https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 12:17:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/experience-with-hands-free-pumps#post-2906448 Thu, 19 Dec 2019 08:33:39 +0000 BUNBUN 2906448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@karenbme: thank you for updating! I’m going to have to make these decisions soon </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/experience-with-hands-free-pumps#post-2906424 Wed, 18 Dec 2019 21:10:59 +0000 karenbme 2906424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Updating in case someone is reading in the future: the Elvie also didn’t work out for me. I have a forceful let down and it kept backing up and milk would leak out the face when it couldn’t go down through the valve. There’s no way I could use it in public because I have to turn it off and let the milk drain frequently, then turn it on again. I also have the freemie and like that better, even if the pump is a little noisier and the battery life isn’t great. When I’m home I use the cups with my Spectra S1, and get more milk than with the Spectra parts.</p> <p>I do have a friend who swears by the Elvie, but I would tell people not to waste their money. The Freemie I would say is worth it, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/experience-with-hands-free-pumps#post-2897248 Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:01:35 +0000 lilyofthewest 2897248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought Elvie hoping I could use it when I got stuck in a surgical case and couldn't take a real pump break. They didn't work out for me because the standby battery life was only a couple days. It would be handy to use them once every couple/few weeks, and needing to charge them every other day to use them every few weeks wasn't worth it. I resold mine. </p> <p>I still have and occasionally use Freemies when I need to pump in loud but public places (like on metro, train, plane) or in a meeting where no one cares that I'm pumping but I'd rather not be exposed. I can't use them for patient care because the sound of my pump is so loud. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/experience-with-hands-free-pumps#post-2897247 Wed, 18 Sep 2019 14:36:09 +0000 gotkimchi 2897247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@karenbme: I used freemie and liked it. It wasn’t un-noticeable but i likes being covered and it was very easy to pump in the car. So basically people still knew I was pumping but my boobs weren’t out </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/experience-with-hands-free-pumps#post-2897240 Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:28:45 +0000 karenbme 2897240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sams Mom: Thanks for the info. I share an office with one other person, so I'd probably do the on/off process in the bathroom or maybe at my desk (we sit back to back). Also, I could totally see myself leaning forward to pick something up and spilling milk, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/experience-with-hands-free-pumps#post-2897200 Wed, 18 Sep 2019 07:50:13 +0000 Sams Mom 2897200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used freemie cups with my Madeline Pump in Style. I'm large chested so depending on my shirt you could definitely tell something was in my shirt. </p> <p>Otherwise it worked well. It was a bit of a trick getting them out if they were really full, but as long as you were somewhere you could pull your shirt up to get them out without flashing the whole office you're good.</p> <p>And DON'T lean forward with them in to pick your pen up off the floor 🤦🏼‍♀️ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/experience-with-hands-free-pumps#post-2897196 Wed, 18 Sep 2019 07:01:52 +0000 karenbme 2897196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi, wondering if anyone on here has tried the Elvie/Willow/Freemie style pumps. A friend just went back to work with an Elvie and raves about how great it is—apparently it’s discreet enough that she’s able to pump at her desk while working. From what she says it sounds ideal, but I’m looking to get some other opinions. Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-a-lot-of-colustrum-before-birth-but-still-have-a-lot-wait-before-your-milk-came-in#post-835041 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:41:51 +0000 photojane 835041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think there's any correlation! I had TONS of colostrum from very early on (like 17 weeks?), and my milk didn't come in until day 3 or 4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-a-lot-of-colustrum-before-birth-but-still-have-a-lot-wait-before-your-milk-came-in#post-835000 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:34:03 +0000 Tidybee 835000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I could get colostrum out if I tried pre-delivery and then I had a ton of it in the hospital right after she was born. But my milk didn't come in for 5-6 days because she wasn't latching or sucking properly. It only came in once I started using a pump. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-a-lot-of-colustrum-before-birth-but-still-have-a-lot-wait-before-your-milk-came-in#post-834946 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:21:03 +0000 sorrycharlie 834946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a ton of leakage - I needed bra pads from 21 weeks on! Lol. I had her Thursday evening, My milk came in Sunday morning. I've also had an oversupply. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-a-lot-of-colustrum-before-birth-but-still-have-a-lot-wait-before-your-milk-came-in#post-834908 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:07:50 +0000 looch 834908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a lot of colostrum, but 2 weeks post partum, nothing really had ever come in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-a-lot-of-colustrum-before-birth-but-still-have-a-lot-wait-before-your-milk-came-in#post-834901 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:05:22 +0000 Foodnerd81 834901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was wondering the same thing! Sounds like there isn't much correlation but that doesn't make sense to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-a-lot-of-colustrum-before-birth-but-still-have-a-lot-wait-before-your-milk-came-in#post-834887 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:01:49 +0000 Anagram 834887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ahhh...good to know. We were all saying, well...it sucks to have so much leakage already, but hopefully it means you'll at least have your milk come in immediately!</p> <p>But I see that might not be the case... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-a-lot-of-colustrum-before-birth-but-still-have-a-lot-wait-before-your-milk-came-in#post-834878 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:59:59 +0000 MamaMoose 834878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: I didn't even have a tiny drop before birth and yet my milk was completely in before I even checked out of the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-a-lot-of-colustrum-before-birth-but-still-have-a-lot-wait-before-your-milk-came-in#post-834871 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:58:46 +0000 heffalump 834871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a ton of colustrum and my milk didn't come in for a long, long, time. My LO was also born in July :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-a-lot-of-colustrum-before-birth-but-still-have-a-lot-wait-before-your-milk-came-in#post-834784 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:31:46 +0000 Anagram 834784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm part of a Facebook group of lovely ladies all due in July, and a couple of them already have their colustrum leaking in a major way---like, squirting or fully wetting their shirts. Some of us have had just a tiny sign of leakage, like once....and other of us haven't had any leakage at all.</p> <p>Do you think there's a correlation between early/heavy leakage and milk coming in sooner after baby arrives? </p>