Hi Ariadne! thank you so much for you quick answer, you already helped my out a great deal. i switched from body lotion to body oil and this tends to work better for me. Can i ask where you acquired your electric pump?
It’s possible to use a breast milk pump with your cups at low pressure for hours at a time as long as the pump is good quality and it doesn’t shut off automatically. Some people claim to have done this, but I don’t remember if any of them were actually sleeping with it on or not. Most breast milk pumps automatically shut off after a short amount of time so you can’t use them while sleeping. I’m thinking of buying a used Ardo Calypso breast pump for this purpose without the milk collection bottles and tubing, because I obviously don’t need them. It’s very inexpensive as long as you only buy the pump and none of the other parts. I haven’t actually tried it yet, so I can’t vouch for it personally, but I have used a cheap breast milk pump with auto shut off for a maximum of 4 hours at a time, and despite getting pretty hot, it still works great. I thought it might burn out from over use, but so far it’s still going strong. I’ve also used a Brava pump for as long as 14 hours total, including 8 hours of sleep, and it works great but it doesn’t pair well with most types of padding, so I do not recommend it. The suction is just too gentle to maintain a seal with thick fluffy padding. My experience with the both of my electric pumps makes me feel more confident that a more expensive Ardo pump might be able to withstand months of heavy use. I almost forgot to mention that you might need to buy different tubing to attach the cups to the pump. Noogleberry tubing is unusually big, so I doubt it will fit, but I don’t know for sure. I have much smaller tubing (don’t know the exact size) and I’m hoping and praying it will fit.