While using a breast pump at work is the main way that women can continue to breastfeed while working, it isn't the only way.
However, there are some things you should know about
using a breast pump before you buy a breast pump that can help you decide on when.
You'd be surprised at how much you can learn from family, friends or breastfeeding support workers who have experience
of using breast pumps.
Build up your milk supply: If you would like to build up your milk supply,
use a breast pump after every feed to express and stimulate extra milk production.
Many
women use breast pumps because they are returning to work, will be away from their baby for an extended period of time, or to help with pain relief.
Although
personal use breast pumps are not safe to share, hospital grade rental pumps are approved for multiple users as long as each mother uses her own collection kit.
Some women have better luck
using a breast pump in these situations because the suction is more uniform with a pump.
In these circumstances,
using a breast pump helps maintain or increase the milk supply for future feedings, and the pumped milk offers the perfect food for baby.
You can
also use a breast pump to pump and store your breast milk in baby bottles for feeding at a later time.
Some mothers have to join back work, while some others are forced to
use breast pumps pumps because of the inability of their babies to latch on properly.
Once you make your decision, and have
experience using your breast pump, please visit us again and share your thoughts with others by submitting a review on the product page.
By understanding the risks of how the machine is operated will give you the best understands about the situations and instances of when you will be
using your breast pump device.
We developed a standardized testing
procedure using a breast pump to simulate sucking and measured the amount of formula expressed in one minute.