There are two components to breast pump suction: the strength (how much the pump pulls on the nipple) and the frequency (how often it pulls). Our price limit doesn’t include any consideration for insurance, which does make electric pumps cheaper-or free-for many people. We set an upper price limit of $400 for electrics and $40 for manuals. Most people will use a breast pump for a matter of months. We allow for some reasonable there’s-a-machine-attached-to-my-breast discomfort. While the experience may not be pleasant, it shouldn’t be painful. Our top priority is that a pump pulls milk out of the breast effectively.
#SPECTRA S2 BREAST PUMP VS MEDELA PUMP MANUAL#
Counterintuitively, some people simply find that they are able to extract more milk with a manual pump than with an electric one. A manual can also coax the last ounces of milk from a breast the baby doesn’t fully empty-making it key for clearing clogged ducts and avoiding mastitis (when a clog in a milk duct becomes infected). Compared with electrics, manual pumps are also quieter, easier to control, and can be more efficient if needed for short sessions (such as on a very short work break) because they require less setup and cleanup. (It is often possible to hand-express that milk, too, but some people find manual pumps collect the milk more efficiently and, with an attached bottle, make it easier to collect for feeding to a baby.) Later, even if a double-electric pump enters the picture, a manual is often still useful tossed in a suitcase as a “just in case” travel companion-perhaps you’re traveling with the baby in tow you can leave the bigger electric pump at home, then use the manual if you’re briefly apart from the little one. A manual pump can relieve pain, soften the breast, and make it a little easier for the baby to latch. Engorgement can be painful, and latching a new baby to an engorged breast can be tricky, too. When the body first begins making milk, it often overshoots its target a little-making breasts large, sore, and hard.
Just take all the money you save from purchasing a more affordable pump, and invest it all in multiple pieces of Spectra-compatible parts, and leave your extras lying around Breast Pump Land for the rest of us to find.At the beginning, you may want to start with a manual pump, which can be useful in the early postpartum period, when many people experience engorgement. If you are just starting your journey into Breast Pump Land and you’ve somehow the Medela Galaxy, the Spectra S1 is definitely a model to start investigating. But with this much milk, who needs those? Sure, the S1 doesn’t have an app or 24/7 access to a lactation consultant. If you opt for the model without the rechargeable battery, the S2 is barely over $100 (but seriously, don't do that). But to top it off, at $160, it's about half the price of the comparable Medela Sonata. That alone would make the purchase of a new pump worth it. I could express as much milk in four or five minutes as I could in ten minutes with a Medela pump.
After experimenting with different cycle speeds for letdown and expression, I found that I was able to speed up production. Being able to tinker with the cycle length and vacuum speed means that you can make the smallest changes for your own comfort. No pump will ever feel like a nursing baby, but the S1 comes closer than most. Join Parenting In a WIRED World, a new Facebook Group for parents to discuss kids' health and their relationship to tech. I have already spent way too much of my life in my backyard whipping clear plastic tubing around my head in the style of Petey Pablo to get the last few remaining water drops out. As a mom, this is an amazing way to save yourself some time and energy. More practically speaking, it also means that you don’t have to take apart your pump to clean and sterilize the pump face and tubing.
The backflow protector ensures that your baby’s milk will be bacteria-free. But it’s a distinct enough possibility that Medela instructs users to clean the pump face and tubing to deter milk from getting into the pump and molding.) (Nota bene: I’ve pumped with a Medela pump for three years and never had milk go up in the tube. It is a small, flexible, white, rubber membrane that prevents milk from accidentally backing up in the tube. In the S1, this barrier is a backflow protector in the pump flange.
An open system doesn’t have a barrier between the pump mechanism and the milk collection system, while a closed system does. The main difference between the Spectra pumps and the workhorse Medela Pump in Style Advanced is that the Spectra pumps have a closed system, versus an open system.
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