Manual vs electronic pump

[booklover164]

I wondered if anyone can tell me their experiences with the above? I plan on expressing once a day. I have borrowed a manual pump from a friend but I'm not sure whether to splash out and buy an electronic one- is it worth the expense? Thanks

If baby isn’t here yet I’d wait. All you really need before baby arrives is a Nusing bra and some nursing pads.

When baby arrives, I’d leave it at least 2 weeks before you express and you may find that a manual pump or hand expressing work fine for you

I’d wait and see how you go. I had a manual pump originally but couldn’t get enough from it. Electric pump had served me great! But some people are fine with the manual ones. If your one of them no point splashing out for electric as they can be pricey.

I found an electric one better than a manual, but both more hassle than they were worth. I’d spend the time DH gave a bottle expressing so to me there was no point. I had the best success with a naturebond pump off Amazon that was about £12 on offer. Stick it on one boob while baby feeds from the other and it does all the work. I got more milk using that than I did with the other two combined, and it didn’t waste any of my precious time. Only stopped using it when DD got a bit bigger and started kicking it off 🙈