do you consider a pump to be "medically necessary"?

RussianMommy

All you Americans got me thinking I need to research my own extended health care here in Canada. My plan states this:

  medically necessary equipment rented, or purchased at our request, that
meets your basic medical needs. If alternate equipment is available,
eligible expenses are limited to the cost of the least expensive equipment
that meets your basic medical needs.

I sent them an email and inquired about it. But in the meantime, do you consider a breast pump to be medically necessary? I mean, I could understand if AFTER you had your baby and you could not breastfeed for X reasons, that it may become necessary, but we all know how convenient it would be if the pump was ready beforehand.

Thoughts?