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Hi Barbara and others,
As others have shared, I can understand that the potential of sharing nasty
bugs is not an issue with manual pumps in which all parts can be sterilised
and I can understand that with the small electric pumps (as you described)
that milk may get into the motor. However, I guess what I am primarily think
of when I think of reuse of pumps are the more expensive, designed for
longer use models. I know that the Nurture III that I used with my son and
now the Whittlestone I have now both have filters between the milk
collection and the motor that should collect any milk that accidently gets
sucked through because the bottles are overfilled. I don't know about the
Pump in Style- never seen one but I would presume that it would have
something similar. What are the issues with pumps like this??
Karleen Gribble
Australia
> For many years, my priv. pract offered what I called Pump Trials. I had a
> table covered with all sorts of pumps. I autoclaved the parts that would
> contact the mother's body, and they signed a form stating they understood
> that their pumped milk would be discarded to prevent risks to the baby
from
> pump sharing. Whenever anyone questioned the necessity of that I would
take
> one of the small, hand held electric pumps like the Gerber, Mag-Mag, etc.
> and open up the motor casing with a tiny screwdriver. Inside they would
see
> what I used to call "dried milk dandruff".
>
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