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So I've just managed to express my first bottle of breast milk with a manual pump but I wanted to ask my big boobed ladies out there if they could recommend a hands free pump that's not too expensive?
My little boy is 5 days old and has had trouble latching due to a tongue tie so I've been formula feeding and wanted to combination feed where I can.
Any advice or recommendations would be really helpful xx
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Pipetta - I have a hands free wearable pump from there. It fits and works amazingly and I’m a 36 G in bra size. Hope this helps!

It’s not the cheapest but I used the Elvie as a 38FF and their manual one was also hands free and £50, that was good but the electric was better

Hey!! I have big boobs and they only just gotten bigger since having baby. So I’ve been exclusively pumping using tommee tippee electric breast pump.So what l done was a made a make shift bra… To make it hands free

Momcozy! I was a 36G before pregnancy, now that my breast milk has come in they’ve gotten a lot bigger and the momcozy has been great. It’s the electric one, can fit easily inside your nursing bra and comes with straps to attach as well, it’s around £50 for one. It’s basically like the Elvie but cheaper and has been great for me x

I recommend a hakkaa. You can express on side and attach the hakaa to the other side. It uses natural suction to draw out the milk whilst you pump the other breast

34 DDD and use the elvie fine

I can't relate with the large boob issue, but have you considered getting his tongue tie cut? At that age is simple and can save a lot of hassle later with speech issues! X

Hand free/wearable pumps are not very good at emptying you, they aren’t recommended. If you want to do more than the odd pump here and there you will need something better else your supply could decrease, you can get a pump like the spectra S9 or medela and use a pumping bra.
I had size JJ boobs before my milk came in (Uk sizing, god knows how big they are now) and found Hakkaa was fine and it worked well enough but again won’t drain you at all and I knocked it off several times, it’s more there to catch the let down so I have switched over to a medela shell to catch a bit which can go in my bra while I pump the other side.
The momcozy is one that no lactation consultant recommends, it wont do a good enough job if you wanted to mainly feed breastmilk, lots of people say the suction isn’t great.
If all depends how much you you actually want to pump as to what you buy.
I exclusively pump (with one formula feed during the night sometimes) so have gone for more “industrial” ones.

Heyya!! I would recommend a spectra too !! You can pick the machine part up second hand on ebay etc and then by the actual pump parts new on ebay or from their website xx

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Madela Madela Madela I CNt stress enough how gud the double pump is, u can hire it and ask ur maternity ward where u stayed for a discount code

Could you try nipple shields to breast feed? They can be a great tool for a number of issues and in theory helpful for a baby with tongue tie to maintain breast feeding whilst waiting for the cut (Sorry if you’ve tried already and it’s not worked out for you and baby! It’s ace you are doing what you can and pumping! It’s hard work, you deserve a medal) x