If you've used a hospital grade pump

[chicago]

The LC I worked with said that pumps like the PISA and a Freestyle are good for maintaining established supplies but a hospital-grade is good for building supply. It's interesting that a lot of you didn't find a difference in output between the two. She has been encouraging me to rent a Symphony since my supply dramatically dipped. Since I'm less than two months from weaning I'm not bothering. Next time around I think I'd consider renting for a few months while establishing supply.

Has anyone had rentals of a hospital-grade covered by their insurance?

[persa]

Jan 20, 2015 20:01:30 GMT -5 mcfelix said:

I rented a hospital grade ameda but it didn't work for me. The medela harmony manual pump worked best for me, which was a huuuuge pain in the ass.

I hated the Ameda. Our hospital switched to Ameda from Medela between the time I had DD and when I had the boys and I did not respond to the Ameda at all.

[mandymay]

I just rented the Symphony last week. So far I've noticed a consistent increase of one ounce more per day. It's a lot more comfortable and feels so much closer to when my son nursed, is crazy quiet compared to the PISA and overall makes pumping less awful (I wouldn't say more enjoyable because really it's a bit of a pain, but this makes it more comfortable and easy to do). It is huge though.

[mlt]

I got better output with the hospital grade pump.

[stretchad]

Jan 20, 2015 22:33:30 GMT -5 chicago said:

The LC I worked with said that pumps like the PISA and a Freestyle are good for maintaining established supplies but a hospital-grade is good for building supply. It's interesting that a lot of you didn't find a difference in output between the two. She has been encouraging me to rent a Symphony since my supply dramatically dipped. Since I'm less than two months from weaning I'm not bothering. Next time around I think I'd consider renting for a few months while establishing supply.

Has anyone had rentals of a hospital-grade covered by their insurance?

Yes, they covered a portion of the monthly rental. So I think the monthly rental was $75 and they covered $50 of it. 
The frustrating thing for me was that insurance reimbursed the rental company directly, and relied on the rental company to refund me the $50 a month I had already spent. They never did despite HOURS trying to get it sorted out. I gave up. So The rental company got my $75 and my $50 reimbursement. Fuckers.