My pump broke!

[nomad]

My twins will be 7 months next week. I've never made enough milk for them and breastfeeding never worked out between them being premies with tiny mouths and weak sucks, my big nipples and my low supply. As a result I've been pumping as much as I can. Ive thought about stopping in about a month after their final NICU follow up. Now I'm trying to decide what to do. The pump that broke was given to me by my friend she had gotten from insurance and hadn't used. My insurance doesn't cover pumps. I don't want to put a lot of money into a pump that will be used for a few weeks. I've thought about getting a hand pump or maybe trying to nurse the girls on my lunch break. I'm already getting sore as I didn't finish my morning session before it broke. 

[Deleted]

Can you rent one? The only problem may be if your parts don't match.

[AlpineSlide]

I also say rent one. Should be $30-40 per month. I don't think a hand pump will be effective enough for full time pumping.

[dottyblue]

Call your insurance because I'm pretty sure with the ACA, as of Jan 1, 2013 all insurance companies are required to provide a pump under all plans.

ETA; and yes, you need to either try and nurse your girls or get a hand pump ASAP or you are going to end up with mastitis.  Good luck!

[mandapanda18]

I have an Ameda (was through my insurance) that you can have. It is a closed system, so all you would need to buy is the flanges/bottles (unless you aren't skeeved by taking a strangers, in which case you can have those as well). I was given a PISA and I use that instead! I did use the Ameda for roughtly 2 months, but it is yours for the cost of shipping it to you if you are interested!

[nomad]

Last I checked my insurance was still grandfathered. I tried to nurse over my lunch unfortunately the nanny had fed one girl and the other had no desire to nurse. My friend's pump is an Ameda that's 5 years old so I'm doubting it's Under warranty. I'm trying to find a place to rent ASAP. Thanks for that idea I hadn't considered renting.

[drink227]

BRU rents pumps too.

[soozy87]

How did it break? Just stopped working? Call customer service. Medela tried to fix mine and then overnighted me a new one when it didn't work to fix it.