I feel the same way Taurean... I was so sad when DS weaned at 8 months, and once the sucking stopped, it didn't seem to matter how much I expressed, my milk supply decreased.

I loved seeing all that milk squirt out into the bottle... at my peak I was getting 200mL from ONE boob! Also, I'm planning to express so that DS can have some breast milk once a day (can't hurt right?), so I wanted something that was going to get as close as possible to suckling and get as much milk out as possible. I plan to go back to work at 4 months, so i needed something portable. The good thing is that my friend got 6 months use out of it as well so it doesn't seem like a huge amount of money wasted..

Will keep you posted with how I get on with the pump after JuneBug arrives