Wait...before you buy a pump. After you deliver, your insurance company may give you a pump.
If there are any medical reasons for you or your baby, the lactation consultant in the hospital will request a pump for you. The pump is usually the Medela Pump in Style, which is a wonderful and expensive pump. 90% of the mothers I see have received a Pump in Style before they leave the hospital.
We stock Medela's Pump in Style and rental pumps, if you need one and your insurance company does not give you one.
Medical Reasons for a Breast Pump:
1. Painful latch
2. Damaged nipples
3. Premature or near term baby
4. Baby not latching
5. Difficult or complicated delivery
6. Prior breast surgery
7. Above average weight loss for baby
8. Baby small or large for gestational age
9. Jaundiced baby
10. Medical conditions--you or baby
If you are pumping in the first 4-6 weeks to build up your milk production, you need to rent a hospital-grade pump. The Pump in Style is designed to maintain your production, not build it.