Since having my Little Man three weeks ago, I have discovered that I have very productive breasts, and often have to pump in the night.
Thankfully we had already bought a Mam manual pump, so I started using it right away. Not the greatest product in the world (a little drippy, caused some wrist/hand pain), but usable.
I went to sterilise the pump pieces tonight, using one of those microwavable steam bags just like I've done before (and not putting the handle bit in the bag). But when I assembled the pump, I noticed some bubbling in the plastic where the assembled pump attaches to the handle. In short, there is no suction and the pump is ineffective.
This is a bit of a problem, as I can feel myself on the way on engorgement as we speak. Will have to manually express for now, and hope he's really hungry.
My future options are as such:
- get a replacement part for the pump, or try to refund it
- rent the Medela Symphony pump from Mothercare
- purchase a lower-grade electric pump from Medela such as the Swing or the Mini Electric
I'm definitely going to try option 1, but am stuck as to the merits of option 2 vs 3. Does anyone have any thoughts/comments?