Is it better to choose an electric or manual breast pump according to your own situation?

Choose according to your own situation. Electric breast pumps are suitable for strong women and working mothers. They are quick and easy to use and can be done in 30 minutes. Manual breast pumps can be used occasionally and are suitable for full-time mothers.

Choose according to your own situation:

1. Electric breast pump

The breast milk is sucked out by electric suction! The amount of milk sucked, the speed of sucking, and the comfort are better than manual ones! Electric breast pumps are more suitable for working mothers. They can quickly relieve the pain in the mother's chest without delaying the mother's work. Each time of sucking milk, it only takes about 30 minutes to suck out the breast milk. Electric breast pumps are also divided into single-sided and double-sided:

(1) A unilateral breast pump is a suction cup that can only suck milk from one breast.

(2) A double breast pump has two suction cups that suck milk from both sides of the breast at the same time.

Double breast pumps are faster and more efficient than single breast pumps, but some mothers may feel increased chest pain when pumping milk from both sides at the same time, so the choice between single and double breast pumps depends on the individual. If you are a "strong woman" type of mother, you can definitely get a double breast pump!

2. Manual breast pump

It is a device for Baoma to manually pump milk. Baoma can control the strength and speed according to the swelling of her breasts. The price is very affordable. For full-time Baoma, mothers who have time to breastfeed their children can prepare a manual breast pump for emergencies. Baoma who uses it occasionally is still recommended. However, the suction force of the manual breast pump is determined by the strength of the individual's hand. It is not the case that the greater the strength, the better the effect! Some Baoma's hand strength is too strong, which will also damage the nipple, so the strength is appropriate and the comfort is enough when sucking milk! For electric and manual breast pumps, Baoma should make reasonable choices according to their own situation.

Myth 1: Using a breast pump instead of your baby sucking

Most mothers will feel nipple pain when they first start breastfeeding their babies. However, some "squeamish" mothers give up breastfeeding quickly because they are afraid of pain, and either feed their children with milk powder or use a breast pump, which results in the breast glands not being cleared in time.

Myth 2: Excessive use of breast pumps can damage nipples

Some mothers think that breast pumps are omnipotent, but they don’t know that if used improperly, breast pumps can also damage nipples. If breast pumps are used when the milk ducts are not unblocked, the more you pump, the more blocked they may become.

Myth 3: There is no need to squeeze out too much milk

Some mothers have too much milk for their babies to finish, but they don't know how to use a breast pump to squeeze out the excess breast milk. If the milk is blocked in the mammary duct for a long time, it is easy to breed bacteria, leading to pathological breast engorgement, and the breasts feel very painful to touch. In addition, when the baby first starts to breastfeed, if the mother's breasts accumulate too much milk, a milk ejection reflex will occur, causing the child to not have time to swallow, and it is easy to choke, or simply refuse to suck milk.

1. Wash your hands and breasts. Gently squeeze a little milk from each breast to make sure the milk glands are not blocked.

2. Make sure you have sterilized the breast pump and installed it properly;

3. Read the instruction manual before using the breast pump;

4. Choose a comfortable seat, relax your body, lean forward slightly (put a pillow behind your back), and place a glass of water next to you.

5. Press the funnel and massage pad of the breast pump tightly against the breast, and do not let air in to avoid loss of suction;

6. When you gently press the handle, you will feel suction on your breast. The suction of the breast pump does not need to reach the maximum level to make your milk flow out smoothly, so there is no need to press the handle completely to the bottom to form a vacuum, just feel comfortable.

1. When mothers have just given birth and their milk has started to come in, but they are still at a loss and don’t know how to feed their babies, you will find that your breasts are swollen like lumps.

2. If you have too much milk and your baby cannot finish it, a breast pump can save the excess milk.

3. Short nipples and little milk. Some mothers may think that they have no milk and do not need to pump. On the contrary, a breast pump can stimulate milk secretion and increase milk supply.

3. Breast engorgement is easy, and a breast pump can help relieve the pain of breast engorgement.

4. Working mothers who do not want to wean their babies must use a breast pump to extract and preserve breast milk, so that even if the baby is not around, the baby can still enjoy the mother's love.

5. When the baby is too small or born prematurely and it is difficult for him to feed.