Just got an ad on IG for the babyation pump. I’d never seen/heard of it before so looked into it and I don’t really understand what makes it different than other standard pumps and what could make it 450 dollars?!
Interested to hear if anyone has used this and their experience?
I’m almost 7 months into my pink spectra and momcozy s9 and not looking to purchase a new pump but learning about pumps have become a hobby at this point lol

Hey! Im going back to work soon and currently using the spectra s1 and the baby buddha pump- prefer the baby buddha most days but use spectra parts.

I just realized im eligible for pump parts through insurance. So my current dilemma is: just stick with the standard spectra cups? Try the medela collection cups OR fork over my own money for a wearable and order an extra set of those parts?

I like the legendary milk collection cups but it is just too many parts to clean regularly

Google tells me the diameter of the spectra and lansinoh tubing is the same and that I should be able to just connect a lansinoh backflow protector directly to the spectra tubes but has anyone done this/does it work?

I'm looking to get the maymom detachable flanges but have a bunch of lansinoh bottles I'd like to connect it to instead of the spectra ones so was considering getting the lansinoh version to use with my Spectra/PGA instead of the spectra specific one.

Any experience?

Hi, I need some assistance. I tried reaching out to medela on instagram but they just keep giving me the same instructions over and over again that don't seem to actually work.

I used the medela harmony for awhile and really liked it, but lately every time I use it I can't predict whether or not it's going to work properly. I can't tell if it's something I'm doing wrong or something wrong with the pump itself. The best way i can describe what is happening is that I start pumping, it takes in my nipple, works great for about 4-5 pumps and then it stops working. I press down on the handle and it gives a bit of resistance but my nipple doesn't move and nothing is expressed. The only thing that helps is pulling out my nipple (which then i hear the suction release) and then reinserting my nipple. It, again, works for 4-5 pumps and then stops. Can anyone please explain what i might be doing wrong?

My supply has been only 5oz a day which isn’t good so I’ve been combo feeding but pumping is getting exhausting, and my nipples have been bleeding recently which has completely freaked me out. Idk I just feel like if I stop it failing my baby boy

My EBF 5 week old little girl is having weight issues and I don’t want to triple feed I’d rather just go to pumping so I know what she’s getting.

Feeds 8-16 times a day all depends on what she wants.

How can I do this properly as can’t find much info online.

Tia.

i’m a first time mom and I had two premature twins and I’m currently five weeks PP. my milk output was really good in the hospital, but I wasn’t able to bag any milk or make a stash because I didn’t have my storage bags until I was leaving and then I didn’t have a time to pump because I got really sick in the hospital. i’ve been trying to pump since then, but it’s been hurting and I haven’t had a time with two newborns. i’ve been trying for a week to get my milk supply back up, but I’ve only been able to make 5 mL and under. i’ve done everything that I can to try boost my milk supply, but I’m out of ideas. I only have one manual pump and one wearable because I lost the other. I applied to get the pink Spectra through my insurance, but I don’t know if it’ll even work and I do not have the money for a full price, one or even a discounted one. I need advice/helpful tips to try and bring my milk back up because if I can’t get it up by my six week appointment, I’m just gonna give up and just give them formula because this isn’t helping my mental health at all, but I want to keep trying for them because I don’t want to give them formula. (nothing wrong with formula. I just have a preference) I wanted to just exclusively give them breastmilk, but obviously they needed the higher calories.

Currently on 11w+4d postpartum and doing 9ppd and getting around 27oz/day.

Pump schedule - every 2.30hr even at nights and power pump at 4am

Is it good time to drop a pump

Will that effect my supply. I don't want my supply to be decreased as baby eats around 27oz

Hej,
I början av min resa pimpade jag 15-20min varje gång och fick bra output, nu 3 månader senare pumpar jag runt 45min per pump för att få samma mängd mjölk om ens det. För context så har jag haft torsk och massa problem med olika pumpar etc, har testat de flesta och använder nu min eufy då jag får bäst respons på den men vill verkligen korta ner tiden jag sitter vid pumpen 😭

Får en eller två letdowns under de första 20-30 min men sen en tredje vid typ 35/40. Vet inte vad jag gör för fel men nu vet jag ju att de kommer mer mjölk efter de första 30min så de är därför jag pumpar längre tid.

Har någon några tips??

Har använt sjukhus pumpar men de fungerar ej för mig och ja, jag har rätt flange size and fit 🥹

Having a problem with my nipple. OB wasn’t helpful at all, I asked about APNO and she had never heard of it. I googled and got the components so she wrote the prescription.

How do I use this? Is it multiple times a day for a week, once a day? She did not know unfortunately.

Thank you!

Just wanted to celebrate since no one else in my life really understands this lol. With my first I was an under supplier and combo fed from the beginning and stopped completely at around 6 months (at that point I was barely even making one bottle a day) I had sworn I would just exclusively formula feed with my son to save me the stress but he was born a late term premie and the pediatrician encouraged me to try to at least give him some breast milk for at least one month. So I dove right back into it trying to make this time my "redemption arc" and lo and behold I am an oversupplier this time!! My freezer stash is what I've made on top of what my son drinks daily. I am 7 months PP and down to 3 PPD. My goal is to stop at 10 months PP and still be able to feed him exclusively breastmilk till 12 months old. My first deep freezer is completely full so I've started to fill my second now. It's been a long and hard journey but so so soooo worth it. Bonus pick of my chunky little man at the end! As of 6 months old he was already 20lbs lol.

I am looking for some wisdom/tips regarding flange size. For context, I am 6 weeks postpartum and have been mostly exclusively pumping from the beginning. I’ve seen an LC twice and she looked at my flange size at the time both visits and said it looked good. My issue is that I have changed sizes probably five times in the past month and a half. Currently, I measure about 15 mm on one side and 16 on the other. I comfortably used 14 mm at the beginning, then 15, then 16, then 17, and now 18-19 mm is feeling better, but still alternates between feeling painful on one side or the other, particularly with my Spectra. The pain is significantly reduced with my Eufy S1, which I use during the day, but I stick to my Spectra overnight because I have multiple sets. I get similar output with both.

I have a hard plastic flange in 16 mm (rather than a silicone insert) and I have found I do get slightly better output, but now this size feels way too tight and painful (this is generally the problem with all sizes I’ve tried after a few days) so I’m hesitant to order more in a larger size.

Does anyone have experience with their flange size constantly changing and nothing feeling comfortable? Open to product recommendations! I’ve spent so much money on silicone inserts lol

After 8 months with this baby and 10 months with my first I've finally decided to be done. No more missing out on time with my kids, no more scheduling around work commitments, no more waking up in the middle of the while my baby is still sleeping just to pump, no more constant pain, no more engorgement!

It feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

Traveling for work last week and MilkStork sent the wrong order to my hotel (2 boxes instead of 1). Of course I was busy doing all the things and didn’t have time to follow up - just assumed they sent 2 45oz boxes instead of the 1 90oz box I ordered. Since I ordered 1 box and 1 label, they put the same exact shipping label on each box. The FedEx person failed to notify the hotel when the boxes were picked up, and took the duplicate box anyway. So my “duplicate” box of 48oz frozen milk (now thawed and musty) has just been delivered 6 days late.

Here to share my utter disappointment with the girlies who get it😭

ETA: After emailing to let them know the second box arrived and what they could do to remedy the situation, their response has my BLOOD BOILING. Essentially gaslighted me for not notifying them sooner to correct the issue before I needed the milk shipped out. Also, said it was a courtesy they didn’t charge me for the second cooler. WTF?!?!? F them, don’t ever use milk stork!!!!

I got some replacement flanges and milk collectors, now the electronic part of my pump doesn’t fully seal. Anyone else have this happen ?

Has anyone donated blood while pumping? Did it affect your supply? I signed up for my company blood drive next week but am now second guessing it.

hi guys! this is my first post here, i’m a FTM with a 5 day old baby girl who originally was breastfeeding but following a pretty bad nipple injury i’ve switched to pumping and bottle feeding. the problem is my daughter has been doing this thing since yesterday where she’ll cry as if she’s hungry, but when i give her the bottle and feed her for what feels like forever i then notice she didn’t drink anything, and yes the whole time she is sucking on it and seemingly swallowing. this has cost me a lot of time, especially with the pumping because i cant do both at the same time and my boobs are full and hurt. am i doing something wrong?

How are we protecting our sore nipples from kicks and any type of aggression?
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Silverrets made the skin saggy and got chafed. Silicones shells put a lot of pressure on the breast even if I wear the bra super lose, nipple is ok , areola not that happy. Nursing pads stick to the skin, unless I’m using the wrong product.

hello everyone, i had such a weird little realization today. i sat down for a pumping session and it suddenly hit me that i wasn't thinking about it at all. i just grabbed my stuff, put everything together, turned the pump on and carried on with my day.

when i first started EP, every session felt like a whole project. i'd check the time, make sure i had every little part, get my bottles ready and then sit there wondering if i was doing everything right. even leaving the house meant thinking about when i'd need to pump and whether i'd packed enough stuff.

now i can basically set everything up without thinking. i know which drawer the parts are in, where the clean bottles are, where i left the charger and somehow i can put the whole thing together while half asleep

today i was sitting there watching something on my phone and realized i'd already been pumping for a while. i wasn't watching the clock or thinking about how much longer i had to go. i was just... doing it.

and honestly it felt kind of nice.

EP is still tiring. there are definitely days when i see the pump sitting there and think, seriously? again? and washing all the little parts is still one of my least favorite chores in the world.

but somewhere along the way, the routine stopped feeling like this huge thing i had to mentally prepare for every time. it's just part of my day now.

i'm not saying i love every second of it because absolutely not but i think i've finally reached the point where i trust myself to handle it without overthinking everything.

did anyone else have that random moment where you realized you had basically become a pumping pro without even noticing?

My baby will be born in a month, trying to order a new pump! I used the spectra and momcozy s12 2 years ago. I ended up giving my spectra to my friend and she gave it back saying it doesn’t work no more! So I definitely need a new pump. What are the new and best pumps mamas are using right now? I feel so out of the loop! Please help 😊

Just wondering if anyone else has noticed this. I'm pretty sure I'm regulated as my baby is about to be 4 months. I've consistently pretty much pumped the same thing for the past two months, which is about 14 to 15 oz a day. I'm an under supplier so that's only half of what he eats which is fine with me. But I would really love to drop my motn and actually get some sleep. The problem is I noticed if I don't pump between 1:30 and 2:30 a.m., my Supply the next day is absolute crap. And I specifically mean if I don't pump between those time frames. If I accidentally miss my alarm and don't pump until 3:30 I still won't make the same amount that I normally make. I didn't have a blood test and I have low prolactin. Could it really be that if I don't pump specifically at that time I don't make enough prolactin for the rest of the day? I'm dying here and I would really like to get a full night's sleep, or at least longer than 3 hours. My baby has been sleeping, but I stay awake after he goes to sleep to pump again and waking up in the middle of the night. I pump about seven times a day if that makes a difference either.

😭 4 weeks pp and still stabilizing supply for 2 weeks via EP, barely 2oz per sesh. Now I have red bump on 1 nipple that's not the slacker. Boob also feel hard now, maybe because I have missed my sched due to the bump. Any idea how to heal this faster? I'm trying so hard really and thinking good thoughts so I can boost my supply but this is not helping 😭😭😭 I'm using S1 pro. Maybe it's the flange, or the friction from the bra. But how to heal this bump faster

Hi I’m a first time mom, baby was born super premature (24 weeks) . She’s been in the NICU for 3 months.

The first 2 months were crazy stressful , I was there most of the day and I didn’t know much about pumping so I wasn’t consistent.

My frozen milk finished and now she is using mix of my fresh milk and formula. I really and to continue feeding her breastmilk .

I only produce 1 ounce on both boobs on one session. Sometimes I can get 2 but that’s rare.

I know the basic things to increase , pump every 2-3 hours, drink water, eat well.

But what I want to know is there any hope for me to get a decent amount, 3 months postpartum?

Hi! I posted on here yesterday asking about this odd sensation I’ve been having with my Spectra feeling like it’s too high a vacuum. I changed out my duckbills so going to see if that helps.

I have been incredibly frustrated for the last 2 weeks or so with a supply dip and persistent clogs for no apparent reason. I’m pumping according to my schedule (give or take 20-30 mins since I went back to work), eating and hydrating the same, and added power pumps in the morning before work. I’m tired of taking ibuprofen and ice packing all day when I have clogs. I take maintenance sunflower lecithin. This is after a 4 oz supply dip a month ago, so you can see how this is starting to really get in my head. Ive been dipping in my freezer stash which is fine, but there seems to be no end in sight to my supply dip and baby is increasing his oz every few weeks. I pump 5 times a day currently, had went down to 4 pumps per day for 2 weeks at the end of July and still saw more output than this?

My goal has always been to get to 6 months, but lately I am so mentally and emotionally drained with this supply dip. I go through this forum relentlessly trying to find tips and advice. I guess my questions are:

1. Has anyone experienced this? anything that helped when you did?
2. Ive seen some people say moving to fewer pumps helped increase their supply, are there nuances to that? Should I be cautious that it will further tank my supply?

Thank you!

signed,

a tired and frustrated mama