When Breast Milk Doesn't Come From Breasts
I dreamed about tandem breastfeeding while I was pregnant with my twins. Before they were even born, I bought a tandem nursing pillow, reached out to La Leche League, and read up on how to build a milk...
View ArticleMom Fights For Lactation Rooms In Airports After Pumping In A 'Filthy'...
During her first trip away from her 7-month-old daughter, Hayley Picchini learned just how difficult air travel can be for breastfeeding mothers. On her way to a business trip, the Austin mom was...
View ArticleThe shameful state of lactation rooms for working moms
Here in America, we like a nice breast. But only if they’re on display in a tank top, preferably worn by a 22-year-old or, better yet, Kate Upton. Boobs being served up like Buffalo chicken wings at...
View ArticleEvery Mom Has the Right to Pump at Work, Period
Marissa Glatzer, an attorney and nursing mother to a 5 month old was denied the right to take short breaks during court proceedings last week to pump. She tried to submit a request to take a short...
View ArticleColorado Mom Says She Was Fired For Asking To Pump Breast Milk At Work
BY KEITH COFFMAN DENVER Tue Dec 2, 2014 6:32pm EST (Reuters) - A Colorado mother claims in a federal lawsuit that she was fired from her hairstylist job after she sought to take periodic work breaks to...
View ArticleWhy I Went From Queasy To Hopeful At MIT's Breast Pump Hackathon
I'd only been at MIT's “Make the Breast Pump Not Suck!” Hackathon this past weekend for a few minutes when I started feeling queasy. Rachel Achituv, a 34-year old mother of two, was explaining how...
View ArticleSeizing Alyssa Milano’s Breast Milk? ‘Not Okay’
The confiscation of Milano’s breast milk stemmed from a standing rule that each passenger is limited to liquids not exceeding 100 ml (3.4 ounces). In cases of breast milk, the ban is lifted in the...
View ArticleIf 'breast is best,' why are our devices for pumping breast milk the worst?
A breast pump often means the difference between a mom being able to feed her babies breast milk, or not. It’s a tool crucial to many new moms trying to fulfill the “breast is best” mantra, whether...
View ArticleKristin Cavallari Pumps Breast Milk in a Public Bathroom, Posts Pic to Prove It!
We you gotta pump, you gotta pump! Kristin Cavallari took to Instagram earlier today to share a photo that...
View Article'Places I Have Pumped' Tumblr Shows The Issues One Working Mom Says We Need...
Sarah Beaulieu was tired of pumping in silence, so to speak. The mother of two was on a business trip, struggling to squeeze in a breast milk pumping session in an airport bathroom, when she realized...
View ArticleCo-Workers Moo at Monica Van De Pitte for Pumping Breast Milk at Work
An Oregon woman settled a gender discrimination and harassment case earlier this year claiming she...
View ArticleKristen Jordan Shamus: Breast-feeding is best, but mothers need support to...
I bought two boxes of breast pads, a tube of Lansinoh cream and some gel pads for a woman I dont know. The woman a friend of a friend was a few weeks away from delivering her first child and...
View ArticleWhat the Law Says About Pumping Breast Milk at Work
If you're breastfeeding your child, do you have a right to pump milk at work? Under federal law, the answer is a rather complicated "maybe." Although many workplaces now provide lactation rooms and...
View ArticleStress over working mother's lack of privacy to pump milk
Working in a glass-fronted office building with a million-dollar view of the harbour is a dream for many. But for breastfeeding mother Phyllis Tong, the prospect of a window cleaner suddenly appearing...
View ArticleJail Refused to Let Mother Pump Breast Milk for Her Newborn
S A mother in Wisconsin says she was not allowed to provide breast milk for her infant during a recent stint in jail. According to the Green Bay Press Gazette officials at the Brown County Jail denied...
View ArticleInitiative to expand breast-feeding support for medical students, staff...
(Source: Washington University in Saint Louis) PAUL DUELL Shown is a lactation room in St. Louis Children's Hospital. The School of Medicine initiative to expand breast-feeding support for students...
View ArticleTeen Continues To Pump Breast Milk For Daughter After Adoption, ‘I Didn’t...
The Daily Mail reports that 19-year-old Kaleena became pregnant her senior year of high school. She says she couldn’t provide the kind of life that her baby needed and deserved. She notes that she...
View ArticleHealth insurance must cover breast pumps
We know that breast milk is best for babies. The American Academy of Pediatrics wants babies to have breast milk for at least the first year of life, but modern moms have faced several potential...
View ArticleWoman claims colleagues mooed at her for pumping breast milk at work
When Monica Van De Pitte interviewed for a job at Velocitel, Inc. in 2012, the mother of two claims she made it clear that she would need a flexible schedule and a place to pump breast...
View ArticleWoman ‘Mooed’ At For Pumping Breast Milk At Work Wins Harassment Suit
Van De Pitte worked at the Lake Oswego, Oregan location of Velocitel, a wireless network services company, when the harassment took place. People reports that when she took a job with the company in...
View ArticleThe Horrors Of Pumping Breast Milk At Work (And Why Employers Should Care)
For new moms, transitioning from maternity leave back to office life is a rocky adjustment. Suddenly, there you are back on a work schedule (while still being on your baby’s anything-goes schedule),...
View ArticleBreast-milk pumping at work is legal, but needs more support
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Margie Schrader did it in her office. Kirstin Milks did it in her classroom. Jami Hamman did it in her cubicle. And Jean Bauer did it wherever she could find a lockable door....
View ArticlePittsburgh breast milk bank 'pumped' by initial donations
Organizers of Pennsylvania's first breast milk bank say they're pumped up by the initial donations received over the weekend. The...
View ArticleWoman: Airline suggested I pump breast milk in pet area
CHANTILLY, Va. — A woman who flew from Boston to Washington says staff with United Airlines at Dulles Airport suggested she pump her breast milk in the pet relief area....
View ArticleWoman says airline suggested pumping breast milk in pet area
CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) — A woman who flew from Boston to Washington says staff with United Airlines at Dulles Airport...
View ArticleTrump yelled at ‘disgusting’ lawyer who had to pump breast milk for baby
WASHINGTON — Republican Donald Trump on Wednesday pushed back against a lawyer he had berated when she requested a break to pump breast milk for her infant, the latest controversial remark to emerge in...
View ArticleEffort fulfills breast milk need
ANDERSON, Ind. – When Ashley Nevin had her third child, she was set on breast feeding her baby. But due to complications during delivery, she wasn’t able to. This situation would normally lead to...
View Article4 Ways to Prepare for Pumping at Work
If you are going to work after having a baby, you have probably thought about how you will integrate pumping or feeding your baby during work hours into your schedule. Maybe you know other employees...
View ArticleDonald Trump called a lawyer 'disgusting' when she asked to pump breast milk
Presidential hopeful Donald Trump is under fire for a 2011 incident that came to light this week, in which he told a new mother who needed to leave a meeting to pump breastmilk that she was...
View ArticleOpen Letter to Donald Trump -- News Flash! Some Breast-Pumping Moms Have to...
Oh, Donald. You narcissistic rabid ball of testosterone and money! The most difficult period of my life was not when I was pregnant and working full-time as an attorney for the City of Boston Law...
View ArticleLactation consultant Beverley Rae gives advice on using a breast pump
There are several reasons why a mother might want to use a breast pump. She might be trying to increase her milk supply (although the preferred method advised by lactation consultants is to breastfeed...
View ArticleTom Hardy’s wife, Charlotte Riley, was forced to pump breast milk in the...
Lately, Hollywood has been under fire from multiple groups including African-Americans, Asians and women. Now, the industry might want to add another group to its list of enemies: Mothers. When Tom...
View ArticleBreastfeeding mum pumped milk in ‘filthy toilet cubicle’ before Hong Kong...
Emily Shiu Tsz-ling used to hide in filthy toilet cubicles at work to pump breast milk for her newborn. “I couldn’t touch anything while I was pumping milk, the hygiene was so bad,” Shiu, a senior...
View ArticleTommee Tippee™ Revolutionizes Breast Milk Storage And Bottle Feeding With New...
BOSTON, Sept. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Infant and toddler feeding brand Tommee Tippee today launches Pump and GoTM, a groundbreaking product line for busy breastfeeding moms that takes milk from breast...
View ArticleCreative Solutions for Working and Pumping Breast Milk
Breastfeeding women face a lot of challenges when it comes to returning to work. While about 75% of women in the United States will initiate breastfeeding, we see a large drop off in these rates when...
View Article4 Reasons Moms Exclusively Pump Breast Milk for Baby
There are lots of reasons moms may exclusively pump their breastmilk. Sometimes this is mom’s choice and sometimes there are situations that prevent mom from feeding directly at the breast. Exclusive...
View ArticleSample Letter for Pumping Breast Milk at Work
Photo credit: Adam Gault/Getty Images When you return to work from maternity leave, most likely you'd like to continue to nurse your infant. You'll need to pump breast milk at work. Fortunately, a host...
View ArticleNo shame in pumping milk at work for breast-feeding moms
To the editor: Courtney Jung portrays pumping breast milk in an unfavorable light, as something to be ashamed about rather than to be celebrated. ("Is pumping as good as breast-feeding?," Opinion, Nov....
View ArticleNew Breast Pump Could Offer More Freedom for Busy Moms
It's the first week of August, and that can mean only one thing: It's World Breastfeeding Week. Every year, from Aug. 1 to Aug. 7, the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) sponsors a campaign...
View ArticleNew Texas Law Will Make it Slightly Easier to Pump Breast Milk at Work
Starting Tuesday, a new Texas law will require that public employees to be given breaks to pump breast milk at work, and that they can’t be fired or disciplined for taking the time to pump. The law...
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