Breast Milk Supply & Production: Myself, First Years

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Is First Years or Evenflo Breast Pumps Any Good?

When my son and daughter were born premature, the WIC offices where I lived provided a motorized Medella pump supplied from a medical supply store. Obviously this was very good. I know that Medellas are sold in Target but I also seen other brands. Is there an "off" brand ie, Evenflo, First Years, etc. that is comparable but without the price??

Mother's Milk Tea

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Breast Milk Supply Is Dwindling!

My son is 4 months. He's been strictly on breastmilk. I'm a SAHM. I pump and nurse. I started pumping at 2 weeks because I had such an oversupply. I had 20 oz per day to freeze on top of nursing my son 6-8 times a day. Anyway, since I was in so much pain, hooked to a machine 24/7, and obviously didn't need to produce that much, I talked to my lactation consultant about regulating my supply. It went down, so I was comfortable but I still had extra so I could pump a bottle or two. Well now, my son will nurse, act full and go play. Then...