I am looking at returning to full time work 12 hour shifts, 3 per week and will be looking to express during my work day. My son is 5 1/2 months old, we are slowly introducing a little solids, which he is very receptive too and enjoying a lot but still obviously mainly breastfed at this point.
Wondered if anyone has experience of either of these pumps? I will be BF when I am not at work. I have a Philips single electric pump and it just isn't quick enough for during work time.
I have just bought the freestyle as I exclusively express for my little boy and I am finding it really good, especially with the hands free setup...it is quiet compared to others I have used and really really compact which might be an advantage in taking it to and from work each day. i love that I can move around when i am pumpig as it the unit is so small and has 3 hours battery power and decent suction on the battery power...some other pumps I have tried have AAAs or AAs as their batteries and the suction is crap, the freestyle has a rechargable lithium which is awesome. I have used four different medela pumps and can say the freestyle was worth the investment for me...it all depends on how long you want to keep expressing for as well as to how much money you want to fork out...there is a huge price difference between the freestyle and the ameda pump.
I used the Ameda Purely Yours, went through two motors but I was doing long pumping sessions, 30-40 minutes.
I used it at work , wasnt too hard to cart around, was a bit too noisy to talk on the phone with - I could hear people ok, but they could hear the pump, too. It had a battery option but I never used it, too expensive, I did use the car adaptor & that was very handy, cost me $40 and I used it quite a few times. That was EE though... you probably wouldn't need it just for work.
I guess you would be looking at cost, how long you plan to BF for, resale value (I think both are quite good), portability & power options.
I didn't know the Medela had a re-chargable battery...that's cool
I also pumped hands free, BEST thing ever.
I bought the Ameda second hand and used it for around two months per child (so four months total, maybe 3-4 days a week, total of 4-5 pumps a day). It is still going strong. No problems with it.
I exclusivly expressed for my cleft bubba for almost a year, up to 10 pumps a day with the Ameda Purely Yours. LOVED it.
You can control how fast you pump.. so fast till let down, then slow it down to long drawls, just like baby sucks ,and how fast.. so mild at first, then harder as you go...
Didnt miss a beat in all that time. I done hands free pumping, and a LOT of it in the car!!
Medela Freestyle or Ameda Purely Yours
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