I won an advent breast pump! Should I be excited?

[Serendipitee]

Hi there. I was so pleased to hear that I have won a breast pump, amongst other baby things from a baby show. It just arrived and I am shocked that it is an Electronic One (Isis IQ Duo). I see they retail for about $400!

I am as concerned as the rest of you about BPAs in bottles, and I am wondering if I could use the pump with other bottles instead. The baby doesn't arrive til July, so I have not begun breastfeeding or really wrapped my head around the notion of pumping. Is there some way that I can use this safely, or should I look to sell it?

[codex57]

It's worth a lot. Plus, it rarely gets discounted. So, you have plenty of options.

There's of course eBay and Craigslist. However, consider returning it to a store for store credit. You may have to sign up for the store's baby registry, put the item on there, then return it and say you got an extra one or something.

I strongly considered the Avent too. Family members who have had kids all used Avent bottles (before BPA became a big news item). They loved the bottles so we trusted the brand. Reviews said it could work pretty well. However, the one thing that scared me was that parts are incredibly hard and are nonexistent for lots of the pump to find. I kinda worried what would happen if we broke something. We'd be out a $350 pump for something stupid.

So, in the end, we went with the tried and true Medela. We did end up breaking some stuff. Medela shipped the parts out to us for free. Great CS.

It's up to you if you want to take the risk. We decided against it and couldn't be happier. The Medela stuff is BPA free, and the bottles have worked fine. Very convenient to pump into the Medela bottles, then just stick a nipple on it and feed DS. No extra bottles to clean, which is great cuz it can feel endless. DS is just starting to outgrow the Medela bottles after 6 months.

[pastrygirl]

I didn't pump often, but when I did, I pumped into whatever bottles were compatible with my pump (Medela, plus some bottles they gave me at the hospital), but then transfered the milk for freezer storage. You don't have to use the bottles that come with the pump for anything other than the pumping session itself.

[GeekLady]

There IS an adaptor but I can't figure out which bottles it will attach to the pump.

http://www.mybreastpump.com/medelaav...aventwidemouth

I wish and hope it will work with the Milkmate bottles (I love the storage concept), but I just won't know until I try it. I try not to worry about leaching during pumping, my knowledge of physical chemistry tells me that leaching takes time without the application of heat.

This pump is actually discounted frequently, it's been 220 on Amazon for the last 2 months, and I've been able to find it price-matched (or close) to the PISA at any point I looked in the past 2 years.

[Serendipitee]

Thanks for the responses.

I did find posted elsewhere that the Avent Pump supposedly works with Gerber Gentle Flow bottles. Anyone try this?

As an aside, just caught a news story here in Canada about BPAs and many large stores in Canada have pulled products containing it off their shelves, and Health Canada is due to make an announcement about it "as early as tomorrow".

[amandabea]

I had the Medela, but purchased the Avent adapter to use with my Gerber Gentle Flow (BPA free) bottles. I'm sure that the Gerber bottles will work fine with the Avent pump. Congrats on the win!