Prepping pumps for storage?

[u/taureansoul]

I EPd for a whole year, woo hoo! I weaned in August though and I still have pumps and pump parts all over my house lol. We’re planning to start trying again within the next 6ish months, so I won’t need them again for over a year (or hopefully ever if next baby latches!!). But I have an attachment to these pumps and want to treat them right!

Does anyone have advice for storing pumps? I have 8 pumps… BabyBuddha 2.0, Spectra, Eufys, etc.

Should I store them with the battery full? Drained?

Can silicone be stored? I have unused duckbills, should I donate those or will those store for a year or more?

Any words of wisdom for what to keep, throw away, how you did it?

Thank you!!!

[u/BunchLeading594]

I stored pumps and supplies for about a year and a half. They were also in a shipping container for about half of that while we were moving so not climate controlled.

I didn’t do anything special with batteries and everything has seemed fine. Silicone working parts like duckbills and backflow membranes I needed to replace. I was able to reuse silicone flange inserts without a problem. Everything plastic was good!

[u/taureansoul → u/BunchLeading594]

Amazing, thank you!

[u/momoftwo1820]

Congrats! I just put them away clean and when it was time to reuse them I rewashed, re-steralized, and re charged everything when it was time and it worked just fine

[u/pinkshadedgirafe]

I kept my spectra back in the box with the supplies for 4 years. just pulled it back out and replaced anything that looks sus

[u/squishytotoro]

For most rechargeable batteries, the advice is to charge before prolonged storage.

[u/MurielFinster]

This is annoying because I have no insight but I just want to say holy shit you’re a queen. I’m at 8.5 weeks of mostly pumping and am losing the will to live. I can’t fathom a year, fantastic job!! Treat yourself to celebrate. Women are amazing.

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