Another not very humble opinion from me. Hope not to offend anyone with it, but it is my strong conviction that the type of pump really doesn't matter that much at all, as it is the response of moms body and hormones that are indicative of milk yield and milk output. Remember the old days where in many communities the only available pump was the Kaneson? Some moms never got more than 30mls from it, others pumped gallons. Some moms never respond to mechanical pumps of any kind, but express effortlessly by hand.
Milk expression is all about milk ejection. No matter how fancy a pump, if moms body doesn't respond, no or hardly any milk will be collected. Milk is not extracted by suction (sorry for Geddes), if that were so we didn't need fancy machines, we could use fishtank pumps. And if it were so, we could never hand-express.
So, if mom feels comfortable with an old PIS, her body will probably respond well and her milk will flow.
Warmly,
Gonneke, IBCLC in PP, LC lecturer in southern Netherlands
Twitter @eurolacpuntnet
--- On Wed, 6/22/11, Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: PIS as good as hospital grade???
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 7:44 AM
Do we actually have evidence of this?? I remember not too long ago on
Lactnet that N American members swore blind that Medela's Classic breastpump
was the only real hospital grade pump and that the Lactina was not
sufficient for relactation or for mums of premmies....since we never had the
Classic in Australia it was always a bit bemusing. I don't doubt that the
pump could be a problem for this mum but would suspect that the fact that it
is been very well used is the problem more than the type of pump. I've known
quite a few women who have used a PIS to relactate or induce lactation.
Karleen Gribble
Australia
-----Original Message-----
Even Medela states the PIS isn't the same as a hospital grade and is
not ideal for bringing in a milk supply! This mom is only 7 days pp.she
needs a hospital grade pump - not a 3 yr old overused pump that no one has
any idea of how well it actually is working.and she is only pumping 1 oz at
a time.sigh.
Why is this inaccurate information still out there? This inconsistent
information (that I apologized to the mom about) is one of the biggest
frustrations I have. Some things should be 'known' by now, shouldn't they?
Frustrated and worried about a mom, baby and supply this morning.and hoping
she will take my advice and get the hospital grade today.
Jaye Simpson, IBCLC, CIIM
Breastfeeding Network
Sacramento, CA
www.breastfeedingnetwork.net
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