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Breast pumps

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glittershoes · 16/05/2012 11:33

Hello, I am starting to look at which pump to buy and have been recommended the medela swing but I was wondering if anyone would be able to answer a few questions as I am clueless!

Firstly, can you use it with other brands of bottles or straight to storage bags and what are you experiences with it?

I am hoping to both breast feed and express for bottle feeds. I had a look at the medela mini electric as well (it is a fair bit cheaper) but the reviews all mention that it is ridiculously loud. Can any of you advise?

Big thank yous

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BuntyCollocks · 16/05/2012 17:03

I have the medela swing. It was fantastic, will be using again for dc2 no doubt. To pump the milk, you need to attach it to a medela bottle, but I then transferred that to either a storage bag (you can use any breastmilk storage bag), or to another bottle, depending on when it was required.

You could, I suppose in theory, pump directly into another bottle, or a storage bag, but the pump wouldn't be fixed to either of these, so you'd be balancing it all - and trust me, the phrase 'crying over splilt milk' really rings true when you lose 4oz you've spent half an hour pumping! You get one bottle with the pump anyway, and that was fine for me - just make sure you transfer the milk wherever it needs to go before you need to pump again!

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glittershoes · 16/05/2012 21:40

Thanks Bunty - great to know that you loved it, will start searching for deals!

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AKMD · 16/05/2012 22:02

What Bunty said but if you are planning on expressing full-time then don't even consider a single pump. If you're expressing once a day then a single is fine, any more than that then invest in a double. You can also hire doubles from the NCT or direct from Medela (have a look on their websites), which can also work out cheaper than buying them depending on how long you use them for.

MaMattoo · 16/05/2012 22:07

Medela swing. One of the best things I bought. Silent, efficient, easy to clean and did not make me feel depressed about the whole 'electric breast pump' needed idea.

AKMD · 16/05/2012 22:11

Oh, top tip with the Swing is that you can't leave the batteries in when it's plugged into the mains. I broke mine that way :(

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