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I was very excited to buy this breastpump as there was a lot of hype around it. It wasn't until I got it home and used it that I understood how it actually worked: it doesn't "pump" at all, but just suctions into your breast to pull the milk out. There is no ability to squeeze it to replicate the way baby sucks as there with powered pumps. As a result, I find it quite uncomfortable to wear especially when my breasts area really full, but that's the only time it works for me. If you are not experiencing a let-down, or the milk doesn't readily co
... Read moreme out, then this will not work. Also DON'T LET IT GO! I have had so much precious milk spill after thinking the suction was strong, to then feel it fall off and watch as in show motion the liquid gold spilling everywhere. I don't know if I'd buy this product again... I'd probably use it if it were gifted to me.Purchased in .
- Usage Frequency: Long-term
- Milk Expressing Frequency: Frequently (more than once a day)
- Feeding Methods: Baby Formula and Breastfeeding
Not a breast pump.
This is not a breast pump. Speaking to lactation specialists, they discourage using. Best to use a proper breast pump. The Haakaa does not stimulate milk production.
Purchased in at Baby Bunting for $35.
- Usage Frequency: Short-term
- Milk Expressing Frequency: Occasionally (once a day or less)
- Feeding Methods: Breastfeeding
Best option for Mums with Newborns-without the hassle of electric pumps and complicated contraptions!
I am a Mum to my second child and had a lot of difficulty breastfeeding my first due to supply issues. The haaka has given me a highly convenient product to catch my let-down on my alternate breast when breast feeding. This helps increase supply by emptying the breast further after feeding, and prevents wastage, also I put every little bit I catch in a milk bag which has started my “stash”. I wash it with soap and hot water and let it dry in the sun. Much easier to clean than complicated breast pumps!!
Great for preventing engorgement and blocked ducts also.
I don’t normally write reviews, but if I can help other mums with previous issues build their confidence in breastfeeding their second or third-please!! use this product!
Purchased in for $20.
- Usage Frequency: Short-term
- Milk Expressing Frequency: Frequently (more than once a day)
- Feeding Methods: Breastfeeding
The best item ever
- Comfortable to wear - Hardly noticeable
- Would use it mainly in the morning as this is when i would collect the most let down
- Super satisfied with the item and the amount of milk it lets me save.
These silicone breast pumps are the best and save soo much time pumping for your freezer stash by collecting the let down. I got mine along with the Haakaa reusable storage bags.
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Purchased in at kids and cubs for $27.
- Usage Frequency: Long-term
- Milk Expressing Frequency: Frequently (more than once a day)
- Feeding Methods: Breastfeeding
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Haakaa gen 3 - AMAZING
If I had my time again this is the only form of a pump I would have bought. I love the silicone breast pump on its own but the gen 3 comes with a bottle attachment and it's fantastic and so easy. Will be purchasing another
Purchased in .
- Usage Frequency: Long-term
- Milk Expressing Frequency: Frequently (more than once a day)
- Feeding Methods: Breastfeeding
Bottle review
Not a review for the breast pump for for their bottles. Do not buy their bottles if you use thickener in your little ones formula as the holes on the teat do not allow anything to come out, or only 1 hole will allow a flow. I realised this at 3am when the little fella was going off like a bat out of hell.
Purchased in .
Dissapointed
I was really looking forward to my haakaa as i was over wasting milk. And in fac tg its great in the aspect that its not going to A breast pad. But i specifically bought the gen 3 for extra suction just to have it come off as soon as going on! Its horrible. I spend so nuch time trying to get it to stick on i lose half of my let down anyways! Not to mention that if ita tilted slightly it spills everywhere! Im so disappointed i wasted so much money on it
Purchased in at Haakaa for $50.
- Usage Frequency: Short-term
- Milk Expressing Frequency: Occasionally (once a day or less)
- Feeding Methods: Breastfeeding
Probably the best baby related product
This pump has halved my anxiety with having a newborn. It attaches so easily, isn't too big or awkward to attach while feeding and works SO MUCH BETTER than I expected.
I would suggest just dont suction it on too hard for too long or you will swell and then baby cant latch as well. Just enough suction be comfortable and secure. Its not sucking the milk out, but gently encouraging it to flow while you feed, and collecting what you would have otherwise have lost.
Its been amazing for catching just 1 or 2ml of extra colostrum for topping up in
Purchased in .
- Milk Expressing Frequency: Frequently (more than once a day)
- Feeding Methods: Breastfeeding
Daughter loves it
Anything that came make a new mum's life easier deserves a top review. This product is exactly as it is described and shipping was fast! I ordered it the week before my granddaughter was born and it arrived while she was in hospital. Thank you
Purchased in for $50.
- Usage Frequency: Long-term
- Feeding Methods: Breastfeeding
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AMAZING!
So easy to use I could just go on and on about this product! I use it at least every morning while bubs is feeding on the other side, it's hands free and so comfortable! Simply amazing, I wish I knew about it earlier!
Purchased in for $23.
- Usage Frequency: Long-term
- Milk Expressing Frequency: Frequently (more than once a day)
- Feeding Methods: Breastfeeding
Can’t live without it
Honestly the best thing I bought for breast feeding. I stopped using my $300 medela straight away as this pumped so much milk for me I needed nothing else!! I recommend this to all my pregnant friends and everyone says it’s a game changer
Purchased in for $30.
- Usage Frequency: Long-term
- Milk Expressing Frequency: Frequently (more than once a day)
- Feeding Methods: Baby Formula and Breastfeeding
Convenient, portable & easy to keep clean.
What I loved about my Haakaa was it wasn't such a huge process to clean it. I initially started off using a hospital grade pump which just felt like another chore as a first time mum. I hated pumping so I didn't do it. Then a friend of mine told me how awesome this product was and you just attach it to the other side whilst you are breastfeeding! I couldn't believe how much milk it was catching and I could do it all at the same time! One less thing for me to have to worry about. The only issue was I didn't find it easy to express with this when not breastfeeding so when my little one was a bit older and I got some spare time back I started using the hospital grade pump again for 10 minutes a day.
Purchased in at Milkbar Breastpumps for $50.85.
- Usage Frequency: Long-term
- Milk Expressing Frequency: Occasionally (once a day or less)
- Feeding Methods: Baby Formula and Breastfeeding
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Better than Spectra for me
Love my haakaa because
- pumps three times as much (140mls) as spectra in 24hrs
- able to use passively while breastfeeding
- can sleep instead of pumping with spectra
- fits my B cups/petite frame easily
Purchased in for $50.
- Usage Frequency: Long-term
- Milk Expressing Frequency: Frequently (more than once a day)
- Feeding Methods: Breastfeeding
Caused mastitis?!
Brought this "must have " to use while nursing my 3 week old bub.. well last night I wound up in emergency with mastitis. Instead of having a red mark on my skin I have a red ring. Discussed with the doctor how it isn't my hospital breast pump as the flange doesn't sit where the mark is.. thismorning while nursing I yelled out to my partner to grab my haakaa for me and as he attached it to my breast he noticed that it infact does match up with the red ring!
Now I'm not saying don't use it, it simply didn't work for me.. many, many women sing
Purchased in .
- Usage Frequency: Short-term
- Milk Expressing Frequency: Frequently (more than once a day)
- Feeding Methods: Breastfeeding
Brilliant
This pump has been really great. Easy and comfortable to use, portable so great for travel and really effective...I’m able to pump more than with my electric pump and much quicker and easier. Very easy to wash and sterilise also.
Purchased in .
- Usage Frequency: Short-term
- Milk Expressing Frequency: Occasionally (once a day or less)
Questions & Answers
Is this pump as effective as electric pumps if I struggle with low milk supply?
I feed my baby on both sides...how does the pump work? Do i use it on the opposite breast and then swap sides when baby swaps breats?
Also, will i still have enough milk in the 2nd breast when baby swap sides to complete for feed?
I’m trying to decide between the 100ml and the 150ml (the latter being a new addition to their range). I’m only a smaller busted woman (still just a B cup at the end of my pregnancy) but leaking and expressing colostrum just fine. Would 150ml tend to fall off the breast and just be unnecessary or do some of you wish your 100 was bigger?
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Details
| Category | Manual Breast Pumps |
|---|---|
| Price (RRP) | $24.29 |
| Portable | Yes |
| BPA Free | Yes |
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