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My baby starts weaning next month. She’s EBF currently and I haven’t got a pump to express milk for like baby porridge. I don’t intend on using it other than for in food.
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Get a hand pump by haaka or get a milk catcher. Or you can get a pump through insurance for free or cheaper. I have the lansinoh discreet portable pump and I like it enough. It let's me pump while doing so m e chores

You can use cows milk in food if you want to.. if you’re wanting to use breastmilk I’d just get a cheap manual pump for £20 it’ll do the job perfectly for what you want it for. An expensive electric pump is more faf than it’s worth to pump such small volumes of milk x

I agree about using cows milk in cooking, we have done this since our daughter was about 7 months. If you would rather use breastmilk in food though, Bellababy have reasonably priced electric pumps on Amazon, I think you can get a double pump for about £60 and it works pretty well-I found it much more reliable than the elvie stride

Hand pump or I brought a nullie on Amazon in the sale

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