Karen,

I just read your description of the WR manual pump and realized I have one
here that I've never even used (I like my PIS too much!) and I decided to
try it out.  WR donated it in a "breastfeeding bag", along with other
materials, to a LLL conf. silent auction.  You're right - it's impossible
to use!  And would you believe in the pamphlet that comes with it they even
say under a section titled "Premature infants" "With the WR manual pump,
adequate milk supply can be maintained to provide breast milk for a
premature or hospitalized infant."  (!!)  When I finally got the darn thing
situated over my breast (quite a feat in itself), I could hardly get
*anything* out, much less maintain a milk supply with it!

Ross isn't involved in *making* this pump, are they?  I know I've seen WR
booths at several LLL conferences in the past.  As for Ross' "breastfeeding
bag", when I was pregnant I got a coupon in the mail for either a free
diaper bag with formula in it or this bf bag, and which bag do you think
they had when I got to the hospital?  Yep, you guessed it - the nurses had
never even *seen* the breastfeeding bag before!  Instead I got a bag that
looked just like the formula diaper bag, only it had a little wrapper
around it that said "breastfeeding instruction pack".  The only thing in
this breastfeeding instruction pack was a great big can of formula & some
coupons for more formula.  Great breastfeeding instruction, huh?

Angie, LLLL
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