FS, sounds like you guys had a really rough start to BF last time! Good on you for being determined to succeed this time. I've got a great electric pump but it isn't hands free - I still have to hold it on to the breast. I've got a Medela Swing. Cost me about $250 - got mine on sale at Baby Bunting and it came with a free esky bag thing that can hold four Medela bottles and a special ice brick that was shaped around the bottles. Fantastic for taking to work and storing my bottles for the trip home.

It's only a single pump. Doubles get expensive. But it's a great little pump.

It sounds, though, like you might have different pumping needs. The pumping to help get milk established is quite different to pumping every now and then if you need to leave baby or something. It really might be worth hiring a double, hospital-grade pump from the ABA for the first few weeks and then buying your own later down the track once you've worked things out.

Another thing - most mums find that while it is a wonderful idea for dad to give a bottle overnight to let mum rest, it doesn't quite work that way as mum has to express at the time the baby is feeding to ensure she maintains her milk supply. And really at 2am (or similar horrible time) most mums find it easier to just stick the baby on the boob

Have you thought about a Breastfeeding Education Class, to really ensure you are as prepared as you can be?