Pregancy News

Review by JM for Lactaline BPA Free Dual Breastpump
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Brilliant!! Not sure whether it’s my physiology or this breast pump, but I have been able to express quickly and easily ever since I gave birth. Easy to clean and sterilise, simple to use, worth every penny. If I have full breasts, I can express 100ml from each concurrently in about 5-7 minutes. I have used a manual single breast pump when I went on holiday and really regretted not taking this with me, the manual pump made my hand ache after a couple of minutes, couldn’t empty my breasts as fully as the electric pump and then when you’ve finished one, you still have to do the other which has been leaking all the time you did the first - great!

Fully recommend this product, you realise when time is precious, it’s worth spending a few extra quid to make life simple….

Review by Mamon for Lactaline BPA Free Dual Breastpump
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This is a great little electric pump. I’ve been using it for almost 4 months. It’s easy to use and much much much more effective than the hand pumps I used with my first baby - makes expressing much less of a chore. It was recommended by the hospital where I had my baby and I can see why. You can get extra parts for it as well (like extra bottles, etc) which is useful. My only gripe is that you can’t sterilise it in the microwave and, as I only have a microwave steriliser, it is very irritating to have to boil everything in a saucepan a couple of times a day. Apart from that, it’s a little gem.

Review by Jimmy D for Medela 150ml Breastmilk Bottles (3-Pack)
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We bought these bottles to go with a Medela breast pump and have found the extra 3 bottles to be excellent and very useful. We will pump into a bottle and then store directly in the fridge. We tend to use all expressed milk within a few days (so don’t need to freeze it), so the bottles work out far easier than the storage bags. They are easy to use and sterilise, and also they fit easily into a cup of warm water, which is useful for warming milk.

We tried using the teat on these bottles and our little guy does not take it - we have to transfer the milk into another bottle for a feed, but we don’t find this an inconvenience.

Review by AJ’s Mum for Medela 150ml Breastmilk Bottles (3-Pack)
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These bottles are great. I already had one that came with my madela breast pump but wanted more so that I had spare ones. They are so clear to read which doesn’t sound much but when you’ve had bottles where the measurements are the same colour as the bottle - it makes it so hard to see what you have expressed. I also bought some spare teats for them. That make great storage bottles too!