Thanks, Phyllis for your detailed information. I thought it was probably no
longer in production. When I had a chance to try out the Lloyd B in the BSC
seminar I took a zillion years ago, it seemed to me that it was designed for a
man's hand, just as you said. But this mom raved about it, so I told her I would
look around. I'll give her your information, for what it's worth. Thanks.

I agree with you that at least in my moms' experience there are probably more
effective alternatives, although I never had a chance to see a mom try both the
Lloyd B and something else. I've always felt that the best pump is the one that
the mom likes, since if she likes it, she will get better oxytocin release,
resulting in easier faster and higher volume milk production.

Tina Smillie MD IBCLC


Phyllis Adamson wrote:

> I bought an old Lloyd-B pump from eBay. The box shows it was made by
> Lopuco, Ltd. 1615 Old Annapolis Road, Woodbine, MD 21797. Someone
> hand-wrote an 800 phone number on the box, but I'm not giving it here
> because I have no idea who it belongs to. I don't think the pump is
> currently being manufactured. It has two glass flanges, each fit into a
> rubber stopper. One of a size to fit into a glass infant water bottle and a
> larger one that would fit into a baby food jar. The squeeze action is
> rather firm but very smooth. It is designed for a much larger hand than
> mine & I wear size L rubber goves. The squeeze pump is MitYvaC by Neward
> Enterprises of Cucamonga, CA. Embossed numbers are: 12 89  9K84. Possibly
> mfd in Dec'89? So Lopuco put this hand pump, that was designed for several
> medical devices, together with the glass flanges, stoppers, tubing &
> bottles to create this hand pump.
>
> So I put my vacuum gauge on it and found that the vacuum increased a little
> more with each squeeze. I recall it reached >300 mm hg on the release
> stroke. There is a little vacuum release valve, but which hand do you use
> to trip it? the one squeezing the hand piece or the one holding the flange
> & bottle? If you have very long artificial nails, you could reach it with
> your index finger.  :-)
>
> In my opinion, its more effective equivalents might be (in alphabetical
> order) the Ameda hand pump, the Avent hand pump, and the Medela manual pump.
>
> Phyllis
>
> > Does anyone know how to get ahold of a "Lloyd B"
> > manual breastpump? Is it still being manufactured?
> >
> > It seems like the LLoyd B is one of those pumps
> > that you read about but never see. (I saw one once
> > in a Breastfeeding Support Consultants' class a
> > long time ago.)
> >
> > However, a mother recently called me who had used
> > one previously, I believe her mother or a friend
> > had given it to her. She loved it, but some part
> > wore out with first baby and she's now pregnant
> > and wants either to replace the part or get a new
> > Lloyd B pump. She has been unable to locate a
> > manufacturer, using all the resources on the web.
> > Indeed I was unable to find anything recently
> > trying both google and even ebay.
> >
> > Is this still being manufactured?
> >
> > I am usually set for "Nomail" on lactnet, so if
> > you can help, please reply directly to me:
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> >
> > Thanks, Tina Smillie, MD, IBCLC
>
>
> --- Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC
> --- Glendale, AZ, USA
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