Breast pumps

[Bibby26]

I may be having a c section much earlier than expected so I’m a bit concerned about feeding so thought I’d look into expressing.

Can anyone recommend a particularly good one that isn’t the crazy expensive Elvie one? Or is it trial and error and it’s just luck?

Also hand pump or electric? It’s a minefield out there!

I just used a tomme tippee hand pump as I knew I didn’t want to do it long term and was only using it to encourage my milk to come in

@Willow4987 that makes sense about hand vs electric now! thank you so much 😊

I have an elvie and an avent electric. Both good. In terms of non electric, everyone raves about the Hakka.

Ive got a spectra and hand held tommee tippe. I love the spectraand have used it day and night so dar forover 3 months x

I’d be inclined to hold off until you know what your requirements are. For the first few days you’d be shown how to hand express into a syringe as it’s just drops anyway. If you’re struggling in hospital they will give you a pump to use whilst there. Most places seem to have the Medela Symphony. You can hire these for e.g. a month for about £40 and if you’re referred by the hospital you usually get a discount. If it’s just for milk coming in then that’s that covered. They’re about £2000 to buy!

I have a Medela swing which I went for because I’d used the Medela Symphony in hospital. It is good, bit noisy and not quite as good as the £2000 hospital one! You might want to pump later so someone else can feed or to add to food when weaning but that’s not a newborn decision you jeee to make right at the start if everything is going smoothly.