When my son was born I wanted to beast feed him however I felt uncomfortable doing it while out and about. So I decided I would try expressing as at least I could bottle feed while I was out but it would still be my breast milk.

I looked at various different types of breast pumps the electric type pumps were expensive and as I didn't know how well it would work I wanted something cheap. I found the Tommee Tippee manual breast pump at the Asda baby event for £10.00. It was the cheapest one I had found and as I had already used Tommee Tippee products before I trusted the quality of them.

When I got home I took all the bits and pieces out I was actually surprised at how much was in there, as you get a microwave steriliser to use to sterilise all bits of the breast pump (this looks like a small lunchbox!), the actual breast pump, 1 x bottle, a milk container with lid and some breast pads! I sterilised them as it advises you to do. Then comes the fun of assembling it! Although it looks daunting it is actually quite simple as there are only 3 parts that have to clip together and the instructions are incredibly easy to follow, I had assembled mine in less then 30 seconds!

The actual cup is a soft rubbery plastic which fits around your breast, there is pictures in the instruction leaflet to show you how to fit it correctly. You then have to pull the trigger of pump and pump it. It is slightly uncomfortable as your breast is sucked into the cup but as the milk begins to flow it becomes less so. I found every now and again while pumping the cup would slip a bit and so the 'seal' was broken meaning I would have to reposition it and this seemed to disrupt the flow of milk that would come out until I got into a rhythm again.

I have to say that I only ever used it twice this was because I found it hard work to express any milk really. Both times I was expressing for around 40 minutes and never got more then 3oz which just wasn't enough for my little milk guzzler! I have to say I don't think this is through fault of the product as it really did feel as though it was squeezing every last drop out of me, I just believe I may not have produced that much milk. Another thing was that the trigger is quite hard to pump and after a while it really did start to ache my hand!

I think if your someone who has the time to express then this would be ideal for you as I just found it too time consuming.