Much like breastfeeding or chestfeeding, pumping milk shouldn’t hurt. The pump’s job is to gently encourage a milk letdown, then continue suctioning to collect that milk. This process shouldn’t be ...

Every person is different and some people will need to pump more or less frequently to get the amount of milk their newborn needs. Your pumping schedule will also likely change as time goes on, and as ...

It’s never too early to learn about pumping and never too late to start or support your pumping journey. Pumping can look different to everyone—it can be an empowering option for autonomy, a medical ...

Both nursing and pumping are excellent ways to feed a baby breast milk. People should choose the feeding strategy or combination of strategies that work best for them and the infant. Breast milk is ...

Exclusive pumping is when you feed your baby with only pumped milk, rather than direct breastfeeding or nursing. In practice, you express (or squeeze out) milk from your breast using a pump and then ...

Nancy Murray, nurse clinician and lactation consultant at Duke Children's Primary Care, answers some frequently asked questions about breast milk pumping. I wrote about WakeMed's Mothers' Milk Bank ...

Are you heading back to work a few short weeks after you have your baby? Are you sweating out the idea of pumping milk at work? If so, you aren’t alone. So many women have walked in your shoes when it ...

In the midst of breastfeeding my third child, I once started to calculate how many hours of my life I’ve spent attached to a breast pump. I quickly and smartly gave up, after realizing that “a lot” ...