BumbleBee
There are so many options! I am doing my registry for the baby shower and im getting more and more confused the more research I do, everyone has so many mixed opinions on every product. I am a first time mommy and I am a little unclear on how much i will need to be pumping and storing milk, as well. I'm not working now but how does pumping work when you are not at home and get engorged while you are out? Did you breast feed in public or bring pumped milk with you? Also, what bottles do I store milk in, does the brand or type matter? Can I freeze milk in the storage bags?
I know this is a lot of questions, but any other information you think is necessary will help! Thank you so much ladies :)
Also, what brands of pumps did you like best and would recommend?
Answer
Electric pumps are much more efficient but also much more expensive. If you think you will be pumping on a regular basis at all, buy an electric one. I use a Medela Pump in Style but I have heard good things about Ameda brand too. If you unsure how much you will be pumping or you can always get a manual one (which are never bad to have around anyway) since they are cheap and then you can rent an electric one from the hospital until you know if you will want/need one. Personally, I hate pumping, so if I did not have to work I would just always breastfeed and have a manual one around in case of an emergency or to create a little supply in my freezer. You can always ask for gift cards and buy the electric pump later if you think you want it.
I store my milk in the Medela bags, they work great! You can store in the regular freezer for 5 months or a deep freezer for a year. I use Playtex Drop In bottles to feed him but there are a lot of bottles out there that work well for breastfed babies. Just pick what seems best for you but do not buy too many until you know he/she will take them. Just get one or two to start you out and then go and buy more once you know he/she is ok with them because a lot of babies reject certain or any bottle!
When I out with my baby I just find private places to feed him. I like to use the dressing room at department stores or some bathrooms have a nice sitting area with a couch that is separate from the he actual bathroom that I will use with a blanket over me. Babies R Us and some bigger malls have rooms for nursing moms to use too! I also feed him in my car a lot. I sit in the backseat (with the A/C or heat on if need be) and feed him. It works well. If I am going to be at a place that I know will be hard for me to breastfeed him I will take a bottle but I do get really engorged feeling and will have to breastfeed him in the car when we are leaving or pump when I get home to relieve it! The older hje gets the easier it is. Until recently breastfeeding him anywhere but home was somewhat stressful- but we have our routines down and he is much faster and better at eating now. So do not get discouraged at first when it is difficult, that is normal and IT DOES get easier :)
Electric pumps are much more efficient but also much more expensive. If you think you will be pumping on a regular basis at all, buy an electric one. I use a Medela Pump in Style but I have heard good things about Ameda brand too. If you unsure how much you will be pumping or you can always get a manual one (which are never bad to have around anyway) since they are cheap and then you can rent an electric one from the hospital until you know if you will want/need one. Personally, I hate pumping, so if I did not have to work I would just always breastfeed and have a manual one around in case of an emergency or to create a little supply in my freezer. You can always ask for gift cards and buy the electric pump later if you think you want it.
I store my milk in the Medela bags, they work great! You can store in the regular freezer for 5 months or a deep freezer for a year. I use Playtex Drop In bottles to feed him but there are a lot of bottles out there that work well for breastfed babies. Just pick what seems best for you but do not buy too many until you know he/she will take them. Just get one or two to start you out and then go and buy more once you know he/she is ok with them because a lot of babies reject certain or any bottle!
When I out with my baby I just find private places to feed him. I like to use the dressing room at department stores or some bathrooms have a nice sitting area with a couch that is separate from the he actual bathroom that I will use with a blanket over me. Babies R Us and some bigger malls have rooms for nursing moms to use too! I also feed him in my car a lot. I sit in the backseat (with the A/C or heat on if need be) and feed him. It works well. If I am going to be at a place that I know will be hard for me to breastfeed him I will take a bottle but I do get really engorged feeling and will have to breastfeed him in the car when we are leaving or pump when I get home to relieve it! The older hje gets the easier it is. Until recently breastfeeding him anywhere but home was somewhat stressful- but we have our routines down and he is much faster and better at eating now. So do not get discouraged at first when it is difficult, that is normal and IT DOES get easier :)
question about an electric breast pump?
sweetteama
do you recomend the playtex petite electric breat pump. Ive heard dif. things about it. thanks
Answer
Noooooo, I do not recommend this pump.
Pros are:
-Decent priced for a double electric
-works well (good suction and I get a lot of milk)
-can be used with many different types of bottles (the drop in system gets annoying when pumping, unless you're gonna pump and feed right away)
However...... There are so!!! many nooks and crannies to clean on this pump, it is nearly impossible to sterilize....
-The plastic nipple shield has a backflow preventing lip which is very deep and narrow and you have to stretch the plastic around to get in every angle.
-the worse part is the plastic housing that the nipple shield attaches to that flows the milk into the bottle, the canal that the milk flows through is SO narrow I have not found a bottle brush small enough to clean in it, and so I have resorted to cleaning it with soap and water with a q-tip!! Every time.......So time consuming and annoying, and after I sterilize it with boiling water, the canal is too narrow to dry properly and I STILL get mold forming.....so now I've been drying it out afterwards with dry q-tips....
also this piece has unnecessary bevels and edges that you have to run your fingernail along to clean even scrubbing with bottle brushes or scrubbing with cloths doesnt get it clean, and they seem to serve no purpose whatsoever.
Despite the good price and how well it works, it takes so long to clean every time I use it I am considering just biting the bullet and buying something different....
Noooooo, I do not recommend this pump.
Pros are:
-Decent priced for a double electric
-works well (good suction and I get a lot of milk)
-can be used with many different types of bottles (the drop in system gets annoying when pumping, unless you're gonna pump and feed right away)
However...... There are so!!! many nooks and crannies to clean on this pump, it is nearly impossible to sterilize....
-The plastic nipple shield has a backflow preventing lip which is very deep and narrow and you have to stretch the plastic around to get in every angle.
-the worse part is the plastic housing that the nipple shield attaches to that flows the milk into the bottle, the canal that the milk flows through is SO narrow I have not found a bottle brush small enough to clean in it, and so I have resorted to cleaning it with soap and water with a q-tip!! Every time.......So time consuming and annoying, and after I sterilize it with boiling water, the canal is too narrow to dry properly and I STILL get mold forming.....so now I've been drying it out afterwards with dry q-tips....
also this piece has unnecessary bevels and edges that you have to run your fingernail along to clean even scrubbing with bottle brushes or scrubbing with cloths doesnt get it clean, and they seem to serve no purpose whatsoever.
Despite the good price and how well it works, it takes so long to clean every time I use it I am considering just biting the bullet and buying something different....
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