Supp. Nursing System (SNS)

I used one 4x a day for 7 months with my daughter. It was reasonably easy to clean, just fill with soapy water after and squeeze through, then rinse and sterilize if you like. Feel free to PM me if you have any more questions.
I only bought the one, though I did need to buy replacement tubing after about 5-6 months.
ETA: it does have a huge learning curve, probably took me a few weeks of daily use to get the hang of it.

Edited by Bky

Jacobsmumma - I was using a very ad-hoc one for a week when my twins were born as my milk was late to come in and not quite enough for the first two weeks. It was just a bottle with a little tube had to get DH to hold the bottle up so gravity and the baby sucking would help it to flow.

You didn't say why you need to top-up but I hope you don't have to use it too long if possible as I found it quite tricky to get the baby to latch and get the tube in - adds an extra complication. I thinks its amazing Bky that you used one for 7 months, well done!

I had to express three times a day to get milk supply up, so could use some of that EBM instead of formula in the SNS and then was able to stop using the SNS when their feeding got better. Have you been able to see a lactation consultant if you haven't I would highly recommend it. Good luck!

Hi UpsyDaisy, I need to top up as even tho I have milk, it's not enough to sustain my boy(I'm also taking domperidone 2 tabs 3x daily to help increase the amount).  He was constantly feeding and not sleeping at all (during the day), and losing weight.  After a few weeks my mw suggested that he would probably need to be topped up as he's a big boy, so reluctantly I topped him up and it made such a difference.  During the time he sleeps, my breasts actually have time to fill up again before he's breastfed.  I am hoping that eventually my breasts will be able to meet his needs soley. 

Bky, so do you need to attach baby to the breast, then insert the feeding tube?  Is there a nack to using it?  Think I should have a look online for some more info.

I used one with DD1 for a few weeks as we were topping up/expressing etc as my milk took over a week to come in and then ages till I had enough to just BF.
I was using a nipple shield at the time (although have given DD2 some EBM by lactaid this time with no shield) and just put a feeding tube (one of the ones the put down babies throats into their tummies) into the bottle of milk, and then slide the other end into babies mouth. I would need to wriggle it around a little as it sometimes would end up in a place where her mouth was blocking it so the milk wasnt going through but it worked great eniugh, and its cheap!
I kept mine in the steralised water stuff (I cant remember what its called, with the tablet you put in) and used a syringe to pull the water through, then rinsed and used. (you can get the tubes from teh chemist for a coupe of dollars)
HTH, GL!

Thanks heaps for your replies.  I will check out kellymom as I would like to eventually wean from formula, so he's fully breastfed.

I am looking at getting the lactaid one now.