Working Mom Looking for Medela Products in Loop

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Hi T.,

Parkway Drugs is a pharmacy in the playboy building (in between Huron and Erie on N. Lake Shore Dr.), where my pediatrician's office is. There many be other places closer to where you work, but this place sells all sorts of Medela and other breast feeding-related things.

Good luck!
C.

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Hi T., I know Parkway Drugs in the 680 N. Lakeshore building sold everything you needed. They may even deliver. Good luck.

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You may be able to find the bags at a pharmacy like Walgreens or CVS.

Parkway drugs that some other posters referenced does sell Medela products, they do deliver, and they also rent Medela hospital grade pumps...so if something should happen and your pump is not working, you can call them for that as well. According to one of my friends, Parkway has a monthly rate, but if you only need the pump on an emergency basis, you can negotiate a weekly or daily rate as well. She rented a pump from them because she didn't have very good luck getting milk with her PIS (I use one and it is fine for me)...she had extra pump parts delivered to our law firm in the loop one day when she forgot them. Good luck! My baby is almost 6 months (also have an almost 22 mo old) and have been pumping at work for this one since I went back at 12 weeks! Tough sometimes, but totally worth it
Also Lansinoh bags are sold at the Walgreens by me and they are great too!

I had the best luck (not downtown specifically, but in general) at the 'old' drugstores that weren't chains. There's a great on at Fullerton and Clark for example.

If you are close to any hospitals, a lot of them have places where you can get nursing supplies. You said that you are in the south loop, I know that Rush has a store devoted to breastfeeding supplies.

Good Luck

T.:

have you looked on the Medela website for a location in the loop? ( www.medela.com)

P., RLC, IBCLC
Breastfeeding and Parenting Solutions

How about ordering on-line? Although I didn't order storage bags, I did order replacement parts on-line. Cannot remember website since that was 2 years ago. I Googled Medela Breast Pump and then shopped around for best deal. I got the membranes for like $1 a piece and they were like $4 or so for 2 in Babies R Us.