Electric Breast Pumps

Save Time and Effort With an Electric Breast Pump

If you need to express your milk, there’s no more efficient way to do it than with an electric breast pump. They’re safe and simple to use, and they can save you a lot of time and effort. If you’re considering buying an electric breast pump, eBay is a great place to see the many different models that are available.

Cycling time and intensity

The sucking action isn’t continuous but is designed to mimic a baby’s natural sucking action when being breastfed. The frequency of the sucking action, called the cycling time, and the strength of the sucking action are adjustable. Find the ‘sucks per minute’ and intensity settings that are most comfortable and also the most productive for you, and let the pump do the rest.

How is a wearable electric breast pump used?

A wearable electric breast pump is a slim, completely self-contained, battery-powered pump with milk collector that is held firmly against your breast by your bra. The pump is Bluetooth enabled and controlled from your smartphone via an app. In addition to controlling the cycling time and sucking intensity, the app also keeps a record of how often you’ve used the pump and for how long. The main advantage of a wearable electric breast pump is that it enables you to express milk hands-free while doing other activities at home, at work, or out and about.

Double action pumps

There are electric breast pumps that are designed to extract milk from both breasts at the same time, enabling you to express the required amount of milk in half the time. In addition, the double sucking action stimulates your breasts into producing even more milk. These are especially useful for mums with twins.

How efficient are electric breast pumps?

Very. An electric motor inside the pump causes a gentle and repeating sucking action. With the suction flange placed over your breast, the sucking action causes your breast to express milk, which is passed to the milk collecting container. Electric breast pumps come with clear instructions on how to assemble them ready for use, and also how to sterilise all parts of the pump that come into contact with milk. The parts include:

  • Breast flange: This is the funnel-shaped breast covering with a hole into which your nipple is gently pulled by suction.
  • Milk collection container: This comes in the form of a small plastic bottle.
  • Valves and tubing: Valves and tubing connect the flange to the milk collector.