My Breast Friend: Philips
4 articles
Breast Pump Recommendation
Asked by B.S. from Grand Rapids
on January 15, 2010
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I have a friend who has to return to work after her baby is born but is determined to continue feeding her baby breast milk and wants to pump but does not know what pu...
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- Medela double electric pump
- She will absolutely want a dual pump for going back to work. I took the Medela Pump and Style to work with me. It was great. It took me about 10 minutes to pump. A...
- She should check with her insurance company to see if they will pay for her pump. My SIL got hers while in the hospital and the insurance company payed for the whole ...
Any Good Breast Pumps?
Asked by K.S. from Chicago
on February 7, 2008
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I'm having my first child in april and I'm wondering what kind of breast pump to get. I plan to return back to work after the baby is born. There's so many different k...
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- The Medela Pump in Style is great. I bought one in 2004 after my first daughter was born, went back to work and pumped until she was 1. Then I got it out after my se...
- The Medela electric double pumps are the best but quite expensive (@$200-$300!!). See if you can get one used from a friend and just buy new hoses and shields at a ph...
- I have the Medela pump in style, it was like $300 but well worth it, I can pump both sides at the same time in like 15 min, and you can plug it in, use batteries or bu...
Trouble with Breastfeeding. Help?!
Asked by K.T. from Indianapolis
on February 28, 2012
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Is it me? my baby girl and i started out good with breastfeeding at the hospital. then the day we brought her home she was so so. if she was extremely hungry she latch...
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- I had serious troubles with both my babies. Failed to BF with one and succeeded with the other. The difference was proper professional help and support at home. Go ...
- My son is now 8 weeks and we had similar problems. At the hospital he would only latch on the right side and refused to take the left side and it was very frustrati...
- Sounds like a bad latch to me. You can find a lactation specialist, or watch about a million videos online, and try to teach yourself. I recommend sticking with it, ...
Registering
Asked by M.M. from Norfolk
on August 4, 2011
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What are some must haves for first babies? We are about to register and we need to know life savers and best buys:)
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- 1. Read reviews online. I did not register at the store. I registered for everything ONLINE. 2. My SIL registered for like 20 things total. She got a lot of gift c...
- I agree w/ Denise-not as much as you think you need. :) Everyone is different. Everyone parents different, and every baby is different. Things I could not have live...
- Congratulations!! Must haves for me were: boppy pillow swing bouncy seat burp clothes(I used cloth diapers for this cause they were bigger and thicker) bott...
