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Full Exposure

Is Your Breast Pump Worth It?

By Ann Calandro

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The Technicalities
Using a breast pump should never hurt! If you are using a pump and it is painful, make sure that you are using it correctly. Lower the suction and see if it is more comfortable.

Some pumps come with different size flanges to fit different sized breasts. Perhaps a larger flange should be used. Many mothers find that if they lubricate the inside of the pump with fresh water or a small amount of olive oil that pumping goes smoother and more comfortably. Do not continue to use a pump that is painful or your sensitive breast tissue could be damaged.

Breast pumps should be cleaned thoroughly between each use. Wash your hands before pumping, and take care to keep the containers you are going to store your milk in very clean. If you are pumping for a sick or premature baby, use extra care in collecting and storing your milk.

When you are practicing with your pump, most mothers find that pumping once a day in the morning is enough to begin saving some milk and to become familiar with their pump before returning to work. Milk can be frozen for many months in clean, hard-sided containers. Some of the one-hand manual pumps or automatic electric pumps can pump one breast while the baby is nursing on the other. Pumping this way takes advantage of the baby inducing your milk to let down.


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