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Practice Using Your Breast Pump Before Your Baby Arrives

Feel like you need a Ph.D. in engineering to figure out how to use that new breast pump? Call up an expert friend (i.e., a mom with a couple of kids) and get a little tutoring before the big day. When your boobs swell up to Goodyear blimps, the last thing you're going to want to be doing is craning your neck over them to read directions.

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monkeybuttsmom1
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9/3/2009 - 2:31AM
Report Abuse 		I haven't had any problems all Ihad to go on was the instruction manual the nurses at the hospital tried to show me how to put the pump together but they hadn't dne it before either. only problem I have is How do I build up supply so I have some to store?
preggiefairy
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9/2/2009 - 12:40PM
Report Abuse 		Been sick in bed for almost a week now... I just hope I'm fine & back to my energetic self before our little trooper arrives. Hold thumbs!!
Summer09
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6/26/2009 - 12:16PM
Report Abuse 		well im 32 weeks with my first and i got a pump and have no idea how to use it and i also dont work well with pain, hope it doesnt hurt too bad. But I have no choice anyways.
itoshii_na_koi
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4/20/2009 - 11:30PM
Report Abuse 		That has been my biggest question. Thankfully there are a lot of resources in my community. Free classes and also nurses who are dedicated to just assisting with breast feeding.
Godsgrace1
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3/29/2009 - 12:38PM
Report Abuse 		Funny I am not afraid of Labor but the thought of breast feeding and getting it right.
Larachristine
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3/17/2009 - 8:08AM
Report Abuse 		I always used a single manual hand pump. I have been given the expensive electric double but I could never get the pressure right. I like to have the ability to control the pressure and frequency. It's a bit of a work out, but I mainly use it only when I have extra and baby is sleeping thru a feeding or something.
mlsloan7
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3/10/2009 - 1:04PM
Report Abuse 		I think this is TOP ADVICE I cannot stress enough. I had no clue on how hard it was to BF until I had the baby. It took me 2 days and I was a mess. I didn't manage to build up, she was constantly hungry so I had to depend on formula. I gave it my best for 6 months and so far she is quite healthy, but it broke my hopes of fully feeding her. The pumps are soo expensive! Check your insurance carrier, you never know if you can rent one from the hospital and it can be covered. OF course there are some parts you will need to buy, but still much less than buying the whole thing to use. ALSO! a manual can come in handy at anytime. If you work FT, talk to your company to see who they handle new moms. Other than breaks and lunch times, you have a time to pump.
craftymama
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2/10/2009 - 12:11PM
Report Abuse 		my friend came over and gave me a demo. it don't know what i would have done without it! once you use it once it's so easy...but before that it's seams sooooo strange and complicated!


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