Medela Swing

I read all the reviews on here before buying my Medela Swing breast pump. First off, I bought it initially for occasional use. I was going to stop pumping on return to work after being off for 5 months. I… had some periods where breastfeeding was getting rather rocky for me and my son, and this pump got us through that time quite well. Now that I have been back to work for over 2 months, I use this pump 3 times a day every day except on the weekends, when I only use it twice (normally). Great things about it - it's small. It is very portable. It only needs 4 AA batteries and runs for quite a while on those batteries. You can easily get probably 10 pumpings on those batteries. I pump both sides so it being single sided makes this take longer - but it's so much cheaper than the other Medela pumps and with the same good pumping action and quiet noise level. It still only takes me 20 - 25 minutes to pump 7-8 ounces. I do breast compressions to help this go faster but it's probably not really necessary. The pump has good suction, and I use it on the top level. I have not noticed any suction loss from this pump. I have no problem with milk supply as long a I drink enough water during the day. When my son was born, he was hospitalized at another hospital pretty far from our home for 19 days. So, I used the Medela Symphony rental pump from the hospital. This developed a great milk supply for me. I don't think this pump would be one to get a milk supply going from the get-go if you have a baby who you must pump for (for whatever reason). But - that's not what it's designed to do. I have accidentally dropped it in its bag on concrete twice...no problems. I have taken it and pumped using the battery function many times - both on commercial airliners and in a company airplane (small turboprop as I am a pilot and work at an aviation company). I took it all around two day-long business aviation conventions. I've pumped with it sitting in a van while taking a break from doing maintenance on a large jet airliner. So, you can tell from all this that it's so portable and convenient for a hard-working mom to use. The only thing is that it's gotten maybe a bit louder over the 5 months I've owned it. But, it hasn't seemed to affect the suction. You get tired of the noise it makes but hey, any pump is going to make noise. Overall, it was a great purchase and a good decision.

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I just received this pump after trying to pump manually and this little pump is SO great! I tried so many times to manually pump and it is extremely tiring and I was only getting 2 ounces total from both… sides! This pump works wonderfully and is very quiet, comfortable, and affordable! I got 4 ounces out of one side the very first time I used it! I also really like that it allows you to discreetly pump because it's so small and very easy to hide (large hamburger size). I would highly recommend this to someone who pumps every so often like myself. It's great to take on trips too as it works very well on batteries!

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After renting an industrial/hospital pump (Symphony) for the first month after birth, we had low expectations for the Medela Swing Pump we purchased. We were pleasantly surprised at it's great… functionality. The pumping power is actually comparable to the commercial pump, and it has a wide range of suction power. Also love that it works on either AC power or batteries. The only down side is that we had a double pump before, so it was more efficient to do both sides at once. Highly recommend the Medela Swing Breast Pump.

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