Spectra – S2 Plus Electric Breast Milk Pump for Baby Feeding – Convenient Breast Feeding Support

Spectra Baby S2 is professional grade!!
First of all, thank you to all the people who took the time out of their busy lives to share very helpful reviews! Special thanks to reviewers Michelle Jang and K. Barnett for helping my wife and I make an informed decision with the Spectra Baby S2. I’m not going to delve or rehash anything they have already mentioned but I will like to contribute our experience with the S2 for others who are trying to decide which breast pump to purchase in this daunting sea of baby related products. So here goes:Our daughter was born 7 weeks prematurely. As a result, my wife was going to 100% breastfeed if her body allowed it. Whether you are a first time parent or a seasoned vet, it’s rather scary to see your child so small and so frail with many unknowns. Unfortunately, our little angel had trouble latching on. My wife’s team of lactation consultants tried many different angles and attempts to get her to latch, but at the end- our precious little preemie was one that preferred the instant gratification of a bottle. Luckily, my wife was able to express and we are taking it as a blessing. Our insurance company provided us with the Ameda Purely Yours Double Breast Pump. My wife is a planner; so within 3 months of her pregnancy we received the Ameda Purely Yours Pump. We checked online to compare prices and found that Ameda Purely Yours was going for $150. My wife was quite excited about the prospect of using a breast pump and entering the world of motherhood….I on the other hand was ecstatic that we just saved $150 for a pump that looked promising on paper.Fast forward to 33 weeks after the delivery….my wife had her initial consultation with the lactation consultant. I was a bit agitated with the consultant at first because whenever she mentioned breast pump….she was constantly pushing for my wife to rent a “hospital” grade Medela Symphony unit. When my wife mentioned that we brought our own breast pump from home, the consultant asked to see it. She took one glance at the Ameda and shrugged it off. So naturally, my wife and I were completely turned off by her attitude towards the Ameda. She never really gave us an explanation to why the “hospital” grade pump was better than the “consumer” grade pump. Because my wife also has a condition called PCOS, the probability of my wife’s chances to express is a lot lower than women without PCOS. For one week, at $20, we told ourselves let’s give it a shot and record data on her milk yield. As scientists, we are obsessed with recording data and have been quantifying our daughters milk intake on a daily basis and still to this day my wife has been recording her milk yield. Although one week’s data is not as good as a month’s or two months of data, my wife’s recorded yield between the Ameda and the Medela suggested a large discrepancy between the two units. If my memory serves me correctly, she told me that the average difference in yield was by 15-25 mL. A mother’s breast milk is often referred by both healthcare professionals and moms alike as “liquid gold.” A difference of 25 mL was enough to convince us that there was merit in renting a Medela unit.Renting a Medela unit from our hospital is currently priced at $85 plus tax per month. The other alternative was to switch to formula…which we did not want to unless we had to. Again, we wanted to give our daughter the maximum benefit of breast milk for as long as my wife could express. According to medical professionals, milk is beneficial to infants due to the passing of mom’s antibodies to child. Studies have shown that infants who are fed breast milk tend to be leaner, less likely to get sick, less likely to develop autoimmune diseases as adults, and are less likely to be obese as adults. However, at $85 a month….this was going to get rather expensive really quickly. We already have various bills coming from every direction and the last thing we needed was another bill. Obviously, we would’ve continued to rent the Medela if we had no other choice.The last time I checked, the Medela Symphony is priced at $1500 and is marketed to hospitals and lactation consultants. There are a couple of vendors out there that will sell to the public but according to Medela….the Symphony is not meant to be sold to the public but rather rented. Medela does offer a “consumer” grade called the Medela Pump In-Style. The Pump In-Style received much better reviews than it’s predecessor the Medela Personal Double Pump but we have never owned either so I can’t really say one way or the other if they are just as good as the Symphony. Many people have sworn by these consumer grade pumps….but many negative reviews have suggested that the pumps lose suction over time.With only a week left on our Medela rental, I was determined to find an alternative for my wife to help us save more money. Enter the Spectra Baby. I stumbled on the wonderful reviews by Michelle Jang and K. Barnett and decided to take a chance. At $142…now at $128…..why the heck not? For one week, my wife compared her yield between the Spectra S2 and the Symphony. The results were virtually identical! The first thing my wife noticed was that the suction power was just as powerful as the Symphony. The other cool thing is that we were able to use all of her Medela parts with the Spectra with just minor tube modifications shown by Michelle Jang and we were in business!! The Spectra Baby is the best kept secret! Some insurance companies in several states have started to adopt the Spectra systems as they are gaining momentum in popularity. So how is the Spectra better the Medela Symphony?1. Cost2. Weighs significantly less at 3.3 lbs3. Has a night time light4. Can still use existing Medela flanges, pump parts, and various accessoriesMy wife has been using the Spectra S2 since the end of April 2015 to this present day of July 14th, 2015 without any hiccups or degradation in suction.We can’t be any happier with the Spectra S2 and I hope this review helps other parents with the decisions. Special thanks to the many people that leave very informative reviews….without your reviews we would’ve never have known about great products such as this one. I hope to pay it forward with this contribution of a review. Good luck to you all.

Really nice and strong suction

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The brand it self I know is good but my pump doesn’t work properly if I used both sides. And today I have noticed that it has lost the power ( using only one side). I didn’t realize that there is not a return police for this item. Completely disappointed with my purchase. I won’t recommend buying from this seller. Equipment damage with less than one month using it.