Breastfeeding Tips & Breast Pump Guide | Lactation Connection

Not only is getting the right breast pump important, but so is getting the right breast shield flange size.  If you pump regularly, using the correct breast shield size aids in adequate milk production.  With the increasing popularity of Spectra breast pump, we want moms to have the information as to what sizes are available and how you can purchase them. Spectra Standard Breast Shield - 24mm The 24mm breast flange was included with your Spectra breast pump including the S1 and Spectra S2 breast pump.  If you are pumping comfortably with this flange and there is room on one side of the flange shaft for freedom of movement, the standard size works for you.  The Spectra 24MM breast shield can be purchased in the following ways: Spectra 24MM Breast Shield - Single (breast shield only) Spectra 24MM Breast Shield Set - includes breast shield, valve, tubing and backflow protector Spectra 24MM Premium Accessory Kit - breast shield, valve, tubing, backflow protecto...

Since the release of the new Spectra S3PRO , Lactation Connection is now able to offer companies of any size an affordable Corporate Lactation Program that can increase employee productivity.  The Spectra S3Pro is an FDA cleared multiuser breast pump with a three year warranty and full functionality for dual pumping with twelve levels and up to 70 cycles per minute. Lactation Rooms Benefit Employees and Companies Business site corporate lactation rooms help keep your employees working with less missed days due to frustration in finding a time and place to pump and a greatly reduced incidence of illness due to breastmilk in their children which means moms take fewer sick days to care for their babies. Companies who offer lactation support programs for new mothers found that their employee retention rate was 94%. In summary the following benefits are noteworthy. Reducing the risk of some health issues for women and children Decreasing employee absences associated with car...