My best friends is lending me her Medela as she rarely used it but I know I need to get replacement parts for it. Since I will be doing that I might as well get or at least measure to see what size to order along with the membranes, tubes, valves. So my question is - exactly what do I measure, the diameter of the areola?
Also - is there anything else I should know to replace/order?
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08-09-2010 #1
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I don't know about measuring, but this has a good description and pictures of proper fit.
http://www.medelasuction.com/ISBD/br...eldfitting.phpMom to two amazing DDs ('07 & '09) and a fur baby.
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I got my bigger flanges from the hospital; it was a kind of trial-and-error thing for me after getting a friction sore from the 24mm flanges on my larger breast.
FWIW, it seems to be nipple size, not aereola size. Bigger flanges have bigger nipple openings. (I have 24, 27 & 30mm flanges for my breasts & have used all 3 sizes at various points through the past 5 months EP-ing & then nursing my DD.)==========================================
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