Breast pump recommendations

Hi all x

Looking for recommendations on electric breast pump pls.
What’s good? Or worked best for you?

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Spectra S1 get flanges that fit!

I bought the blue Spectra S1+ from Vinted - still in transit . I hope it does the job.

Thank you both :)

If you’re after a wearable, I have the Momcozy M6 and love it! It comes with a range of flange sizes and a sizer as well, so you’re able to immediately know your size and use the correct ones. There are usually some on Vinted or I ended up getting mine on Amazon on a good offer!

Used the medella freestyle for 98% of my 2 year pumping journy.

Momcozy slim if you work a lot maybe.

Spectra S1, the blue one. Hospital grade, works amazingly!

Madela inbra motion pump

I used momcozy at home but it wasn’t as good at medella which i used in the hospital. momcozy was too complicated to wash and it’s hard put all the parts together

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My baby is almost 4 months, she was always so happy and smiley but recently she SQUEALS!!! if she’s not squealing, she’s crying, no matter what we do.

When we pick her up, she wants to move every two seconds and stiffens up and screams at us to move her, in the car, play gym, in her swing chair.. it’s relentless!!!

Anybody else experienced this?? I’m worried (although I hope not!) that because I never let her “self soothe” and responded to every sound she’s made that I may have spoiled her like people said and I laughed at?

Pic of my usually smiley girl so we don’t get lost 🩷

Who is in the same boat?

FTM to a 7 week old who has been incredibly chilled up to now bar problems with wind. From 6 weeks old he has been crying none stop and will only soothe with contact naps. I am unable to put him down and even on me he seems to wake up screaming crying for no apparent reason. He is absolutely fine at night but day times are a different story and he seems to go through a cry - feed - contact nap - cry- feed cycle until he goes down at night. I know this must be a phase but I am STRUGGLING. is anyone else going through the same thing?

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I understand contact naps are normal- my baby is 11 weeks and still requiring them. As he will be coming up to 3 months soon, I want to slowly start practicing having him nap independently. He has to feel me or else once I put him down he wakes up.

Im embracing contact naps and want to be skin to skin as much as he does lol. However I’m a solo mum so sometimes I need to put him down so I can for example make food for myself.

After 3 months does the independence start to happen?