Does everybody need Breast pump to feed his baby as if they intend to breast feed?

Question

which one is gud? Manul or Electric and which brand?? From where i can buy cheap??

Answer 1

You don't need a pump if you intend to breast feed unless you are going to express if someone is looking after your baby.

Answer 2

Of course not.  If that were true none of us would even exist.  Don't buy one unless you decidedly want one.

Answer 3

I wish the trolls would atleast leave Obber's non-offensive information posts alone.

Answer 4

I had a manual and electric i got the manual free from the hospital and it is good when you first start cause you nipples will HURT i got a manual from wal mart the gerber i think and it worked great it was about 40 dollars for the double and 30 for the single!  Hunt around they all do the same thing but I would recomend def getting a electric it takes less time to pump!  But the manual is def good for the beginning because you can stop if it hurts to bad GOOD LUCK! :)

Answer 5

It just all depends.

If you're comfortable with breastfeeding in public, there's almost no reason to have a breast pump.

But given that you will likely spend SOME time away from baby (Sunday School nursary perhaps), it's handy to have some sort of pump so that you can try to prepare bottles of breastmilk before hand.

Now it is possible to hand-express breast milk, but even a cheap hand pump is going to be much more efficient.

At a minimum, I would suggest a single manual hand pump.  We've liked the Avent, partly because we had been using their system of bottles and such, but also because of the handy assesories that came with this particular pump.  The manual pump is small enough to take anywhere.  So for those that are not comfortable breastfeeding in public, it's easy enough to descreatly fill a bottle to feed baby from.

For the most part, manual v. electric comes down to how often you wind up using a pump.  Electrics are quite handy if you find yourself needing to try to increase your supply, becasue the typical instructions from a doctor will be to feed the baby, then attempt to pump for an additional 10 minutes on each breast, even if nothing is comming out.

We got lucky and had someone give us an electric pump.  We used that at home to help build up supply, as well as build a supply to store in the frig/freezer.  The hand pump then when everywhere DW went bacause she wasn't too keen on the idea of breastfeeding in public.

Answer 6

You don't have to have one, but it's nice.  If you are going to breastfeed exclusively and you don't have a pump, you'll never be able to leave your baby for more than very short periods of time.  You can rely on formula when you're out to avoid the pump, but if you're anti-formula, the pump is about your only option to get some time by yourself.  You can rent them from some places, but they are expensive to buy.  I used a Medela electric pump.  It worked fine.

Answer 7

No, you don't need a pump to breastfeed. Not at all.

"Many women are under the impression that it is necessary to own or use a pump to breastfeed.  This is not so.   You do not need a breast pump to breastfeed; uninformed use of a breast pump can lead to premature weaning. There are very few circumstances under which it is necessary to express your milk.  Certainly, if baby is not yet latching then mother needs to pump.  However, it seems that women are being encouraged to pump their milk and give it to baby via bottle for the most unnecessary reasons: Weddings, doctor’s appointments, shopping…why not take the baby with you?  How can babies not be welcome at weddings?  Or, if it is necessary to leave the baby with someone else, why not use a cup (handout Finger and Cup Feeding)?   We often hear that the father or partner would like to feed the baby.  While this is very noble and often offered to give mother some rest, there are other ways partners can help.  Giving a baby a bottle is not one of them and may often interfere with mother’s hard-earned efforts to breastfeed.  Fathers and partners can help mother by sitting with her during the feeding, doing breast compressions to help the feedings be more efficient, and cup feeding the baby who does not yet latch.  

The pump should not replace the baby as mother and baby receive numerous benefits in addition to nutrition by breastfeeding.   There is more to breastfeeding than the breastmilk."

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