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second hand breast pump

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  • 14-04-2015 3:22pm
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    nuttykat
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    Hoping for some reassurance (should probably have done my research first!) have just bought a second hand medela freestyle as had been renting the hospital grade one until this week. I never even thought that there would be an issue but am now freaking out that the freestyle is single use not like the hospital grade one. Has anybody here bought a second hand pump? Any issues? Did u buy new tubing and membranes?
    Any advice greatly appreciated.


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    afkasurfjunkie
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    i already had the tubing and membranes which i had been given in hospital so i just used those.


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    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,953 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    http://www.medelabreastfeedingus.com/tips-and-solutions/14/can-i-buy-or-borrow-a-pre-owned-breastpump .
    I used other peoples and they used mine and I sold one of mine on after.


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    How Strange
    Registered Users Posts: 6,339 ✭✭✭How Strange


    I bought a secondhand one on my daughter as they were almost €200 new. I had all the tubing etc from my old pup. I've always loaned mine to friends to save them the expense of buying one


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    crazy cat lady
    Registered Users Posts: 1,196 ✭✭✭crazy cat lady


    The medela is a closed circuit pump so no milk goes in to the actual pump. If you have your own tubing I wouldn't worry at all.

    I bough my medela 2nd hand and I'm a midwife too if that's any reassurance!


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