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I have a pump on our registry, but have been meaning to look into the insurance one this month since that's when our pump would be eligible under our insurance plan. Ours isn't free, but goes towards our total out-of-pocket expense, so in essence free, I was told. I highly doubt anyone will buy the pump for us off the registry anyways so I'm leaving it on there until I get the one from the insurance first.

My SIL actually gave me her pump, so I didn't put a pump on my registry. I actually felt weird putting any boob-related items on the registry, so even though I need new nipple shields and some creams and other stuff, I left them off my registry and just figured I'd buy them myself! Maybe I'm weird, but I felt awkward putting that kind of stuff on the registry!

I didn't put any 'boob-related' stuff on my registry. I'll be a SAHM too, so I just bought a manual pump. I guess if the time comes where I feel a need for an electric I'll look into insurance but I really don't anticipate needing one because I'm not really looking to build up a big stash.

@tororojo: Haha, literally! I gotcha - I am lazy when it comes to dealing with insurance and all that but if someone told me - bam here's your free hospital grade pump I'd take it!

@JerricaBenton: I know it feels weird to have breast and post-partum stuff on the registry, but I figured no one would buy them and I just wanted them on there for the registry completion discount. Do you think people get grossed out by seeing that stuff on the registry? I can just imagine my male cousins who have bought us stuff on there going, "uh, TMI" lol!

I didn't have a pump on my registry because I knew I wanted to rent a hospital pump. I called my insurance company and the guy I spoke to said they wouldn't start covering any pumping equipment until next June, which is our enrollment time.

I didn't rent my pump until 6 weeks pp. As a SAHM, I didn't feel the need to build a stash right away, plus we didn't introduce the bottle
until then. I would have started pumping at 4 weeks, but I was on an elimination diet and didn't want to pump milk that might make DS spit up anyway.

My insurance company won't cover a pump until June which is no good since LO will be in daycare starting at the end of April. So I put it on the registry -- along with all my BF'ing supplies -- fully expecting nobody to buy it or anything else boob-related. I was right.

I'm planning to wait until we see how BF'ing in general goes and then buy the pump. I don't want to introduce bottles until 4-6 weeks in and I don't want to buy a $250 pump and have to go through the issue of returning it, if BF'ing doesn't work.

As for bottles, I just bought bottles that I thought would be good based on recommendations -- Dr. Brown's -- and plan to pump into bags for storage and pour into bottles for feeding/daycare. If I'm building a daycare stockpile, it wouldn't be practical for me to pump directly into bottles for storage anyway!