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If you want to wait and see how it goes, you might want to entertain renting a pump from the hospital? Otherwise, I had a Medela Pump In Style and it worked great for me but I have never used another one so I have nothing to compare it to.

I rented one from the hospital for 10 days and then decided that I needed my own. I bought a 'Purely Yours' pump, which is the brand the hospital used.

I bought a double electric pump because I also want to breast feed as much as possible but will be going back to work about 2 months after the birth, so my plan for now is to pump as much as possible and build up a stash before I go back to work.

I had a manual on hand but rented a hospital pump at first to get my milk supply going since it was slow to come in. Used it for the first month or so and then mainly switched to a manual.

I had a Lansinoh pump which is now Affinity. I liked it a lot (especially price-wise compared to the Medelas) and my SIL uses the same pump (not mine, just the same one) and likes it too.

I have a Medela Freestyle and I love it. It's not complicated to use and I like that it comes with hands free straps and you can clip it to you and walk around. You're not plugged into the wall or strapped to a bag.

I would go ahead and buy a pump to be honest with you. The only reason you wouldn't use one is if your milk doesn't come in. You could wait until after the baby latches and you know that you have a supply before you open the box, they're returnable as long as the box isn't open.

Hi! I have the Medela Pump in Style (Metro bag) and I really like it because I can take the motor part out of the bag and it works really well. Even if you EBF, you may still want to buy a pump for the reasons you stated (giving yourself a break, bonding for your DH) and also to increase milk supply or to build up a freezer stash. Not to mention, sometimes the baby will fall asleep while breastfeeding (happens a lot actually) and you'll want to empty out your milk so that you dont' get a breast infection (mastitis... yikes!) and to keep up your milk supply. And like the other ladies mentioned, you can also rent a hospital one for a month and see if it's something that works for you. The hospital ones were $50/month at my hospital (not including the parts). I plan on renting a hospital one in addition to having my own Medela because I hear the hospital ones have stronger suction and would like to use that one at home and use the PIS at work or on the go.

Since I had some BFing difficulties at first, insurance covered a pump rental (Medela Symphony) for me for 3 months as well as the parts/collection kit. I'd see if insurance will cover your pump rental at all, and if not, then you can wait until baby is 4 weeks or so to start building your stash, and by then it should be clear whether you intend or will be able to keep BFing or not. Just pick the pump you want, and have it in your Amazon cart so you can just click the button to get it when you're ready. I will say that it was handy for me to have the pump since I was able to build a decent stash before going back to work. Insurance stopped covering the pump once we got our issues sorted out, but by then I had a Pump-in-Style, which I opted for over the Hygeia Enjoye only because it was given to me and I already had the Medela parts. I've been using it for 13 weeks now (2x/day, 4x/week) and so far, no complaints.

I love my Medela Freestyle! I'm able to clip the pump to my pants and walk around the house to tend to other things. I was able to get more milk with the Freestyle than the Medela Lactina (hospital grade pump).