Medela Family - Breast Feeding

It’s a great tracking tool

This app is free but only if you have a specific pump by Medela. I’m using a rented Medela Symphony and can’t use the milk storage part of the app. What a huge disappointment.

A little bit funny - but if you enter less than one ounce for a pump session a notice comes up asking if you want to save the session without entering an amount. Medela is judging my supply. Glitchy. Requires an internet connection just for recording pump sessions. Data is not easy to utilize. I'd like to see at a glance how my supply this week compares to last week (possible, but inconvenient). And have insights into what duration and frequency works best for my output.

I used it when I first had my son in 2021 who was in Nicu and I had to track everything to a T. However I never got my pump connected, so just manually entered everything since I used a hospital pump and a hands free as well but still tracked. I still have all my info from that as well which is nice to look back on. A couple months ago my soon to be ex-husband and I separated and are now going through a heated custody battle. I have had to start the pumping game again and this time I’m only using me sonata pump but it still wasn’t available for Bluetooth despite the advertising. So I went online and the saw they still sell and advertise the Sonata as being Bluetooth compatible. I contacted customer service and an update came out or they gave me access and I now can connect which is helpful while dealing with a toddler and pumping. 10/10 would recommend Medela in general! Of course the hospital grade pump is the best but my Sonata is a close second.

Update: The developers listened to my below request and were very quick to address the issue. Thank you team. loved the app so far. But with the latest update the app keeps loading and is super glitchy. There’s no way to enter volume unless you slide the scale. Can we please update this back to how it previously was. Unable to update accurate volume. It’s easier to type in volume

There are lots of nice features in this app I would have given it 5 stars if the Apple Watch app wasn’t just for VIP which I don’t qualify for because I have an older medela pump that doesn’t use blue tooth. It would be nice to be able to track breastfeeding on my watch.

I just downloaded the app but its black and blank.

Even though I don’t use a Medela pump, I love this app. It’s simple, ad free, and let’s you track both breastfeeding and pumping.

We’ve been using this app every day for the past 10 months, and it has been very helpful in keeping track of feedings and naps. However, I haven’t had any other app that’s as randomly non-responsive as this one. Additionally, the virtual milk storage is virtually useless as trying to access it crashes the app

The app is not synced with the pump and always delayed if not connected at all and even entering data manually is frustrating because it doesn’t work most of the time!