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Electric V Manual breast pumps
Im looking at Breast pumps and am wondering if anyone has any advice on which to get? Are the electric ones worth the extra money compared to a manual?
Thanks x
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I had this dilemma too. I think it's depends on how much you intend to express. I bought a manual one as I thought I would see how that went first before spending ??89 on a electric pump. Not only that you might only breast feed for a little while as not everything always goes according to plan.
I got the phillips avent manual pump of which was fine for me I most certainly got my moneys worth out of it. I think it also depends how fast your milk supply is mine was quite fast so it only took about 15/20mins to express 4 oz. If it had taken ages I would have gone for a electric pump.
Hope this helps
Annie
I had a free manual one from Nuby in a giveaway they were running. It does the job, but you end up with hand ache, and that particular one leaks so end up wasting milk.
I bought the medela mini electric and it is great. I use it for 10 mins on each side every morning. It is noisy but so much easier to use than a manual.
Hope that helps!
xxx