Medela and Avent Breast Pumps

Here are some of my thoughts on breast pumps.

I do actually favour the medela brand slightly more than the Avent, just because they have a better range of breast pumps and prices. The avent breast pumps only have the manual and the electric. Now if someone is planning on expressing just one bottle a day, then they don’t really need a high end electric breast pump, so the only other option with avent is a manual breast pump. Depending on the circumstances I don’t recommend manual breast pumps because they are quite a pain to use, and you can get a sore hand etc, and most people would buy them for the wrong reason. Most people that I know who have brought a manual pump (from other shops) have not been happy with them.

Medela are good because they have a middle range breast pump, the mini electric breast pump. This one is ideal for pumping about one to two feeds per day, and is a lot easier to use than a manual pump. If someone is wanting to express more often than this, then I recommend the medela swing pump.

I recommend the medela swing pump over the avent uno, because it has the 2 phase expression method whereas the uno doesn’t have this. The 2-phase method starts of fast to stimulate letdown and when that occurs you push a button to change it to a slower longer rate. This means that you can get more milk in less time.

Another advantage of the Medela products is that they are all BPA free.

If you have any more questions please don’t hesitate to ask, or have a browse around our website http://www.breastmates.co.nz/express.htm