I tried to pump last nite b/c Morgan didn't eat so much due to her fever.
I
only managed to pump an oz. I have no idea what I did wrong, but it
didn't
feel very good.


Do you just use the Isis or also an electric pump?

I only tried the Isis once.



I can't decide what to do- should I just go ahead and rent a Medela Pump
in
Style for a week from the hospital to see if it works for me then go ahead
and buy that, or should I try something smaller like the Medela
mini-electric? That's $80...but by the time you buy a couple of pumps that
don't work you should have just put the $$ toward the better one. I hear
the
Isis works better than electric for a lot of women ubt I figure if the
Harmony isn't doing very well with me the Isis might eb about the same...

I would try what you have already a few times before getting anything else.

I am not going back to work while nursing, but I want to pump as much as
possible.

Why? You can only store milk frozen for 3 months from what I understand.

Right now I need a nap, she has been nursing every hour it seems,
and so I can't sleep, and no one can help me. I wish my husband could take
her for about 6 hours. I haven't slept more than 2 in a row since I had
her.
I'm not frustrated or anything but sleep sure would feel nice! (I'm
surprised I am so relaxed, having had no sleep....before I had her I
wouldn't have been able to make it on lack of sleep!) But I would have
more
energy if I could just sleep.....

Could be a growth spurt. Be sure to fill her up for as long as you can when
you do feed her so she can get to the hind milk. I change and arouse her
when she falls asleep so that she can really get it allot. She's hefty.

~Carol Ann
Mom to Morgan born 3.24.04
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