[pregnancy] Yay materialism!

[kettunainen]

We've been working very hard lately to bring you something very special. That's right! Here is a link to our baby- and pregnancy-related amazon wishlist AND our baby registry! Woohoo!

Please buy us stuff?

Thanks,
taikakettu, misslynx, optimystik,
Monkey and Peanut

Comments

[tamago23]

Want some feedback

[tamago23]

Oh, and I should add, if you ask for the breast pump, you should probably specify that you don't need any of the additional bottle sets, etc. All you need is the pump and a box of disposable liners, since the pump itself comes with a bottle or two - the pump screws onto the bottle and pumps the milk directly into the bottle. For ease of freezing, just put a plastic liner into the bottle before you start pumping (rather than pouring from the bottle into the liner, because the more you transfer milk from one container to another, it increases risk of germs). Then the milk-filled liner can just go straight into the freezer. (I would advise liners designed for freezers, since the generic ones can break. Although you can just double-bag the generics, or put it inside a ziploc baggie while it freezes, so it won't make a mess if it breaks during freezing.)

[kettunainen]

re breast pumps:

If Lynx is going to attempt inducing lactation, which breast pump would you then recommend if there were only one to be purchased between the two of us?

And yes, I do appreciate the suggestions. The registry is an organic sort of thing and we're definitely willing to add things on as necessary. Hadn't gotten to many of the smaller things like the changing pads and hooded towels, but I did have those in mind.

[tamago23]

For inducing lactation, an electric pump (like the Pump in Style) is going to be what you want; however, since you're going to have actual babies there, it's probably unnecessary (that'd be more for, say, adoptive mamas who are trying to induce lactation before the baby comes home with them; with you there to nurse, obviously there's no time rush to have Lynna lactating before the babies arrive, and after the babies are here, they can comfort-suck on her, or she can use an SNS, and that will provide plenty of stimulation). So that being the case, I'd still recommend the Avent Isis

[lepke]

oooo! thats so exciting! (re L inducing lactation)

[kettunainen]

We've decided to opt for the Avent Isis (the less hardcore of the two suggested) and if we want the hardcore one for Lynx, then we can rent it. I've already scoped out where to do so and how much it would cost.

I don't want to depend solely on being able to handpump -- I'd like a more accessible alternative for myself, since handpumping may be easy for some and not for others and I won't know which category I'll fall into until the babies are here and the milk is in. At which point, if I discover that the handpumping isn't effective for me, I'll have the less-scary breast pump to try, instead of dealing with super-engorged breasts and possibly no other alternative: I have to take into consideration that just because something is on the registry does not mean it will be purchased for us, and those hardcore pumps run upwards of $300+, as opposed to $70 for the Avent Isis.