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Breastfeeding new mum essentials!
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By
Faheema Sidat
New mum breastfeeding essentials with pumps and tools that I highly recommend
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Bottles and storage
Accessories
Pumps
Hydration
Snacks
Supplements
Bottles and storage
Lansinoh bottles are by far elite due to the teat. Here’s some other recommendations for storage.
The best bottles! Can be used to store expressed milk also. Excellent teat for breastfed babies to prevent nip confusion.
Baby Bottles for Every Stage | Anti-Colic, BPA-Free & More
The best milk cooler! Stays cool for 24 hours. Also great if you want to pump upstairs and don’t want to move to put it in the fridge.
Momcozy 22oz Portable Breast Milk Cooler
Great storage bags to use with good capacity and easy to label
Breast Milk Storage Bags (30)
These are really good because they have a temperature gauge on them!!
Breastmilk Storage Bags: Keeping Fresh and Safe
Easy to clean and use and compatible with harmony manual pump!
Medela Breast Milk Bottles
Accessories
These are other accessories. They didn’t really fit into another category.
Just what you need for those sore and cracked nips early on in your breastfeeding journey
SILVERETTE® Original Silver Nursing Cups
Absolute must have! Saves so much time waiting for bottles to dry. Decent price also
Momcozy Electric Steam Baby Bottle Sterilizer
The OG nipple cream! A must have. Any you have left over can be used on your lips.
Lansinoh HPA Lanolin Nipple Cream - 40ml
Pumps
The pumps I use.
Really good manual pump. Easy and quick to use and can keep in your handbag when on the go.
Medela Harmony Flex™ Manual Breast Pump
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Hands free electric pump with very good suction. Also easy to use.
Breast pumps and care
Good wearable pump with decent suction
Pippeta Breast Pumps | Wearable & Hands-Free Pumps
Decent for collecting milk on the other side when you are feeding. Don’t have to apply the suction either so you can just use it to collect milk.
NatureBond Manual Breast Pump All-in-1 Set
Hydration
Hydration recs because you need it when ur breastfeeding.
It is imperative to stay hydrated during breastfeeding!!
FreeSip® Water Bottle
Very important to maintain hydration!!
Stanley UK
I like the taste of this and also for hydration
Coconut Water
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Helpful for staying hydrated and also makes water taste a bit better
Tasty electrolyte & vitamin hydration from ViDrate™ | All Products
Snacks
Again snacks are essential!! I also recommend granola but homemade.
I use this to make granola! Quick snack for me. I will mix with Greek yogurt and add fruits to it too.
Mornflake
Love these for snacking! My flavour picks are banana bread, honey oat and cherry Bakewell in that order. But I love them allll
Cocoa Vanilla Oat Boosts 4 x 30g
Supplements
Some supplements that have worked for me.
Really good supplement for breastfeeding. Has all the vitamins you need.
Pregnacare Breast-feeding
Really good collagen supplement
SUNNA Halal Bovine Collagen Protein Powder
Brewers yeast is a good galactagogue
Hot Chocolate – HotTea Mama
