re: used breast pump

Quoting Rabbit™ {21wks}:" You can't fully sanitize and disinfect a breast pump bought from the store. The diaphragm can't be removed ... [snip!] ... know. To each their own. Your insurance might cover all or part of the cost for a breast pump. It's worth calling to find out"

If it comes in contact with that then it isn't put together right. The milk shouldn't even be going in the tubes

http://www.lalecheleague.org/llleaderweb/lv/lvjunjul04p54.html


Some mothers mistakenly assume that because rental pumps are safely shared by mothers that it is also safe to share purchase pumps. This is not true. Rental pumps and purchase pumps are designed differently. The collection kits (the bottles and tubing that attach to the pump) used with the rental pumps are designed so that the milk never touches the working parts of the pump that are shared with other mothers. This is considered a “closed system.”
Most purchase pumps, for example Medela’s Pump In Styles, DoubleEase, and MiniElectric, are “open systems.” This means that the pump motor is “open” to contact with the mother’s milk particles. In a Pump In Style, for example, the breastshield (the part held against the breast) is open to the tubing that attaches to the back of the shield, which is also open to the diaphragm on the pump motor that creates the suction and release. This means that an invisible mist of milk particles can travel from the shield into the tubing and back onto the pump diaphragm. The diaphragm cannot be removed or sterilized, so it cannot be cleaned well enough between mothers to insure safety. When there are milk particles on the pump diaphragm, even with a brand new set of bottles, tubing and breastshields, with every suction and release another mother’s milk particles will be blown into your milk. Even if milk particles are not visible, they can still be there. (One sure sign is mold growing in the tubing, which sometimes happens with normal use.)

Quoting Justine's Mama:" Well I have medicaid, moneys tight but I could scrounge up to buy the pump Its just that would take ... [snip!] ... just that would take all the money I have left until I get a job down the road. A pump just never crossed my mind until now. "

I'm pretty sure Florida Medicaid covers a pump. A good friend of mine got a brand new Pump In Style and it was either from WIC or Medicaid.

Quoting Rabbit™ {21wks}:" http://www.lalecheleague.org/llleaderweb/lv/lvjunjul04p54.html Some mothers mistakenly assume that ... [snip!] ... not visible, they can still be there. (One sure sign is mold growing in the tubing, which sometimes happens with normal use.)"

My milk came right out of my breast and into the bottle it never went in the tubes or anything else all it touched was the cones and membranes, which I bought brand new.

Quoting Eli and Sam's Mom:" My milk came right out of my breast and into the bottle it never went in the tubes or anything else all it touched was the cones and membranes, which I bought brand new."

Disregard former comment. Brain fart  
Even if you notice humidity in the tubes that means particles of breastmilk are going through. Even if you don't see it. Hence why they say it's an invisible mist...

Are you on WIC? If you end up NEEDING a pump, they will give you one...

Quoting ashley noel [15 days!]:" Are you on WIC? If you end up NEEDING a pump, they will give you one..."

Yeah I have WIC. I have heard they will rent you but I am sure its used. I just hope if I buy one my child will breastfeed.

Quoting Justine's Mama:" Yeah I have WIC. I have heard they will rent you but I am sure its used. I just hope if I buy one my child will breastfeed. "

You can always wait and establish a good breastfeeding relationship before buying one.

Quoting Rabbit™ {21wks}:" You can always wait and establish a good breastfeeding relationship before buying one."

Yeah I may just put the money aside and wait to make sure she will breastfeed.