Help! Breast pump - who makes more sense? Me or DH?

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I am a first time mum and planning to breast feed and pump (all being well!).

I have said to my DH we should get a pump before the baby is born (the baby is arriving in a couple weeks or so). As far as I am aware, most people get the pump beforehand and for the following reasons:

• Sterilise the equipment ready to use
• Figure out how the pump works before you need it (and not try to do so while exhausted whilst getting to grips with a newborn)
• Have it ready to go for when we get home from hospital
• Check it isn't faulty

However my DH said let's see how things go in case we end up just using formula/not needing it and we can get it on Amazon Prime for if necessary. He believes I am being overly cautious and should go with the flow with it.

Just wondering what you did / would advise! x

@Parkandride you can sort of manually express using your hands and the haakaa as an aid (eg this would be good for relieving engorgement or at a pinch if you needed to express on the odd occasion when you don't have a pump to hand), but it's more useful using while you are breastfeeding on the other boob. It catches the let down but because of the suction effect, it kind of also draws additional milk out at the same time. If you were regularly wanting to just fully express by itself then you'll want a pump (in my experience).