Should I buy a breast pump bag?

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breast pump bag?" /> My insurance covers a breast pump, so I'm going with the Medela one. It's the same pump that they sell at the store with the bag, and cooler, except, mine will not come with a bag. I'm fine with that since I am not partial to the way the bags look anyway. My question is, will it make life easier to have a pump bag? I found one on sale, and it is gorgeous. It says I don't have to take everything apart. However, I also have one too many diaper bags...so I don't know...I could use one. I just don't want to have a jumbled mess. The pump bag is down to 69.99 from 129.99. My husband said I could buy it. I bought $150 worth of stuff from Babies r us on his credit card, and I was going to pay it, but he said I could just deduct the price from what I owe on the card. I just feel irresponsible if I do that, even though it's not like we are drowning in credit card debt or anything. What do you think?

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I would say if you work and plan on pumping there have some sort of bag for it. Although if you want to save money you don't really need the 'gorgeous' one. breast milk will spill and stain so why ruin a nice bag?

Also not being rude at all if he is your hubby why would you have to pay him anything???

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If you're getting the pump in style, the bag is fugly but it has a dedicated space for the motor. I just used to put my stuff in it and take it to work as my work bag. The cooler bag is very good and I would recommend getting that but I guess any big bag can work. You'll just need to remove the pump out of the bag every time which is not a big deal.

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What about buying the Medela pump in Style? It comes with the bag. Or does insurance not allow you to buy the set? I was actually looking this up this morning

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If you're going back to work and will be pumping there or if you're planning to travel frequently then I would say you need a bag for the pump. If your going to be staying at home, I would say not!