Becky,
My experience with Medela pumps is the same as yours.  I can't understand what
Medela is talking about when they say the Lactina and Classic are equal.  I am
a private practice LC and we have a fairly large rental station.  We carry both
Classics and Lactinas.  Any mother that is separated from her baby (NICU, etc.)
always gets a Classic from us, as well as those mothers who I am working with
that have a breastfeeding problem.  For the *back to work moms* we usually rent
a Lactina, since it is so much more portable.
Yaffa

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Yaffa Stark, MA, IBCLC
Los Angeles, CA
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