I have heard good things about the Avent, but I don't know much about the Tommee Tippee one.
The best pump for you will depend on quite a number of factors. Is there any particular reason that you want to buy a pump before your baby is born? How much expressing are you planning to do? Sometimes mums find it works best to see how they go after the birth and then decide on whether or not they need a pump, and if so which one. When you birth a healthy baby who is able to breastfeed, worrying about expressing during the first weeks can make it more difficult to establish breastfeeding. So in most cases mums don't need a pump straight away.
Initially when you start out breastfeeding, it's a great idea to avoid expressing so you can help establish your milk supply. I was like you when pregnant and thought about buying a pump 'incase' i would need one but didn't end up getting one which I'm glad because I would not have known which one suited my needs until I had bub with me. There are so many pumps for different needs. They are readily available if need be anyway. However it did turn out that I needed one in the early days even while in hospital due to my baby having very poor attachment and a weak suck therefore i needed to start expressing by day 3 to help bring in my milk supply and feed bub.
Hospitals have pumps you use when in hospital if you do require them in the early days which mind you, most mothers don't it's only if they encounter feeding issues like we did, which hopefully you won't.
I have a Medela Electric Swing it was $240 I think but I needed a very reliable efficient one as I was expressing 2-3hrly round the clock the first few weeks...... a small cheaper pump simply would not have coped.
You can hire pumps through the ABA also at a fee (cheaper to subscribers).
Loved the Avent Isis manual pump.
My SIL borrowed mine after she had trouble with a different brand and ended up getting the Avent one too. She seemed to think it was the silicone insert in the Avent that made expressing easier. I liked the idea of that too.
Good Luck.
I have the Electric Medela Swing aswell. It is great! Although I only need it to pump feeds when I go to work, I find it so easy and effecient. It may a good idea to wait till you see how bubs is?? Different pumps suit different needs like Mantaray said....
My friend had the Avent hand pump and got mastitis 3 times....she seems to think it was linked to the pump not emptying the breast properly. She had medela in hossie as her bubs was prem.... she didn't have any problems with that one. I guess everyone is different.
Anyway, I love the Medela Swing... they can be an expensive outlay (luckily my mum bought mine for me) but so worth it for the next one too that's what I keep thinking anyway!
Goodluck and all the very best for your birth
Rach xx
I only have an Avent, so can't help with the other.
I think it's great and it worked just fine for me. i expressed for a looong time when i went back to work.
My best advice though would be find out where you can get one from in a pinch, but don't buy it unless you need it. With DD I had terrible trouble and DH had to dash out one Saturday arvie and find one. It saved us.
BUT with DS I haven't touched it yet.....so would have been rueing the waste of money if I'd bought it specifically for him.
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that's what I keep thinking anyway!
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