I am by no means an expert on this topic, but I've been doing this exclusively for the last 7+ weeks and here are some useful items you may want if you're heading this path..
🔘A breast pump. My insurance provided an Ameda Purely Yours, my friend gifted Medela Advanced Pump In Style, and my wonderful lactation consultant got me Medela Sympony (free of rental charges for 2 months)
🔘Storage system for breast milk. Since I liked my Medela pumps, I invested in their Medela accessories. I made sure I had enough bottles and caps.
🔘Extra pump accessories. I went on Amazon and purchased two more sets of flanges so I always had at least a set of clean ones to use. Also make sure you have extra membranes!
🔘Nursing bras. I had one for everyday of the week because sometimes I'd need to change my bra midday
🔘Nursing pads. I really liked the Lansinol newborn pads because they're so soft!
🔘Nursing bras/ tops. Like breastfeeding, you need easy access to pump.
🔘Baby bottles. I like the Dr. browns bottles. I have it in 2oz, 4oz and a couple 8oz when Noah grows older. I've used Avent but it was a bit hard to use, although I do wish Dr. brown bottles have less parts...
🔘Bottle sterilizer. Any would do, but I use the Dr. browns sterilizer steamer.
🔘Breast milk storage bags. I used Medela and Lansinol and I love the Lansinol one. The Medela bags were too messy to transfer and thaw.
🔘Happy well fed baby
The thing you have to consistently purchase are the bags to store breastmilk in your freezer. When storing the bags, put it in gallon sized zip lock bags to organize the newest from oldest milk.
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