Medela Swing Electric Breast Pump

My son is 3 months old and has been exclusively breast fed since birth. He's always been slim, and his weight gain has been steady but slow, and this week the doctor ordered us to give him a bottle of formula in the evenings, as it appears my supply is low. I really want him to carry on with exclusive breast milk, and so whilst using formula for a bit, I am aiming to increase my supply. Hence purchasing the Medela pump. I have previously been using the Tommee Tippee manual pump, and whilst not having any problems with it, its a bit time consuming and my hand always feels like it's going to drop off afterwards! I also wondered if an electric pump would produce ...  Read the complete review

When my son was born he spent a week in SCBU due to jaundice and had problems latching on so I used one of the medela electric pumps to express milk for him to be feed via a tube and a cup initially till he was well enough to feed properly. When I went home I wanted to use a pump to express so if there was any problems he could have some expressed milk again. I bought this electric breast pump after find using a manual breast pump frustrating and difficult to use ( tommee tippee). Bit about the pump- the manufacturers claim the special 2-Phase pumping system is to closely mimics babies' natural suckling rhythm What this means is it starts of with a ...  Read the complete review

I had bought a manual pump to back me up on breastfeeding, but we ended up being admitted to a children's ward with weight loss. After a day of battling with sore hands and decreasing milk supply, I saw the breastfeeding specialist midwife who told me that I would never stimulate supply with a manual and I was put on a hospital machine. On discharge we bought this, and within 2 days of being discharged, I had enough milk for my little boy to be exclusively on breastmilk. The pump is more comfortable than a manual, but seems to get more out. The stimulate and let down cycle seems to assist in this, with a let down button to help you stay in control. You can ...  Read the complete review

with my first 3 children I had always used a manual pump as an occassional backup so that my other half could also feed the children or so my mother in law could babysit so we could have an evening out. I bought a new manual pump when my 4th baby was born planning to do the same thing but because he was so good at sleeping the first week or so and my milk supply was so great I quickly got an infection and feeding him was agony but I didn't want to give up breast feeding so decided to express till I was feeling better the only problem was the amount of time it took to express each feed so I decided to try an electric pump to see if it increased the expressing time any and ...  Read the complete review