All About Breastpumps

[abbmg]

anyone using farlin manual breastpump? can i ask for feedbacks? thanks

[bagaholic_chewy]

Mga sis how do you clean the tubes?

I use a Medela pump and I don't clean the tubes. Hangin lang naman dumadaan dun e.

[khriseeee]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this before but I discovered thst the mom&baby storage bottles fit onto the medela swing pump!  I used to transfer pa from medela to mom&baby as i have limited medela bottles

[hun_nie08]

Sa spectra din i dont clean the tubings

[_AiaH_]

Mga sis how do you clean the tubes?

if closed system ang gamit mo sis, no need to clean the tubes. walang pumapasok na milk dun. if open system like that of old medela pumps, clean the tubes kapag napasukan ng milk. usually wash nila wish water. parang padadaanin water dun then let it dry. meron guide sa medela website sis

[katrinac]

hello mga sis, whether closed or open system ang pump natin, its still advisable to clean the tubing.
There are times na papasok yung milk kapag super lakas ng breastmilk natin, and pwede mapunta sa tubing, and kapag hindi sya nalinis pwede ito mag cause ng mold.
I am using a Spectra pump, and every now and then may milk na nagkakaroon dun sa tubing so once a week I make sure na i clean ko sya. Di man sya pumapasok sa machine, pero di ko matake na may milk dun sa loob mismo ng tube. Masyado kasi malakas yung "sirit" ng milk ko kaya minsan umaabot sa tubing (though hindi naman madami)

Here's what i do:
1. Remove the tubing from the pump
2. Tapatan ng water yung butas hanggang dun sa dulo. Kusa naman syempre tutulo yung water from the other end.
3. Once tapos nyo na linisan, pwede nyo sya ibalik dun sa pump mismo, then turn on the machine hanggang sa matuyo.
  - or if mas gusto nyo ng mas mabilis na way, buhasan nyo ng alcohol yung loob ng tubing mismo (this works for me )

Mahirap yung may molds, syempre may hangin parin yun, and chances are pwede parin macontaminate yung air na pumupumta dun mismo sa bottle. 

khriseeee - yup sis kasya din sya, even yung looney tunes na bottle nagagamit ko sya dati. 

[bagaholic_chewy]

^ sa Medela pump, kahit gano kalakas ang sirit ng milk ko, di pa din umaabot sa tubing. I guess it's with how the connector & membranes are positioned, kaya di talaga aabot ang milk sa tubes. It stays dry and clean naman. And sa Medela na mismo nagsabi na no need to wash the tubing kasi if it's washed and me naiwang water inside the tubes, dun pa magkakamolds tuloy...

I guess it depends on the pump.

[sachism]

I also never experienced cleaning the tubing ng medela pump ko before and I dont remember na may milk na pumasok dun. This was 4 years ago.

[hun_nie08]

I have spectra m1 never ko din nilinis tubing siguro kasi may backflow protector sya. Milk never went into the tubing.

[katrinac]

I don't think so with Medela. I used to have a medela swing dati, and halos every day ko linisin yung tubing. laging may moist pati. 
Yes sabi nga sa Medela di na daw need i wash ang tubing, pero yung sakin, weird lang may pumapasok parin. So far kada nahuhugasan ko naman dati, lagi naman malinis yung tubing. Di rin kasi closed ang system ng medela swing (not sure yung ibang type) kaya mahirap na.

Spectra m1 okay yung backflow protector nya, but I still wash it. Pero yung spectra dew ko na isa, nagkakamilk sa tubing mismo.

[eeatrice]

Hi mga sis, im planning to get an electric pump since ill be going back to work na by march, and due to budget constraints baka mag-spectra 3 na lang ako, ano ba disadvantages kapag suction strength lang? Compare kasi sa M1 which has let-down, and speed button

[katrinac]

Hello sis! Yung spectra 3 ba na tinutukoy mo is yung spectra dew 300? may ganyan din kasi ako, and for me mas comfortable ako gamiting yung spectra dew 300. sa m1, nasasaktan yung nipples ko, and mas madami ako nakukuha na output sa spectra dew 300. (i'm not sure why) kahit walang let down mode yung spectra 3 okay lang din sya.

[eeatrice]

^sis based sa babymama.ph there is also spectra 300 so i guess its different from spectra 3

[marssie]

Medela Swing user here, pinadadaanan ko rin ng mainit na tubig ang tube, kasi may time na pumapasok ang milk ko.. Yung old na Medela Swing ang tinutukoy ko ha.. Hayst..nakakamiss magpump

[nicoletta]

^ sa Medela pump, kahit gano kalakas ang sirit ng milk ko, di pa din umaabot sa tubing. I guess it's with how the connector & membranes are positioned, kaya di talaga aabot ang milk sa tubes. It stays dry and clean naman. And sa Medela na mismo nagsabi na no need to wash the tubing kasi if it's washed and me naiwang water inside the tubes, dun pa magkakamolds tuloy...

I guess it depends on the pump.

Sabi nga no need to clean, but I washed mine kasi for some reason nagkaroon ng milk.  I had to buy extra tuloy kasi hindi matuyo tuyo yung tube

[sachism]

For Spectra Users particularly S1, S2 or M1,  did you experience back flow ng milk sa tubing? Thanks.

[hun_nie08]

Im using m1 and may backflow protector sya so no way mapunta milk sa tubing.

[sachism]

^thanks sis. Hows the comfort level sa breast sis? I have only tried medela and avent. Mas comfortable si avent but it has many parts. Si medela naman yong compact and konti lang parts. How about sa spectra sis?

[hakunamatata]

joining...planning to buy breastpump pero limited lang ang budget. Ano ba ang maganda at budget friendly. I am currently using precious moments electric pump pinahiram lang ng friend. Medyo maingay siya pero ok naman gamitin.

[anjcam]

 Just want to ask, sino ng nakagamit ng mga hand-me-down breastpumps? Meron na kasing medela pump yung sister in law ko, and I think hindi na niya ginagamit. Ok lang ba to? Kasi saying naman kung bibili ako kung pwede ko pa naman gamitin yung kanya. In good condition cyempre.