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I pump every 2 - 4 hrs. We have been renting an Ameda hospital grade, but I have talked with other mothers who pumped for their cleft babies and used the pump in style or similar pumps with sucsess. I would like to buy my own for several reasons:
1. Save money in the long run - DS has another operation in July and I would like to pump at least until after the operation. He may be able to BF after the operation because they will be sewing up his soft palate. I am also planing on having at least one more child. So it seems silly to keep renting.
2. I want a system that is portable.
I like the idea of the whisper wear, but would hate to buy a system and not have it work out. Any recommendations?
I've only used a hospital rental and the Ameda Purely Yours and of course the Avent, which is not a double pump. Have you checked out PumpMoms on yahoo? They are an awesome resource. You probably already have huh? I love my Purely Yours. I got it b/c it was cheaper than the PIS, but it has worked wellf or me. There are several moms on the group that pimp exclusively using the Purely Yours.
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mama to Aria 9, Leighton 6 and Ziona 4 and Psalm Zion 2
I've used hopital grade pumps and the Ameda Purely Yours (similar to the Medela Pump In Style). My favorite still, by a landslide, is the manual Avent Isis. You could even buy 2 and use them together. I have had the absolute best luck with that pump. HTH!
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Jo ~ mama to Jonah, 7 ; Analiyse, 6 ; Josephine, 3 and Luna, 7~5~08 ; Lover and best friend to Adrian .
make sure to look at the warranty, no matter what you buy. The medela double ease only has a warranty for 90 days and is loud and jerky - avoid it.
I have never heard good things about the whisper wear - other than a few moms here on amity.
I sell everything medela makes - I am a lactation counselor and own a retail bf store. I would say that a pump in style original for $240 makes the most comparable sense to the pump you are currently using - of anything for personal use that medela makes. The medela advanced is terrific but it has a completely different suction pattern - stick with what you are used to. That advice applies to the whisper wear, too - a very different action, stick with what you know works for you.
Feel free to pm me if I can help further (or sell a pump to you ) Cathy
eta: I justified this purchase by saying it was either the $300 for the pump or $300 in formula! You know what we'd all chose It's truly the best pump I've tried. I've tried Avent manual, Playtex Embrace (left my nipples so sore...this was before pregnancy) and the Medela Lactina. I get the most milk from the Avent electric.
I really like the idea of the hands freeness of the wisper wear, but I havent heard anything about how well it works. I was planning on asking my lc tomorrow. I rented the symphony for a week and it seemed to work alright. I got it when she was 4 days old, my milk had come in on day 2 and still wasnt that plentiful so I would get maybe 1oz total after 30-45 min. Now, on day 15, I got 1/2 oz from a very leaky breast (while she nursed on the other side) in about 2 min with the Isis. Yesterday I got about 1/2oz from each in about 10 min a side.
How long does it take to start getting sevral oz? I am bfar so I may never be able to get a whole bunch no matter what pump I use, but I am kinda curious.....
the average serving size, for an exclusively bf baby, is a TOTAl of 3 oz combined from both sides , from age 1 month to 6 months. Now the only way to arrive at average is to measure every nursing volume and divide it by the number of eatings. The average serving size can actually range by 60-70% during the day.
A newborn baby needs an average 1-2 oz combined from both breasts, per feeding, from birth to about 2 weeks. From 2 weeks to a month it increases.
So - it sounds like you were doing fine with the expressed amount, both in the beginning and now.
The closer to 'full' the breast is the slower the production of milk. The body is designed to not damage itself - and so while it sounds great to express 5 oz per breast at the same time it might also mean that those full breasts were making significantly less milk per hour than breasts that just expressed 2 ounces per side.
There is also the subject of storage capacity.Larger breasts tend to 'store' more capacity than smaller breasts and so that larger breasted mom may need to nurse less often than the smaller breasted mom - but at the end of the day both moms will have produced just about the exact same volume. One nurses more often than the other - but they provide the same.
; Analiyse, 6 
; Josephine, 3 
and Luna, 7~5~08 
; Lover and best friend to Adrian 
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