…When I first used Avent manual pump, my nipples were a little sore but not too bad, I thought coz they were not being pulled & sucked in such way before, so it’s just a matter of getting accustomed to it. After that, this manual pump works well. Not only that your hand won’t get tired of pumping manually, in fact, because it’s manually control, you can hold on to each squeeze until the milk finishes before you release & pull the pump handle to squeeze again!…
…After breastfeeding for 6 months, I now got lazy of stimulating let down by myself, I pump on one & let my baby sucks at the other at the same time. So everything is brisk & efficient. But of course as Nicholas would grab everything he sees now, I have to fight with him to maintain the pump at the right place!…(angie, mcboobies to Nicholas since 20/8/2003)

3. Freedom
Price at about RM30

Review

…I did not like it, very hard work, but it did proof to me that the suction method is
copying baby sucking better than Tommee Tippee……(Patricia, mom to Tia 28/09/2003)

4. Hand Expressed

Review
… I express with my bare hands…
…The plus points - no money involve, no parts to sterilize, no pump to cart around, can do it anywhere, can feel how much the McB has (swear, I can tell by just the touch how many ozs I am getting), can massage for 3 let downs in each session, used to get the max of 12 ozs per expressing session, gentle on the nipple as the nipple wasn’t even touched…
…I got between 6-12 ozs per expressing. But usually, the McB seems to make 1 oz per hour and max 24 ozs per day. Sort of enough for baby consumption of the day. Using the bare hands, I think the McB got stimulated and thus it fills up, great flow and fills up. Anyway, I am on see-saw of wanting to stop lactating and sometimes, after 3 days absence, with nothing to do, I press-press, perah-perah susu and still got 2-3 ozs…
… The negative points - primitive eh?, neck do get tired from looking down all the while, palm and thumb too get tired, need both hands, one to express, one to hold the bottle, need a little time to get accustom the technique, can get skin burn (feel raw) if use wrong technique, even get blue-black if over enthusiastic!…(Lilian is proud mom to 5 boys, from teen to teeny baby)

…I must have done wrong as it had little output and got really sore breasts…(Patricia, mom to Tia 28/09/2003)

…I did much better with manual expression….after learning how to get a letdown…don’t just squeeze and squash your breasts. U won’t get much milk and you’ll end up with sore breasts. I have this article from Christine and it’s called the Marmet Technique. It’s quite good and u can find the same stuff online by googling……(Karen, mum to Nicodemus [2/1998] and Ethan [6/2002])