The Pressure to Pump
I can’t stop thinking about how I feel about the pump. On one hand, access to a free pump through insurance has allowed many moms to breastfeed their babies when otherwise it may not have been possible. The pump has given us the ability to give more babies more breastmilk. But it has also set us up to feel a compulsion to provide breastmilk, even when it may not be whats best for us as new moms. That supplementing is a last resort because we can always pump (or power pump!) milk.