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celticdragonfly) wrote2007-06-19 03:06 pm
celticdragonfly) wrote2007-06-19 03:06 pm
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Vaporpump?
Grrrr.
I've been wanting to get one of the hands-free Whisperwear breastpumps. Not that I actively need it now - more that I'd like to be a milk donor again, if I can do it without making my life too difficult.
But last night I was thinking that if anything happened to take me away from Alanna temporarily, that would be bad, Karl would be left scrambling to try to find some formula alternative and figure out what was best and how to use it while juggling a screaming hungry baby. My advice was in such an emergency, call the midwife and ask her advice, and fer gosh sake get avent bottles and get the pump to me as soon as possible. Hopefully nothing bad will happen. (Yeah, my ankles were all swollen again yesterday, and we automatically think about worst case scenarios.) He was saying maybe he should get an emergency stash just in case. If so, he has to hide it.
Anyway, it had me thinking maybe I should just look into the pump sooner and start freezing some emergency supply, better all around. So I called the retailer down SW of here, wanted to look into a couple of sleep bras anyway. She says the pumps have been backordered for months, and she hasn't even been able to find out anything about when they'll be available again. If she doesn't hear soon, she's taking them off her site.
So I dug up the main company site, and called them. "Nobody is available to answer the call" in either sales or operator. I left a message, but I'm rather concerned that the company may have become vaporware. DAMN.
I could get a new kit for the 11 year old 'rental' Medela pump I own. I think the thing is starting to lose efficiency, though. And the worst part is that for it, I have to be tied down and away from the kids for a 15 minute period, ideally a few times a day. I can probably do it, but it's annoying. I do still have the old 'stuff' for it, I was using that when we were trying to encourage labor, and I suppose it'll still work for now, once we get the bottles thoroughly clean, but a new kit would be a good idea.
I've been wanting to get one of the hands-free Whisperwear breastpumps. Not that I actively need it now - more that I'd like to be a milk donor again, if I can do it without making my life too difficult.
But last night I was thinking that if anything happened to take me away from Alanna temporarily, that would be bad, Karl would be left scrambling to try to find some formula alternative and figure out what was best and how to use it while juggling a screaming hungry baby. My advice was in such an emergency, call the midwife and ask her advice, and fer gosh sake get avent bottles and get the pump to me as soon as possible. Hopefully nothing bad will happen. (Yeah, my ankles were all swollen again yesterday, and we automatically think about worst case scenarios.) He was saying maybe he should get an emergency stash just in case. If so, he has to hide it.
Anyway, it had me thinking maybe I should just look into the pump sooner and start freezing some emergency supply, better all around. So I called the retailer down SW of here, wanted to look into a couple of sleep bras anyway. She says the pumps have been backordered for months, and she hasn't even been able to find out anything about when they'll be available again. If she doesn't hear soon, she's taking them off her site.
So I dug up the main company site, and called them. "Nobody is available to answer the call" in either sales or operator. I left a message, but I'm rather concerned that the company may have become vaporware. DAMN.
I could get a new kit for the 11 year old 'rental' Medela pump I own. I think the thing is starting to lose efficiency, though. And the worst part is that for it, I have to be tied down and away from the kids for a 15 minute period, ideally a few times a day. I can probably do it, but it's annoying. I do still have the old 'stuff' for it, I was using that when we were trying to encourage labor, and I suppose it'll still work for now, once we get the bottles thoroughly clean, but a new kit would be a good idea.