https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 05:23:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preemie-babies-did-you-rent-a-hospital-pump-or-a-hospital-scale#post-2251151 Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:46:03 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2251151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a feeling your insurance will probably cover rental of hospital grade pump! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preemie-babies-did-you-rent-a-hospital-pump-or-a-hospital-scale#post-2250314 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:50:10 +0000 BandDmommy 2250314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I rented the pump both pregnancies. So worth it! My son was born at 34 weeks. Daughter at 37 weeks. So DD not preemie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preemie-babies-did-you-rent-a-hospital-pump-or-a-hospital-scale#post-2250288 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:34:07 +0000 MrsRcCar 2250288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I rented a pump with DS1 (not my preemie) and I loved it! I ended up EP and really wanted to keep it the whole time but it was cost prohibitive.</p> <p>I didn't rent either one with DS2 (35 weeker) I pumped with the hospital grade pump when I would see him at the hospital and my regular Medela pump at home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preemie-babies-did-you-rent-a-hospital-pump-or-a-hospital-scale#post-2250274 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:26:41 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2250274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I rented the Medela Symphony. It's an amazing pump! They will have ones for you to use in the NICU, and I tried the free one at home and hated it (the Lactina) so I rented the Dymphony from another hospital. I did not get a scale and I think they can cause a lot of stress. My nurses recommended against it. I was steady going back to the hospital once a week for check ups anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preemie-babies-did-you-rent-a-hospital-pump-or-a-hospital-scale#post-2250255 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:11:56 +0000 Mrs.Someone 2250255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No preemie, but I needed to up my supply stat, so the hospital pump was awesome. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preemie-babies-did-you-rent-a-hospital-pump-or-a-hospital-scale#post-2250252 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:08:26 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2250252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have a preemie but I felt like I had much better suction with my Medela Freestyle than with the hospital grade Ameda they brought me to use before I was discharged. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preemie-babies-did-you-rent-a-hospital-pump-or-a-hospital-scale#post-2250250 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:04:03 +0000 petunia354 2250250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No to either. I might rent a pump next time but definitely not a scale. I would have driven myself crazy weighing my DS all the time! We also had a visiting nurse come to our house a few times the first couple weeks home and she weighed him then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preemie-babies-did-you-rent-a-hospital-pump-or-a-hospital-scale#post-2250249 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 16:59:20 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 2250249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My OB said I absolutely needed a hospital pump, and because of her referral it was covered via insurance. No scale, but we had a few nurse visits after he got discharged and she brought a scale then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preemie-babies-did-you-rent-a-hospital-pump-or-a-hospital-scale#post-2250223 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 16:30:29 +0000 matador84 2250223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Okay so I did not have preemies, but I used a hospital grade pump with lo1, and a scale for lo2. Both well worth it! rented the pump, bought the scale. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preemie-babies-did-you-rent-a-hospital-pump-or-a-hospital-scale#post-2250199 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 15:57:50 +0000 BSB 2250199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I heard hospital pumps are stronger suction than the non-hospital versions. Also, the hospital scales are more accurate than the ones you can buy at the store. </p> <p>When you had a preemie, did you rent both? or one? or neither? </p>