Hygeia Breast Pumps and Breastfeeding Accessories

Requesting a Breast Pump from Your Health Insurance Carrier

admin — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 19:58:11 +0000

Breastfeeding can be a wonderful and beautiful experience for both mother and baby. Sometimes, life can complicate the breastfeeding process—perhaps a baby has trouble latching (often the case with premature babies), or a mom needs to return to work before her little one is weaned. In this case, breast pumps can play a key role [...]

Open System Breast Pumps vs. Closed System Breast Pumps

admin — Fri, 31 May 2013 05:40:26 +0000

Mothers, like you, know the value of breast milk. That is why it is handled with utmost care and why expressed human milk is stored in special containers and has certain storage and handling guidelines to protect your baby’s “most precious food”. Because every drop of breast milk is important to the health of your [...]

Hygeia Helping Those Affected by Tornadoes in Oklahoma

admin — Fri, 24 May 2013 22:37:48 +0000

Breast Pumps and Insurance: One Mom’s Story

admin — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:05:32 +0000

If you’ve been frustrated or brought to tears by trying to get your insurance to cover a breast pump, you need to read this. Amy L., a mom who was trying to get a pump from her insurance company, only to be told they were offering only a manual pump, fought that provision and WON. [...]

Troubleshooting: How to Troubleshoot Your Hygeia Breast Pump Spare Parts

admin — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:34:37 +0000

There’s almost nothing more frustrating than getting all set up to pump and then having a problem getting the pump to function properly. Narrowing down the problem to the right spare part and replacing it takes up valuable pumping time and ups your stress level — not optimal for milk making and letting down! We’ve [...]

What Bottles are Compatible with Hygeia Flanges?

admin — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:24:47 +0000

One of the most common questions here at Hygeia is what bottles are compatible with our flanges. We have compiled a chart with our test results. We have grouped the results into brands compatible with your Hygeia flanges directly, brands that are compatible using our Hygeia Narrow Mouth Adapter ring (sold separately from some accessory [...]

Been There, Pumped There. Pumping moms’ tips on returning to work

admin — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:18:56 +0000

Questions about pumping at work? We asked moms on our Facebook page for some tips on pumping at work and here’s what they had to say: -At first I felt bad about taking breaks to pump, then I thought if I were with my baby and she were hungry, would I stop to feed her? [...]

Book Recommendation: Balancing Breast and Bottle (and a GIVEAWAY!)

Amber McCann, IBCLC — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:50:29 +0000

For many breastfeeding families, bottles are a regular part of their feeding routine. Whether the mother has returned to work, other caregivers are participating in the feeding, or the baby has challenges that make feeding directly at the breast difficult, being aware of how to feed an infant from a bottle is an important skill. [...]

My Milk Supply is Great but I Just CAN’T PUMP!

Amber McCann, IBCLC — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:33:05 +0000

I was her…that mom that had to pump for days just to have enough milk to go out with my husband to a movie. The one who could sit for 45 minutes and get just barely enough to cover the bottom of the container attached to my pump. If I was working, I just couldn’t [...]

Why Can Some Insurance Companies Only Offer a Manual Pump?

admin — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:19:37 +0000

As we work with moms to try to navigate the insurance process to get a breast pump, one question comes up over and over. Why are some moms receiving a double electric pump from their insurance company while other insurance companies are only offering a manual pump? We asked our CEO, Decky Goodrich, to explain: [...]