Long Term Expressers or those knowing a bit about breast pumps ~ A quick question

I have a double Ameda Purely Yours Pump, as DD was prem and I expressed long term for her, I jsut used the standard hard plastic fittings. But has anyone use the "Flexi Shield", which is a more rubbery, soft insert that you use that is supposed to stimulate the production of milk better. But at $24.95 ea I want to get an idea if anyone has used them and found them better or if it is just worth sticking with the standard fittings :)

Or If you have a pump with a softer more flexible fitting over the breast rather than hard plastic I would love to know how you go with it :)

TIA xxoo

Hey hun. My Medela pump has a soft-fit shield that is designed to stimulate milk production better, but TBH I haven't noticed a real difference between it and the standard plastic fittings. I actually had more trouble keeping my boob in the softer fitting IYYWIM?

HTH.

Thanks for that hun :) That is really useful info, my BBS aren't exactly small now they have had their pregnancy growth spurt :rofl: so probably making less room for them won't help.

I have the soft fit one for my Medela too....It seems to have a better fit around the breast, but I don't think it makes a huge difference.

I have the soft fit Medela one too and I much prefer it to my previous "hard" NUK pump, but it could be the pump / brand / power kind of thing rather than the softyness which makes me love my Medela more. I doubt it would help with milk production, maybe just gently massaging your BBs while pumping would help more?

I don't have the same pump as you but mine also had the soft insert which is supposed to stimulate the breast for let down. I found them to be a pita cause milk would just get stuck between that and the hard funnel bit. I found I get more milk without the soft bits. My pump is an avent.

Oh great, thankyou so much everyone :D

It really doesn't sound as though it is worth spending the $50 on them and to just stick with what I have ;)

I used to massage them quite a bit especially at the end to try and get every last drop out I could, so I will just do it that way.

Hopefully my supply will be better this time and I won't need to use it as much :D

I bought a Medela Swing when DD was born to express with and it has a soft fit - I used the hard plastic kits in hospital and I noticed better stimulation with the soft fit... the hard plastic one did the job but I got more with the soft fit - but that could be because I was relaxed at home when using the soft kit