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5 Best Breast Pumping Apps for Pumping Moms

If you’re a mom pursuing your career, it may not be possible to stay at home and breastfeed your baby until she weans.

With constant traveling and many hours spent at work, breast pumping comes in handy, but it isn’t the easiest of tasks. It comes with its setbacks: it takes a long time, and you need to record output, label and sort the pumped milk, and track the side that you pumped on.

One option is to use one of the many pumping apps available on the market. Although some lactating moms may only pump when it’s necessary, having an app in which you can log your pumping information will be very helpful. This is especially true for those who aren’t so good at remembering every detail.

In this article, I will review several of the best breast pumping apps in the market.

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KindestCup Breastfeeding Cup Review

Financial compensation was not received for this post. A sample product was gifted from KindestCup. Opinions expressed here are my own.

Have you ever heard about KindestCup?

I first got to know about it from a lactation consultant’s IG account, mentioning how handy it is for hand expressing breast milk. I wanted to get one and write KindestCup review but had to postpone it considering it is not yet sold in my country.

So when Mel, the founder of KindestCup, contacted me a few weeks ago, asking if I’m interested to try KindestCup, I was more than happy to say yes!

I believe anything that can help any breastfeeding easier is worth sharing. And KindestCup is one of them, considering how useful it is for nursing moms.

But first, what is KindestCup?

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By Rina 2 Comments

How To Pump Breast Milk Faster | Use These 10 Proven Tips

You glanced at your watch.

It's been 30 minutes. But you have not done pumping yet.

The milk seems to slow down, yet your breast does not feel empty. You are screaming inside your head," I couldn't possibly spend my day doing this all the time. Tied to a pump for 30 minutes or more. I have a lot of things to do! Oh, how I wish I could pump breast milk faster and be done."

Have you been in that situation before?

I bet you did, and so did I. Most of us have a busy life and hence we want to be able to finish our pumping session quickly. Not only that, we want to make sure that we empty our breast thoroughly, Because as you know, more milk out, more milk produced.

That's why in this article, we'll discuss in detail how to speed up your pumping routine and have your breast emptied thoroughly, so that you can have more time for your life.

By Rina 3 Comments

Medela Harmony Manual Breast Pump Review | 6 Reasons Why You Need It

I have a special relationship with my Avent Isis breast pump. This little pump is my first pump and also the one I reached whenever I needed a quick pumping session.

But then it was broken a few months ago. So I was in search again for a good quality manual pump. Until I found Medela Harmony breast pump.

I was not so sure at that time despite reading its great reviews. But after I tried it by myself, I’m pretty convinced this pump is on par with my previous Avent pump, and even better. If you are looking whether you should invest in a manual breast pump, especially Medela Harmony, you are in the right place.

In this Medela Harmony manual breast pump reviews, I'll discuss the detailed pros and cons of Medela Harmony, including 6 reasons why you may need this manual breast pump.

By Rina 2 Comments

How To Stop Supplementing With Formula | A Real Story

Today I’m very lucky to have Hazimah sharing her pumping story with us. Hazimah is a mom of a 11- month old girl who used to supplement her baby with formula milk every day. But she didn’t give up. She's very determined to give as much as breast milk to her baby and her hard work paid off. Check out her beautiful story below.