Avent Isis Breast Pump

INTRODUCTION I was planning on breast feeding baby before he was born, although I never kept to it with my youngest child when he was born. I was determined to keep to it this time around. Although the only downside to that was my partner was unable to feed baby, so getting a breast pump was going to take away the downside and my partner is able to feed baby. Let me tell you more about the pump. ABOUT THE PUMP The avent breast pump is a manual pump that helps to express milk for bottle feeding, there is no discomfort in using the pump although if you do have tender breast then I wouldn’t advise using it. And although the pump is easy to ...  Read the complete review

I was adamant i wanted to breast feed but my baby wasnt taking as much milk as i was producing so for weeks my breasts were very tender and painful as they were that full they were at bursting point so i decided to buy one of these to express the milk i wasnt using and also then some one else could feed her instead of me all the time. This breast pump comes in lots of pieces which is ideal for steralising it and washing it but does take a bit of getting used to when putting it tgether. It is realy easy to use and you can use it with or with out the rubber inser in the cone at the top, i found it more comfortable to use the rubber insert but that i ...  Read the complete review

As my son was born 7 weeks premature he spent the first few weeks of his life being tube fed therefore when the time came for me to breast feed ? he refused. I had been expressing my milk, every 2-3 hours and storing it in the fridge so he could be given my milk as and when needed. I had been given the use of a hospital electric pump during his time in the Neo Natal unit but it soon came time for him to go home and I was pump less. First, I tried a Medela Electric Pump, which the hospital district nurse brought over on a home visit. This is the type they use in the hospitals. I thought, "This thing is great, I have to have one." I pictured my freezer ...  Read the complete review

The Avent Isis Breast Pump consists of an assembly of pieces made of clear and white plastic which click and screw together to form an easy to operate and comfortable breast pump. Although there are a number of parts they dismantle simply to allow for easy cleaning and sterilising. Assembly takes a few goes to get used to it and you may occasionally have to reassemble it if the suction doesn't seem to be working properly, it's likely that it just didn't seal the first time. Sadly, the plastic used to form the breast pump is quite brittle. Within the first six weeks of using the pump the piece that joins the bottle to the pump had cracked in two ...  Read the complete review

I read the instructions, have a warm bath, prepare the breastpump and get myself psyched up ready for it! My nipples have been nibbled away by Reuben and have taken a bit of a battering and are proving that breastfeeding isn’t necessarily painless! I relax … take a deep breath … it really can’t hurt that much can it? I tell myself how beneficial it will be for me to express some milk. My husband can take over with some of the feeds … (night time ones of course!!) I could go out again and begin to have a social life once more … perhaps have the odd drink ….. ok … ok … convinced … time to ...  Read the complete review