https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:50:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yet-another-which-breast-pump-question#post-2637614 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:37:17 +0000 birdofafeather 2637614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm kinda obsessed with my spectra! Quiet and efficient! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yet-another-which-breast-pump-question#post-2637484 Sun, 16 Oct 2016 13:18:01 +0000 pachamama 2637484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For #2 I am definitely getting the Spectra. Lots of mom I know have it and say it's better than Medela. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yet-another-which-breast-pump-question#post-2637412 Sun, 16 Oct 2016 04:10:29 +0000 MrsF 2637412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't like the freemie cups - mostly because I need to do a lot of massage, hand compression that get good output while pumping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yet-another-which-breast-pump-question#post-2637350 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 19:52:50 +0000 gotkimchi 2637350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I already had freemje cups so I hacked it to use with my spectra. I LOVE my freemie cups but I heard the pump isn't that great so I'd get spectra and just buy freemie cups </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yet-another-which-breast-pump-question#post-2637347 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 19:36:56 +0000 Mrs. Toad 2637347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The freemie I have is only able to be run on electric power, so if battery power is needed, it won't work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yet-another-which-breast-pump-question#post-2637324 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 18:10:33 +0000 Pollywog 2637324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My spectra is so quiet no one can hear when i pump on conference calls. And it is super effective </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yet-another-which-breast-pump-question#post-2637313 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 17:30:52 +0000 travellingbee 2637313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tried my friends spectra and liked it a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yet-another-which-breast-pump-question#post-2637299 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 15:17:50 +0000 avivoca 2637299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm planning to get a Spectra. I don't really need a hands-free pump and I've heard good things about Spectra pumps, plus there is a store locally that carries spare parts for them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yet-another-which-breast-pump-question#post-2637295 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 15:08:32 +0000 LAZB 2637295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I currently have two Medela PIS, so I thought I'd try something different this time. I was planning on going with the Spectra because I've seen that a lot of people really like them, but then I just saw my insurance will also cover the Freemie Hands Free Delux Pump. Which one would you go with? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2340461 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:31:56 +0000 tiramisu 2340461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ajsmommy: I'm so glad it turned out to be nothing! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2339879 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 08:37:26 +0000 runnerd 2339879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ajsmommy: I know you are so relieved!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2339868 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 08:30:37 +0000 tinyperson 2339868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fantastic news! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2339866 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 08:28:43 +0000 Mama Bird 2339866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay! That's great news! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2339859 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 08:23:20 +0000 Ajsmommy 2339859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just wanted to stop back to update real quick...</p> <p>Had mammogram yesterday afternoon. The tech couldn't feel any "lump" either, which honestly made me feel good b/c I haven't been able to feel it this entire time. She did two views and then sent me to wait. Came back and did a third view which was more squished but not painful.</p> <p>Then I went back to wait. I was then told that I had an ultrasound in 30 mins (I hadn't known that) but apparently when the dr refers for a "lump" they automatically do both. So I wanted until I was taken for the ultrasound.</p> <p>The tech asked where the lump was and I told her the area of question but told her that I had never really felt anything and no lump. She also didn't feel a lump! Again I felt better b/c this all means I didn't miss a lump on myself! </p> <p>She did the ultrasound and no lump or issue was found. Just some dense tissue, which I've always had and always have known I had..... </p> <p>So I was released with no need to follow up or anything. All clear</p> <p>Thanks so much ladies for all of your comments, you really helped me not be nervous :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2325620 Mon, 19 Oct 2015 11:31:32 +0000 Ajsmommy 2325620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catomd00: @Mamasig: @BabyBoecksMom: thanks guys.... I guess i'll just have to wait until next week at my mammogram </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2325460 Mon, 19 Oct 2015 09:46:48 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2325460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ajsmommy: Mine is obvious. It felt about the size of a quarter. ... but it's just tissue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2325374 Mon, 19 Oct 2015 08:57:45 +0000 Mamasig 2325374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ajsmommy: Mine was obvious. It was close to the surface. I felt it first. But the OB could feel it right away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2325309 Mon, 19 Oct 2015 08:23:37 +0000 catomd00 2325309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ajsmommy: mine was very obvious To me, but it was also right on the surface. I didn't have to really press down firmly to feel it like they do during an exam. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2325222 Mon, 19 Oct 2015 06:35:34 +0000 Ajsmommy 2325222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sorry to revisit this post. But to all of you that felt your own lump, was it obvious? And those who's dr felt it before you did.. were you able to feel it after??</p> <p>I honestly can NOT feel the "lump" she was referring to. I have tried standing up, laying down, in the shower, clothed, unclothed..LOL??? TMI but I have dense tissue and that's all I feel. I guess that could be what she was referring to.</p> <p>When she felt it in the apt, she put my hand there to feel and I told her I couldn't feel it but that was it.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2322069 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:08:41 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2322069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom has always had a lump that they've watched, but it's just been fibrous. I have a lump that they're also watching that I found when I was pregnant. They did an ultrasound on it after I had the baby, but because I was breastfeeding, it was a little difficult for them to scan (boobs kept filling with milk). But, they scanned for a long time and didn't see anything concerning.... just fibroids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2322068 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:08:37 +0000 MrsLonghorn 2322068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Back when we were TTC, my OB found a lump during a checkup. I think the whole process took a month from finding it -&gt; ultrasound -&gt; biopsy -&gt; lumpectomy. It was very stressful because at each step of the way they kept saying "I'm sure it's nothing, but we should go ahead and do xyz". But in the end, they were right!</p> <p>You can laugh at me, but we were SO stressed about TTC that we had sex 24 hours after my lumpectomy, while I was still wearing a bandage. It was awful!! Worst idea ever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2322061 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:06:07 +0000 Ajsmommy 2322061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you everyone!! You're stories are helping calm my worry </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2321998 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:43:05 +0000 Mamasig 2321998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ajsmommy: My OB is part of a medical practice associated with and located next to a major woman's hospital. This hospital serves all women's healthcare needs from having a baby to menopause, etc. About 90% of the babies born here are delivered in this hospital. Anyway, they have a major imaging center. I just walked on over with my orders. The radiologist reviewed everything right away. I didn't have to wait for results or anything. It was about 4-5 hours from when I called my OB to getting final results. I'm sorry it's not so straightforward for you! The waiting has got to suck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2321992 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:41:26 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2321992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I still have a lump that I first noticed a couple of years ago. It's pretty large. I also have the BRCA2 breast cancer mutation so I take everything extremely seriously! Ultrasound and mammo determined that the lump is nothing...just fibrous if I remember right.</p> <p>I get screened yearly with both mammo and breast MRI and this year they found something suspicious (.8cm...I couldn't feel it...so I had to get a biopsy and it was also negative. </p> <p>It's very likely that's it's nothing...but of course it's important to check everything out! Good luck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2321968 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:28:15 +0000 Reese 2321968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a mammo, biopsy and then a lumpectomy while pregnant. Feel free to PM me. Can't type out everything at the moment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2321963 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:27:13 +0000 Mama Bird 2321963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hope it's nothing!</p> <p>My mom had a lump. I think it was just a leftover from a bad case of mastitis, but this was 30 years ago and medicine wasn't what it is today, so her doctor removed it just in case. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2321952 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:23:44 +0000 catomd00 2321952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ajsmommy: I had a lump and my PCP immediately referred me to the cancer center. I was terrified. They did an ultrasound and biopsied it that day and it was benign. I was supposed to get it rechecked but then I got pregnant so they wouldn't check it. It got huge while pregnant and now is gone. Most likely it's nothing. Keeping you in my thoughts. I'm surprised though they're doing a mammogram first instead of just going to biopsy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2321949 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:23:28 +0000 ms.line 2321949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't had this personally, but I my mom always had to have extra mammograms because she had dense breast tissue. Hopefully a 3D mammogram will give you a clean bill of health and you won't even need a biopsy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2321943 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:20:52 +0000 SwanSong 2321943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a lump back in April and had an ultrasound done. Turns out I just had/have extremely dense tissue in that one area so it feels like a lump but in actuality is nothing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referred-for-a-mammogram-and-scared#post-2321891 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:06:40 +0000 Ajsmommy 2321891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: thank you so much!<br /> @blackbird: I drink a good bit of caffeine, maybe that's my problem? hoping so!<br /> @snowjewelz: yes, I agree and that's my husbands view too. I got my mammogram set up for 2 weeks and he was like get one sooner!!<br /> @Mamasig: how did you get your test done so fast?? did you ask for it or did that just happen? My dr just gave me a list and recommended I call one place that she circled. The first apt they have is in 2 weeks...<br /> @Adira: thank you </p>