I carry both the compact and the hospital-grade electric pumps and have found that what the mother stats using in theh ospital often makes a difference in terms of her happiness with pumps later. As a result, I try always to give her the same size pump she has already become familiar with. In a few cases (not the majority) mothers have done better with the hospital-grade size after using the smaller one. However, I also had a mother who preferred the Lactina Select (where you can alter the speed of piston action) over the hospital grade pump. She said she got MORE milk using it on a faster speed than is possible with the hospital-grade pump. I have concluded that "different strokes for different folks" is especially true for breastpumping mothers! :-) pun definitely intended %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% "We are all faced with a series of great %% %% opportunities brilliantly disguised as %% %% impossible situations" - definition of a %% %% lactation consulting service. %% %% Kathleen G. Auerbach, PhD, IBCLC %% %% [log in to unmask] Homewood, Illinois USA %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%