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carmenlotusfeet

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Hi there,
I'm a working mum and I bought a Nuk electric mini breast pump so that I can pump everyday at work. It died on my today !!!!! and it only lasted 3 months ! Which electric breast pump is good to buy ? I'd like a small one as I need to carry it to work everyday and also I'll be traveling with it. Plus all my bottles are Nuk brand bottles. Does the pumps fit onto the Nuk bottles ? Thanks !
 
The Medela electric pump work with the Nuk bottles, they sell them in Mothercare, its small, so convenient if you need to travel with it.
 
I used the Medela Electric too. Loved it! They are fragile. I dropped mine on the floor over the weekend and the motor stopped working. Had to rush to B2B to get another.
 
I rented a big one (hospital sized) from that company on Nathan Road. I would then bring it home on the weekends. It could do both breasts at one time.

I also had a mini-electric. Lent it to a friend. She used it for the first baby. It broke on second baby and after that she just used a manual pump.
 
I have a Medela mini electric too and it got me through the early days.

However I got it out the other day to express some milk and the motor died!

I don't have the receipt as my Mum bought it for me from Watsons in the city when my son was first born.

Does anyone know my chances of getting a replacement motor???

HKAussie
 
The Hong Kong Medela Agent is:

Meridian Hong Kong Limited
21/F., Tins Enterprises Centre
777 Lai Chi Kok Road
Cheung Sha Wan
Kowloon
Tel: (+852) 2328-2662
Fax: (+852) 2358-0263
Email: [email protected]
Web-site: http://www.meridianhk.com.hk/

Meridian is owned by Celki Medical Company which also own the Celki Home Health Care Centres (CHHCC)

Their shops are:

Causeway Bay:
Unit 2102, 21/F, Causeway Bay Plaza 1, 489 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay
Tel: 2915-3388 Fax: 2574-0168

North Point:
Shop 111, G/F, Metropole Department Store, 416-426 King's Road, North Point
Tel: 2555-9388 Fax: 2590-0955

Tsim Sha Tsui:
Shop G34, Tung Ying Building, 100 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2191-9122 Fax: 2191-9199

New Territories
Sha Tin:
Shop 52D, Level 3, Shatin Centre, 2-16 Wang Pok Street, Shatin
Tel: 2692-8666 Fax: 2692-8660

Yuen Long:
G/F., 75-A2 Castle Peak Road, Yuen Long
Tel: 2443-3554 Fax: 2443-3557

Tuen Mun:
Shop C-D, G/F of Atrium Block, Tuen Mun Hospital, Tsing Chung Koon Road, Tuen Mun
Tel: 2453-3686 Fax: 2453-3360

And in Macau
Bond Medical Co., Ltd.
Avenida do Coronel Mesquita no.5C, R/C, (J)
Tel: (+853) 533-530 Fax : (+853) 534-026

Best wishes,
SARAH
 
More about Meridien.

They will also deliver the big pump that you rent to your home (or at least they did home delivery back in 1998).
 
thanks everyone ! my friend gave me the Avent Isis manual hand pump which I am using now. i didn't think a hand pump would be effective but it is really really great and I'm expressing more than when I was using the electric pump. worth considering ! :banana:
 
Avent ISIS is the best, everyone said. I used the Medela electric before i tried avent ISIS. Avent ISIS is WAYYYYY better. cheap & handy. u can even bring it w/ u when u go out. it fits in your purse. but remember to bring the cover for the avent bottle!! & breastmilk can be kept at rm temp for 8 hrs. (is that right, Sarah?) so just give the milk to your baby right away when u arrive home. =)
 
Hi Joannek,
Thanks for the information.
Is the AVENT ISIS manual or electric?
Is it available in HK?
 
XOX:

yes Avent ISIS is manual. The best!!!! I used it for all my girls. It lasted me that long! 5 years!

I think I saw it in Bumps To Babes, Mothercare, Eugene (in Windsor House). Am I right?
 
Hi odm_post,
Thanks!
But I would need to take it to work and use it during my lunch break. Does it take a long time to get the milk out manually?
 
Breast milk can be kept at rm temp for 8 hrs. (is that right, Sarah?)
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Yes, the latest guidelines say that breast milk can keep:

at room temperature (19-22 degrees C) for up to 10 hours

and in the fridge (0-4 degrees C) for up to 8 days.

Some mothers find that they get more milk with electric pumps and others more milk with hand pumps and yet more mothers find that hand expressing is the easiest for them. I think it really depends whichever method you are more comfortable with will give the best results.

Best wishes, especially with pumping at work as I always found it a real drag!
SARAH
 
the avent ISIS i used was manual. i heard that there's an electric one now. but extra expensive. so if a manual one work very well, maybe can just buy that.

odm_post, yes, avent ISIS - mothercare, eugene (windsor hse), bumps to babes. if mothercare on sale, then they have the bet deal. if not eugene is cheapest if u r vip.

if u like it, buy 2, so u can express both breast at the same time. in fact, i used to have 3 (they're so not expensive). i used to empty my breasts at night. if i didn't have time to wash themin the morning, i still have one extra to bring out w/ me.
 
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