Not exactly a question you'd expect from a guy

[sraun]

kosmickitten is about sixteen weeks along now. She's starting to think about dealing with a baby - they're doing baby registration, and she's pondering breast pumps. She thinks she'll be an occasional user - she's not working, and by the current schedule she'll be done with college. So, what she wants is the capability to leave enough milk with bernesemntdog, a sitter, or a relative, that the baby will do fine and she can go do something away-from-baby for a few hours. So, she's looking input. Electrical vs. manual. Any specific brand/model recommendations or dis-recommendations.

If you really want to write a monologue in comments here, go ahead and I'll forward it to her. If you'd like to have a dialogue with her, leave me contact info and I'll have her get back to you.

Comments

wait...

[(Anonymous)]

My advice is to wait... don't buy one until after the baby is born for two reasons: 1 - your insurance may just cover it minus a small co-pay, and then you can get a nicer pump than you would otherwise. 2 - something may happen that may cause you to switch to formula early and then you wasted the money on the pump (for me, undetected physical problems that prevented me from producing more than 1 oz per day after weeks of trying, even with gobs of herbs and other medical intervention)

You can always rent for a couple weeks - which your insurance will probably also cover.

(ps... just thought I'd comment after I saw your post in Jeff Dunteman's friend's list)