Personal Fit Breast Shields - X-Large

These breastshields are a great investment for women with larger breasts or nipples. I tried the 24mm breastshields that came with my Medela Freestyle pump and they did not fit at all. So I went to Target to get larger ones and they had the 27mm size, so I got those. Those were better, but still a little too small, so I searched online for these 30mm ones. Once I received these and used them I was elated because it made the pumping much more comfortable and the milk came out much quicker. I would highly recommend these! By the way, I am a D cup while nursing, if that helps anyone get an idea of who these might work for.

I mistakenly thought that these were needed for large breasted women (in part, based on what other reviewers said). Not necessarily. These are for women with extra-thick nipples, not extra large breasts. I bought these while pregnant, trying to get ready, but it turns out I didn't need them. Although I ended up ballooning out to a 40H, I seem to fit just fine into the normal sized breastshields. Apparently, my nipples are normal sized. Amenda has a website that explains it all, but more or less, if your nipple is rubbing against the side, then you need to go to a bigger size. The 30 mm seems to be the diameter of the tunnel. The cone itself is only very slightly bigger in the 30 mm size. If you are having trouble and you think you need bigger or wider cones, don't buy this because the cone really is not much bigger.

I did have a different problem in that my breast was not well supported during pumping and the rim of the shield would dig into my breast. It...Read more

Buying the right size breastshields makes all the difference. When I went from the standard (24mm) to these (30mm), I immediately noticed a difference in how much milk I was able to pump.

If you're going through the time and energy (and good for you by the way :) to pump, you want it to be as efficient as possible, and if you have large nipples, it's worth it to get these.