Choosing a Breast Pump

How to choose a breast pump? A few years ago, pediatricians advised women to express their milk after each feeding of their baby. At present, it is believed that breastfeeding, which is properly organized, does not require the expressing of milk. It is produced the same amount that the baby needs, and additional pumping can lead to the appearance of excess milk, and subsequently to lactostasis. But nevertheless there are such cases, when you can not do without pumping, for example, with the illness of a nursing mother or during the weaning of the baby from the breast. Many women expressing their hands as a painful and uncomfortable procedure, which is why the creators of breast pumps came to their aid. In which cases without this device really can not do.

1. Separation of mother with child. If the mother or baby gets to the hospital, where their joint residence is impossible, or if the woman needs to work or study, then there is simply no way to do without a breast pump. With it, breastfeeding can be saved.

2. The baby was born prematurely, it is weak and can not suckle. Breast milk is very important for such a child, so the mother of the premature baby needs to express and give the baby milk.

3. A woman should take medicines that are incompatible with breastfeeding. In this case, you need to wean the baby for a while and after the treatment is over, you can continue breastfeeding. With the help of a breast pump a woman will keep lactation (it needs to be expressed six times a day).

4. A lactating woman develops mastitis or lactostasis. This is usually due to the fact that the mother incorrectly puts the baby to the chest. Because of this, the duct of the mammary gland is clogged, and then a compaction is formed. In order to avoid the stagnation of milk, it is necessary to decant by means of the device until the compaction disappears.

Types of breast pumps.

To date, there are electrical and mechanical models. With the help of some, you can express both breasts, which saves time. This breast pump is suitable for frequent expression. The high cost and noise generated by electric breast pumps are their main drawbacks. There are three types of mechanical devices for expressing: a breast pump with a pear, a piston pump and a pump pump. The piston is effective in work, it is silent and gives the chance to express milk in a bottle. The breast is massaged with a special silicone nozzle. Such a breast pump is suitable for regular expression, but a woman with a prolonged use of it can get very tired hands. Another drawback of piston devices is fragility. The pump pump has a pear and a plastic horn. It costs cheap. Its drawback is the lack of a special container for breast milk. The breast pump with the pear acts in the same way as the pump pump. But unlike him, the breast pump has a bottle with a pear, and milk is expressed in it. It is cheap. Lack of breast pump with pear - low efficiency.

Popular models of breast pumps.

The Philips model is the AVENT reciprocating breast pump, which is not inferior in performance to electrical ones. Milk can be expressed in sterile containers or a bottle. The advantage of the Philips AVENT breast pump is its ease of use.

The most common model of the manufacturer Medela - piston unit Medela Harmony. Its main advantages are a fast rhythm that stimulates the production of breast milk, and a slow rhythm that allows you to gently decant.

Lactaline breast pump, manufactured by Ameda, is also convenient. It allows you to express milk from two breasts at the same time. It can operate from mains and from batteries. The manufacturer Nuk popular model is the breast pump E-MOTION. The intensity of expressing changes easily thanks to the flow rate regulator. E-MOTION can work both on batteries and on the network.

Piston breast pump Chicco One Hand (manufactured by Chicco) provides a gentle position for decantation thanks to a funnel that is tilted at an angle. The company "World of Childhood" produces a pump device for expressing with a pear. It is impossible to predict which breast pump will appeal to you personally. But you will be able to choose an effective and convenient device.