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juliasdad
03-14-2003, 11:11 AM
My DW has been concerned, over the past few weeks, that her milk supply is dwindling. "That's ok", I keep saying, "you've done great for DD for 6 months, so at this point don't stress over it and let happen what will".

Never occured to us to check the valves on our Ameda Purely Yours. Yep, both were torn! Put new ones in yesterday, and the milk's a-flowin'! DW was *so* upset at all the time she wasted pumping over the last month!

So, just remember to check your pump parts periodically!

-dan

brubeck
03-14-2003, 11:30 AM
I'll add that even though I clean my PIS parts in the dishwasher regularly, I took them out a few months ago to find some goopy stuff in the yellow valve. I have no clue what it was, but I'm glad I looked!

Also, the PIS won't work if the little white flap gets torn or the yellow piece gets cracked. I called Medela and they sent me the replacement pieces free of charge.