it's better to get one. cuz you never know whether you're the lucky mama where baby will just have perfect latch/latch efficiently at first few tries or not. You also won't know if your supply will come right after your give birth. with my previous baby, my milk only came in 4-5days after giving birth and I had to use the pump to stimulate production as my bb wasn't happy to latch to help my milk flow. You need a pump for all the "just in case" scenarios. I dropped the pump at about 2.5months when baby was able to latch well.
My firstborn was entirely on breastmilk for 1 year, and having a pump was a lifesaver. When I used it: • When the baby wasn't latching well in the initial phase, pumping helped to ensure that milk was out > The baby gets to drink + I continue to have supply • Truthfully, storing milk through pumping allows you to get help from others since the baby is not 100% reliant on you. You can also find small pockets of time for yourself if needed. 100% latching will honestly be emotionally, mentally and physically draining.
buy a manual pump shld be sufficient..Breast pump can help u to stimulate your breast so the milk can start flowing esp in the early days. And its not too big a purchase so you can still bf if u wished
really depends on ur bb demand & ur bm supply, which can vary greatly with each bb & mommy
do get 1 just in case..