The point I was making related to cost - a hand pump is more affordable.
Some families cannot afford to hire or buy the electric varieties!

Tony
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From: "Helen M Woodman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 7:44 AM
Subject: mastitis treatment


> In a message dated 06/07/01 03:29:06 GMT Daylight Time,  Tony writes
>
> > Naturally an electric pump is better still -
> >  but these are not so easy to obtain.
>
> Aw, Tony, electric pumps are easy to obtain in the UK, all the major pump
> firms advertise in every baby magazine held in every corner store in
nearly
> every village, let alone town or city.  They give their telephone number
in
> the ads and will send you a pump by courier that day or next day.  There
are
> E----- pump agents within striking distance of the majority of women in
the
> UK   At least one of the major stores in every town in the UK sell their
own
> brand of electric pump.   If the mum can't get out, she can always enlist
a
> friend or helper to get one.  Some hospitals hire them out.
> Regards, Helen Woodman, NCT BfC, Storrington, West Sussex, UK
>
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