@nicolecham *READ: My baby needed my pumped milk WAY sooner than we expected. I built up a 3 day stash from overproducing before my milk regulated. I had to have an emergency surgery to extract my retained placenta 6 weeks after birth and my in laws had to watch our son for 2 days while I was in the hospital. I don’t know what we would’ve done if we didn’t have that milk. He had a dairy allergy and rejected formula for awhile. I also needed to pump while in the hospital to avoid engorgement and mastitis.
**ALSO My baby had a bad allergy to dairy and we had to keep him on breastmilk until we found a hypoallergenic formula that he accepted. I hope this doesn’t happen to anyone, but I had to pump a lot longer than expect when I went back to work just to get him to accept and slowly transition to a formula his stomach could safely digest.
Like other parents are saying, you don’t know what could happen, it’s with having the free covered pump just in case. The completely covered pumps are usually plug ins and not portable, which sounds like it might be sustainable for your situation.
People say pumps can’t be reused, but I would more likely use a non wearable pump, since the parts don’t actually come in contact with your milk. I recommend the spectra gold if covered.
Good luck!
