leave them with their dad whilst I did my exams). I didn't realise that the colostrum would continue to be produced until the baby was born - how would your body know? Obviously, hormones etc. but it's just that I know that you can breastfeed even if you adopt a child (so no birth required there), so how does the breastfeeding mum, who doesn't give birth, go from colostrum to milk? Perhaps they don't produce colostrum at all? Sorry, you don't have to debate the issue with me really, I just find the whole process quite amazing (I'm a baby bore already and mine isn't even here yet!).

I got my pump from the Boots store in Hamilton. Yes, KJ, it was brand new and the packaging was perfect. It works (although I haven't tried it on my breast and now won't till after 38 weeks!). It was just on a sale shelf, near to the tills. It was marked down to, I think about £22, but when I got to the till, it was reduced again to £15. I had only seen manual ones recently and they were all more expensive than that. When I breastfed (a few years ago now!), I think it was a Boots' own brand electric pump I used. I hate the way they suck your entire aerola and nipple into the narrow tube - I'm guessing they must still work the same way?

Boots have got a 20% discount on all baby stuff right now anyway (i.e. not "sale" stuff), that's everything except nappies and wipes, so I bought some cellular cot blankets and fitted sheets, cotton wool balls and some wooly hats. I have lots of bedding for this baby now - just no bed!

Enn, thanks for the photobucket advice, but it just said "page not found" when I tried your link. I'm waiting on Happy-Chick's kind assistance to help me make a proper signature, so hopefully, I'll get one soon.