Saturday, December 24, 2011

How I Sanitize and Clean My Medela Breastpump Parts

I describe how I clean and sanitize my breastpump parts. Also how long they last and when to change the membranes.

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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Calma by Medela

Breastfeeding is always best for your baby, but sometimes it is not possible to breastfeed naturally. Calma is an alternative to breastfeeding for mothers wishing to feed their babies with breastmilk. - Allows babies to retain their natural feeding behaviour learned on the breast. - Babies can drink, breathe and pause regularly. - Enables an easy transition from the breast to the teat and back. - One size is sufficient for the entire breastfeeding period, just as in nature. - The ideal teat for your baby - we recommend introducing a teat when breastfeeding is established Medela Calma breastmilk teatCalma - the best teat for your baby For a mother looking for the optimal teat to feed her child breastmilk, Calma is the ideal solution. Calma was developed based on the results of our studies with the University of Western Australia. That's why Calma is the ideal teat for babies who are being breastfed with breastmilk, as it allows them to suck, swallow and breathe, as learned on the breast. Whether you breastfeed or use Calma, the baby has to create a vacuum for breastmilk to flow. As soon as the baby pauses, the flow is stopped, this is also the way with breastfeeding. Why Calma? Our latest studies with researchers from the University of Western Australia show that creating a vacuum is essential to successfully breastfeed. Babies learn very early on that they have to produce a vacuum for the breastmilk to flow. Their natural way of sucking requires intensive work during ...

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Monday, November 21, 2011

Choosing a Medela Breast Pump

!9# Choosing a Medela Breast Pump

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Meleda is one of the most reputable breastfeeding aid manufacturers, and rightly so. They have been supporting breastfeeding mums for more than thirty years. Thousands of nursing mothers around the world prefer a Medela breast pump. When buying a Medela breast pump, breastfeeding mothers are guaranteed to have a pump that respects their physiology, that is easy to use and of high quality.

Meleda offers a wide range of breastfeeding aids, so here are a few pointers to help you choose.

The Manual Medela breast pump. A manual pump is ideal for breastfeeding mums who plan to express only every now and then. It is light, compact, and affordable. It is also easy to use. For mums expressing breast milk for the first time, the manual pump can feel less intimidating. There is a second manual Medela Breast Pump: the Harmony which features Medela's trademark "two-phase" suction. The two-phase suction mimics the baby's natural breastfeeding rhythm. The Meleda mini electric. An electric pump allows you to express breast milk much faster than a manual pump. It also avoids painful hand cramps. This Meleda breast pump gives mums the convenience of an electric pump for the size, weight and price of a manual one. It is no surprise that this is the best-seller Meleda breast pump. The Meleda Swing is a step up from the Meleda mini-electric. The two-phase expression system which simulates the breastfeeding stimulation allows faster expressing. It is quieter and very compact. It fits easily in a handbag or a changing bag. Many working mums who continue to breastfeed after returning to work are very satisfied with the Swing Medela breast pump. The Meleda double mini electric is one of the smallest double electric pumps available on the market. It is affordable, fast and comfortable. Being able to express breast milk on both sides at the same time is much faster and saves a lot of time. It also stimulates lactation. It can also be used on a single side. Another excellent choice for working mums, especially when they are worried about time constraints and declining lactation.

Whichever Meleda breast pump you choose, you are sure to have a pump that is comfortable, easy to use and sturdy.It is so well-made that it can be used with younger siblings without showing significant marks of wear. The same pump can easily be used in different circumstances: at home or at work, or while travelling. It adapts to the changing needs of you and your baby: from helping with sore nippes with a newborn to returning to work.


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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Electric Versus Manual Breast Pumps

!9# Electric Versus Manual Breast Pumps

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All new mothers have the same questions about breast pumps, "which is better, manual or electric?" Many people will tell you that it is your personal preference and get the one you like. If you aren't sure and do not know what way to turn, then here is some information on the age old question.

If you are a new mother and have just started breastfeeding, you should hold off on an electric pump. Sometimes breastfeeding does not work out. You have every intention of breastfeeding your child for at least six months, but you may not be able to do it. The child may not latch on correctly and never get the hang of it. You may find that it is uncomfortable and you do not want to continue. Breast pumps can be expensive and buying a manual one will save you money in case you decide against it.

The manual breast pump is also great for those on a budget. They are small and can fit into a diaper bag very easily. They are lightweight and will not bog you down when gathering everything up for a day out with your newborn. It is also best to get the manual pump if you are just not sure how long you are going to breastfeed. If you are thinking about breastfeeding for only a few months, then you may not want to make the investment in something so expensive. The manual breast pump also lets you control the speed and the suction that you are pumping.

However, with all that being said, you may be a pro at breastfeeding. If this is your second child and you know that you are going to be breastfeeding for quite some time, you may want to invest in the electric pump. You may already know that there will be a third child eventually and the pump will be put to good use. If you plan on returning to work and need to pump daily and quickly, then the electric pump is a great investment. The electric pump also helps mothers increase their milk supply. When deciding between the two, think about your own situation and what will be best for you.


Electric Versus Manual Breast Pumps

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Saturday, September 3, 2011

Finding the right breast pump for your needs

!9# Finding the right breast pump for your needs

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Breast milk is by far the best source of nutrition for children, however, exclusive breastfeeding is not possible for all mothers. You can continue to feed the child breast milk, even if you spend a little 'except if you use a breast pump for milk quality meals for her at the time of checkout. At the beginning of the right breast pump is necessary to answer some questions. Why do you need a breast pump? How many times did you need to get the milk for your baby to term?

If you need a pumpalleviate the preparation of a power or occasional reinforcement then you are probably one or two pumps per day. For rare expression of milk, hand pumps, cost-effective choice. The manual pump to control the speed and suction pump with the close of your hand. This type of pump is useful to go anywhere because it easily and require no power source. Avent Isis hand pump is the most preferred for some time. Other popularManuals include an Ameda Medela Harmony hand and.

If you have a pump, it will be back, do the job, then you will probably need to pump milk 4 to 5 times a day. An electric pump is a must-have for moms who pump on a daily basis because it would be a lot of time with a manual. Electric pumps are more speed and suction settings that can be adjusted for comfort and maximum expression of milk. These pumps allow for expression ofboth breasts at the same time, a huge time saver for moms who pump several times a day. Medela Pump in Style is an electric breast pump trusted for many years as the Clean Yours Ameda models. Avent new electric model, the Isis iQ Duo is rapidly gaining popularity in nursing mothers because there are an infinite amount of suction and speed afforded.

Once you have determined the frequency of the pump, and the way you need, you can begin toto evaluate the variety of makes and models. Revision pump side by side comparison can help you understand how each pump resist others in its class. Veteran breast-feeding mothers can also find the information useful because they experience in dealing with the pumps have. While reading the comments if you can help other mothers share your concern. Taking time to choose the right pump is important because a breast pump can lead to a frustrating experience discomfort, pumpsStill, a burden on your relationship with your child.


Finding the right breast pump for your needs

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Glossary of the breast pump and Breast-feeding conditions

!9# Glossary of the breast pump and Breast-feeding conditions

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2-Phase Expression

A feature of some breast pumps by Medela (Symphony, Pump In Style Advanced, not original, and swing) that cycling is started faster with less suction then after two minutes slower cycling with more vacuum strength to imitate the pattern of suckling infants. A particular let-down can be pressed once to go straight to the second mode. The Harmony breast pump is also said to have two phases. The first phase is initiated by pressing theshort part of the handle to squeeze in with the longer distances, the more powerful of the second phase of turning the hand around the long end of the handle.

Areola

The circular dark area around the nipple. It 'important during breast-feeding for the baby to latch on with more areola in the mouth as possible.

Baby Scale

For mothers with insufficient milk production, it was a baby scale is a tool to control the weight gain of the child and also recorded the amount of breast milkin every nursing home. By weighing the child before and after breastfeeding, and thus determine some 'of abduction, one of the possible number of ounces, the breastfed baby. Because a child is usually more efficient than any pump, this pump method to determine the amount of milk that the child is always preferred. For these purposes, a child-scale accurate to 15 grams or less can be rented from many breast pump rental stations.

Wireless Batteries

In aType of breast pump, battery cordless comfort, but the force of vacuum and cycles per minute can be less than the user, see if the power supply. Pumps can also exchange slowly as the batteries run down. Slower cycles may be some discomfort, because the vacuum can be kept longer in the breast. If this happens, reduce the gap and replace the batteries with new ones as soon as possible.

Breast Pump

A unit that expresses milk from the breast. A misconception is that theBreast pump sucks the milk from the breast. A breast pump is responsible for the milk ejection reflex or the response trigger disappointment. Most pumps achieve this by sucking the nipple into the tunnel of the shield or flange then release the breast, which counts as a cycle of moving. Thirty to sixty cycles per minute with a better quality electric breast pump to wait. It 'important to note that in most cases, the pump is not as efficient as the removal of milk from the breast of the newborn.Many mothers are losing their milk when the sessions are too many to replace real-pumping and child care.

Breast Pump Reviews

Reviews of actual users of the pump milk. Two good places to find some reviews of Amazon and Epinions on the Internet

Breast shields, flanges, hoppers

The part of the breast pump that actually touches the chest, the area of ​​the nipple and areola. Medela breast shields fit almost all of their pumps and are available in sizes from 21mm, 23 mm, 27 mm, 30 mm, 36 mm and 40 mm. Ameda uses various combinations of flanges and nipples adds size 21 mm, 23 mm, 25 mm, 28.5 mm, 30.5 mm of space to meet all their pumps, but the Nurture III. See also SoftFit, Flexishield and Let-Down Massage Cushion.

closed system

Breast pump designed for multiple users, such as the hospital grade rental pumps. There is no way to pump breast milk into the engine. Read this article about breast pump used for moreInformation: Avent Isis IQ http://www.babylovesyourmilk.com/used-breast-pumps-article.htm Although breast pumps are said to be a closed system, Avent still recommends their pumps for each user.

Colostrum

The substance produced in the chest during the last weeks of pregnancy. This "first milk" is highly concentrated in the ideal nutrition for newborns. It 'been likened to a "cocktail of antibodies." Colostrum has a laxative effect on the child, helping him to overcome his earlyChairs that prevent the excretion of excess bilirubin and helps the jaundice help. Frequent meals with 10 to 12 times a day, a mother begins to appear regularly in breast milk, or "enter" 3 or 4 days after birth.

Cycling

The models suck and release created by a pump, to simulate what a child.

cpm

Cycles per minute. See Cycling.

Double pump

Pumping both breasts simultaneously. Research with premature infants has shown double-Pumps can increase the supply of breast milk, reduce the expression of the time (yes, reducing the time in half), and produce more prolactin, a hormone that stimulates milk production after birth.

jam

, Every time you removed a sufficient quantity of milk from the breast during breast feeding is painful for the disease. The milk jam, that if a mother's first milk "comes in" is a little 'less understandable, because swelling of the breast tissue itself, you canFactor. There are many treatments, the use of which has a pump briefly to soften the areola area, so the baby can latch on easier.

Covered hopper

The lid covering, as in the hopper or Avent breast pump breast shield of a child's play. The advantage is a cover to keep clean the inside of the hopper and tank milk and ready to use condition.

Flexishield Areola Massager

A shell of equipment to be purchased separatelyAmeda breast pump and used. The Flexi Shield was developed to compress the areola area, helping to stimulate the milk ejection reflex. It 'is particularly useful for small-breasted women who may benefit from the extra stimulation.

Hospital-grade breast pump

This group of pumps have a force stronger than any vacuum pumps, milk and others that are better suited to establish and maintain a supply of milk in a mother who is breastfeeding her baby for a long time, as inSituation of a premature baby or sick.

HygieniKit

With any Ameda breast pump, with the exception of the Nurture III, a milk collection system that includes a special silicone-membrane filter. This filter is available in two ways to protect the pump motor in front of the impurities in it and the protection of the bottle of breast milk receive pollutants from the engine. This additional amount of protection to premature babies or sick, or any parent who want special attention is required in cleaningthe gathering of her milk. It does not negate the use of recommendation that all their Hygienikit Ameda pumps (except the hospital rental pumps), single user, even if the individual user Hygienikit kit is for the rental of the pump.

Lactation

A highly skilled health personnel with advanced training in breastfeeding management. Due to the nature of their training, their advice on breast-feeding can be more specific and useful than a motherchildren receive from their gynecologist or pediatrician.

Breastfeeding Help

A device that is inflated by a tank usually infant formula or breast, and a long but narrow diameter pipe. The tube is introduced into the mouth of a child with the breast during breast-feeding and provides additional power for the child at the same time receiving a stimulation to promote breastfeeding. This also prevents a child from attaching to the artificial nipple and allow a motherTime commitment to provide strategies to shore up a remnant of the milk. If the advice in the context of a lactation consultant or advertising material used, could provide the milk.

let-down

The response of milk ejection reflex is known, occurs when the hormones pushing the chest muscles, causing the channel to expand, pushing the milk from all parts of the breast towards the nipple. Some mothers feel a tingling, others feel nothing. Let-down is partly a conditioned response and canencourages breastfeeding or expressing drawing routine (ie sitting in the same place, some drinking from a cup), look at a picture of the child, thinking of the milk flowing, or the thought of all of them.

Let-Down Massage Cushion

The Avent breast pump shields and flanges are made of soft silicone and have 5 petals in the shape of tables, which move in and out of the areola and help disappointment massage. Available in one size.

Milk collection bags

Marketedwith different trade names, these plastic bags for collection and storage of breast milk are determined. They look like ships, disposable bottles, but the clear difference to be thicker and stronger. For this reason, the bags are more for milk collection and freezing breast milk for the use of breast pumps, which allow you to bag suitable attachment instead of bottles. Secure Disposable bottle liners for a breast pump is not sufficient to allow a vacuum pump to createworking properly.

mmHg

Abbreviation for millimeters of mercury and how it relates to breast pumps is the force of the vacuum or suction. Sufficient pressure is needed to stimulate the let-down, not to suck the milk from the breast as sometimes erroneously believed. Hospital-grade breast pumps have the highest number of Hg and are the best to establish a milk production in mothers who need help in this area because of power problems in low-or a hospital newborn. After a refuelingestablished some users have found that "less is more" and the adjustment of the suction has been turned down better let-down. Fortunately, the electric pumps are more adjustable vacuum levels.

open system

A breast pump is designed to be used by a user. See also closed system, multiple users.

To assemble the parts

As for the comparison sites Web pump as http://www.babylovesyourmilk.com/best-personal-electric-breast-pumps.htm, all parts of the breast pump, which definesmust be assembled and disassembled without any pumping power of the engine, or battery power, the milk container, cover, stand, extra breast shields or inserts, dead.

To wash the

According to the definition above web pages, all parts of the breast pump that come into contact with the breast or milk, and then every time the pump user can be washed without registration (s) for milk and cover (s).

Milk ejection reflex response (MER)

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for multiple users

Hospital grade rental pumps are designed for multiple users, and car rental agencies will not be reimbursed and not withdrawn a single kit of accessories to purchase for parts (shields, connectors, tubing), which is actually in contact with the breast milk of mother or require.

Manual Breast Pump Piston

The pumping action is achieved with a piston and cylinder flows and requires the use of two hands.

Pumps hire

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Single pump

Pumping only one breast at a time. Single pump useful for pumping one side while baby nurses the other. For some mothers the option of single pump allows them to calm down and keep her baby on the one hand, while pumping the other side.

Single User

Most breast pumps are intended for personal use, from a mother to be used only to prevent the transmission of diseases such as HIV and hepatitis. Also closed lake system, multiple users

SoftFitArmor

The soft, flexible breast shield that massages the breast and areola, if breast pump, Medela and product brands. Works with all Medela pumps, but used the small manual pump hearts.

Stars

Assigned to pump milk from actual users of Amazon and Epinions on a scale of five stars with five meaning the best. The reading of these judgments can be useful because they often explain specific difficulties with certain breast pump.

Trigger Type manuallyBreast Pump

The pumping action is created with a tight grip similar to that found in a spray bottle. One hand pump.

THROUGH

Avent is robust system of disposable containers for the collection and storage of breast milk. It can be with all Avent breast pump and some other brands also used. The disposable cup bases can be sterilized for up to three times and are also suitable for freezing. Bottle nipples are a variety of flows, adaptationSystem.

Guarantee

The warranty for breast pumps should be taken and saved receipts. Pumps, can get to wear the frequent use before maturity guarantees.

Disclaimer: None of these contents should be construed as medical advice and nursing mothers should strive to educate yourself as much as possible from different sources and consultation with doctors and nursing specialists, if necessary.


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Friday, August 26, 2011

Medela Harmony Manual Breast Pump Review

!9# Medela Harmony Manual Breast Pump Review

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Although it is a hand pump and electric pump has been my favorite so far within. I use it when I am by the baby for a night or while traveling out of town by the child, where I need to relieve the pressure and keep my milk supply, until my return. This pump costs about $ 25 and is useful for those who need a pump is only part of the time and not on a consistent basis.

I like the portable pump. There are three partsThis must be completed for each application. And 'the base (with the shield the breast), the handle and the bottle. The handle on the ground and shot up the screws on the bottom of the bottle full of milk. The shield of the breast is a soft, flexible plastic that fits over the breast. These can be removed and stored in a small travel bag that is easy for storage or travel.

The Medela pump is very easy to use and very effective, too. I find that I can do more with this milkas trademarks electricity. The handle has two methods for the extraction of milk, a so-called 2-Phase Expression. One is sucking natural that a baby does not latch on when the one who is quick to imitate. Traits other than sucking imitate the natural rhythm of the baby drinks the milk. The two of them are able to effectively extract the milk.

Medela breast pumps sold the other hand, that a long suspension, which uses fixed to the base, rather than the handle of the Harmony One. Beaware that this is not the same hand pump that actually works and it is terrible and not worth your money. The Harmony One is what I always recommend to other nursing mothers who have tried different pumps and can not seem to take a break. Do you agree this is easy to use and works.


Medela Harmony Manual Breast Pump Review

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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Medela Hugs Helping You Start Set

!9# Medela Hugs Helping You Start Set

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  • Helping you get started breastfeeding & pumping. Harmony TMis the only manual breastpump with 2-Phase Expression ® technology for more milk in less time. Complete collection of accessories for the first few weeks of breastfeeding. Information and support to help you every step of the way. Valuable coupon inside good toward future purchase of a Medela double electric pump.

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