Ideas from Margaret Wills for Making Pumping Easier

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www.mybreastfeeding.com: The website of Sylvia J. Boyd, PT, LCCE, IBCLC, CLE, Lamaze certified childbirth educator and lactation consultant. Her specialty is in using her physical therapy skills to help babies latch-on & breastfeed successfully since 1967. She also enjoys teaching several Prenatal Classes in Hayward, CA.

Whenever proposing a plan that includes a lot of pumping, I always say, "This may sound like a weird product, but a lot of mothers like a hands-free pumping rig, either purchased or home-made, or I'll offer to help them rig one up by cutting slits in the cups of an old, snug bra, that they just pull over their flaps-down nursing bra for the pumping sessions.

Putting a big shirt, borrowed from their husband, over the whole rig can help them not tense up over watching the milk come out, and helps her feel less self-conscious if there are older children or other helpers who might walk in.

From Margaret Wills, IBCLC, a highly regarded La Leche League leader
and certified lactation consultant from Silver Spring, Maryland.

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