https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 13:14:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1140179 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 11:02:10 +0000 MaisyMay 1140179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Elderberrygin: When I pumped it was into the Medela bottles and then poured into the bags so that I could pre-measure. In regards to wine, drink it while you are pumping. It feels so wrong, but you know it won't be going in to the milk you are currently pumping. :)<br /> Oh, and I preferred the Target and Lansinoh bags. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1140069 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 10:33:53 +0000 MsLipGloss 1140069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Elderberrygin: No matter what bag I used, I always marked the amount on the bags with a Sharpie . . . it helped to give me a much better idea of what each bag should yield (I would deduct a small amount for assumed losses from transfers, i.e., from bottle to bag and/or bag to bottle, but I recorded the pumped amount on the bag so that I would know the max amount).</p> <p>ETA: And yeah, wine FTW!!! Sometimes I would drink a glass while I was pumping/BFing. ;P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1140048 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 10:28:57 +0000 Elderberrygin 1140048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ladies, you have put a smile on my face this morning with your enthusiastic wine-drinking support and bag suggestions! I pumped at 8pm and got zero ounces. :-( So there goes the last of my stash. DH ran out and got me a bottle of wine to drown my sorrows and ready-made enchiladas to cheer me up. I am ordering Lansinoh bags on Amazon right now. </p> <p>Can we also have a collective vent about how you can never tell how much is in the medela bags? The number of times I've given myself a mental high five for pumping five ounces only to shift the bag around and discover its three ounces. Ughhhh. Hate those bags. If they weren't plastic I would have a ceremonial burning ritual to get rid of them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139929 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 10:00:03 +0000 littlebug 1139929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Lansinoh bags are SO much better! My sister uses the Medela bags and I once lost about 2oz of her milk because I didn't know they had those stupid holes in them. I felt HORRIBLE. Then I went out and bought her 2 boxes of the Lansinoh bags. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139852 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 09:36:16 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 1139852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate those bags too. I just use the Nuk bags (they are WAY cheaper and I have never had a problem with their seal. ) I also pump straight into them with my Medela pump hi cutting small slits I'm the same spot the Medela bags have them. Works wonders! </p> <p>Also, one glass of wine won't effect your milk. Have one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139739 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 09:11:31 +0000 prettylizy 1139739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: excellent, thanks! I'll add them to my amazon list :) Man I'm not looking forward to pumping again though! lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139733 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 09:09:44 +0000 MsLipGloss 1139733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: They are awesome! I only found out about them here on HB! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139714 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 09:05:34 +0000 prettylizy 1139714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Those medela bags were the worst. Lansinoh were so much better I agree. I've never heard of Honeysuckle though, maybe I'll have to look them up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139687 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:59:55 +0000 Adira 1139687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: Oh, hahaha, so glad it wasn't the devastating experience I was thinking it would be!! And you don't sound terrible - I've had multiple glasses of wine and saved all the milk, so depending on how STRONG the cocktail was, I'd keep the milk too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139639 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:48:33 +0000 Corduroy 1139639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I would have been extremely upset but I had a cocktail before pumping the first 4oz and I wasn't sure if I would keep that milk to dilute with other milk or not (wow I sound terrible). I took spilling the milk in my cooler as a sign that I shouldn't keep it. </p> <p>The next morning I put all the bags of milk in a Ziploc so I wouldn't have any more spills. The Lansinoh bags were fine but all the Medelas spilled. I didn't save that milk because the outside of the bags had touched hotel bathroom. Ick.</p> <p> Learned my lesson: bottles for transport, Lansinoh for storage, pump in save for trash. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139591 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:30:43 +0000 californiadreams 1139591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139578 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:24:00 +0000 JoJoGirl 1139578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@californiadreams: Me either! Bring on the wine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139564 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:20:06 +0000 californiadreams 1139564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i never had an issue with the medela bags, but it seems i am in the minority! in fact, i spilled some milk once when i pouring from a bottle into the lansinoh bag! because it was so much longer than i was used to. </p> <p>and i definitely do not deprive myself of wine when i have to pump or nurse! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139530 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:01:59 +0000 blackbird 1139530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>THESE ARE THE WORST BAGS EVER. The Lansinoh ones are way way better. THESE SUCK SO BAD. </p> <p>Sorry. I hated them, too :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139487 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 07:34:46 +0000 MsLipGloss 1139487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Elderberrygin: My favorite bags were Honeysuckle bags. Oh, and hon, please have that glass of wine! One (glass of wine) won't make a difference . . . and for that matter, neither will a little formula. Big (((hugs)))!</p> <p>ETA: Fwiw, I actually liked the Medela bags . . . but I LOVED the Honeysuckle bags. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139483 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 07:32:29 +0000 JoJoGirl 1139483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>YES YES YES I opened this thread JUST to say to get the lansinoh bags. I just switched last week and I am so pissed I didn't switch earlier. Best thing - DOUBLE ZIPLOC CLOSE so that'll never happen again. And they freeze flat instead of in that stupid wedge, and they hold 6-7 oz instead of 5. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139450 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 07:05:19 +0000 Smurfette 1139450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, lansinoh bags are 100% better!! and yes, have wine while pumping!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139448 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 07:03:56 +0000 Adira 1139448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: OMG!!! 8oz lost???? I would DIE!!! Did you sob??</p> <p>@Elderberrygin: I concur about the lanisoh bags! So much better!!! And also - have a glass of wine WHILE you're pumping! It won't have time to get into your breast milk and even just a glass won't be enough to affect your baby (at least, that's what the nurses told me at the hospital)! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139420 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 06:32:37 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1139420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Please go get some lansinoh bags!!! </p> <p>They are 100 times better! Save your self the sanity and go now to get some! I only used the medela bags for emergency and even then I hated them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139416 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 06:29:07 +0000 dagret 1139416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Elderberrygin: ugh that sucks. My tip: cut off a corner to pour instead of struggling.</p> <p>ETA: I have been breastfeed ing for 8.5 mo and my husband still says "let's just give him formula." So infuriating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139326 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 22:55:51 +0000 Corduroy 1139326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Argh - I am so mad for you. I went to a wedding this weekend and lost 8oz in those ****ing bags. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139325 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 22:55:14 +0000 birdofafeather 1139325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sucks. I hated those bags too! Pumped then have some wine. You've earned it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139296 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 22:21:20 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 1139296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man that sucks so hard! I'm especially feeling the sadness on not being able to have wine :(. I hate the medela bags too and use lanisoh ones. I hope you can relax while you pump and have a better round tomorrow. &lt;3 pumping is hard work - you're doing a great job! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-stupid-medela-pump-n-save-bags#post-1139293 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 22:10:06 +0000 Elderberrygin 1139293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got home and found one of my medela ziplock bags hadn't closed properly and I'd lost at least an ounce in the bottom of the cooler. Then I spilled another half ounce when I was transferring the milk into bottles because they're just so damn awkward. Cue tears and DH telling me he was going to go out and buy 'just in case' formula because he's tired of me being stressed and upset about pumping all the time.</p> <p>And I can't even have a glass of wine because I have to pump again to try to get enough for daycare tomorrow. /vent </p>