When my son was born I nursed him without any troubles but when he was five weeks old he started to spit up a lot of what he ate and soon that turned into what we mom’s affectionately call ‘projectile vomitting’.  Then he stopped wetting his diaper and that sent us running to the doctors.

It turned out that his bottom stomach muscle was growing into itself instead of larger and it had literally closed off his tummy from the rest of his digestive system.  He had to have surgery immediately.

The hospital brought a breast pump to me in the waiting room so that I could get some breast milk ready for recovery.  It was slow going.  My baby’s low consumption over several days had already started to signal my body to slow down - and even though I used the breast pump faithfully, I had a hard time getting any milk.

We had to rent a pump to take home with us.  That was a pain in the hiney and quite expensive. 

Now I understand it’s quite common to buy a breast pump for a new mommy.  You can find a variety of Electric Breast Pumps at Breast Pumps Direct. I guess that they are indespensible for a mom who works outside of the home or wants to go away for a half day or overnight.

Do you have your own breast pump?  They have a guide to choosing a breast pump if you’re interested in taking a look.