electric breast pump

[charlotte_]

http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Babies-R-Us/Fe ... or(0033983)

i'm thinking about getting one, i expressed for the first time today & it took an hour to get one feed!
do you think for £20-odd this one will be crappy? any reccomendations?

 

[Sherlock]

Link is dead.

TBH I've never seen or heard of one so cheap if its electric. I doubt it will be very good tbh. There is a reason the pricier ones are popular I reckon.

 

[Charlie:-)]

The link isnt working hun.

I know second hand isnt for everyone but I noticed that Kellysomer is selling an electric Medela Swing for £25 (£85 brand new), now I would definitely recommend medela I had teh mini electric and it was so quick much better than the avent one im using now.

http://www.pregnancyforum.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=80677

 

[Charlie:-)]

Also I just noticed your LO is just over a week old, that might have a lot to do with how long it takes you to express one feed. I started to express at 5 weeks old and I only managed 1 oz in 30 minutes. Now I dont have that problem and the milk flows great and I usually get 9 oz in an hour. It might be best to wait a while till after 6 weeks or so to express again you might find it quicker and easier, 6 weeks is teh recommended time to allow your milk supply to establish.

 

[Julie84]

I can't comment on the actual pump (or expressing at all) but the link should be:

http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Babies-R-U...n-Breast-Feeding-System-with-Adaptor(0033983)

 

[xmcnickyx]

Thats the breast pump that I got and it's not completley electric. It sucks your nipple in to the pump but you have to press a button to depress the suction to make the 'sucking' action which makes it about the same amount of work as a manual one really!

I can't really say what it's like other than that, I only tried to use it last week to see if I could re-lactate. It did work but having used the hospital one I can say it was nowhere near as good as that, the hospital ones do all the work for you.