Being Pregnant
Who Says Pumping Breastmilk Can’t Be Smokin’ Hot?
The first time I saw a breast pump I could not stop laughing. It was like something out of Woody Allen’s Sleeper. A silly, futuristic gizmo making machinery out of human flesh and milk. Slurp goes the nipple into the conical plastic flange. And the little engine revs: Suck. Suck. Suck.
Then when I used one– which I did often–a woozy feeling would wash over me as hormones “let down” the milk. And yet I was in an office, far from my baby, far from a place where feeling woozy felt right and nice.
It’s either a clash of biology and technology or a beautiful expression of how they can work so well together. Probably both.
This techno-mammalian confluence is beautifully expressed (sorry) in a series of photographs of pumping pin-up girls over at Jezebel.com.
These are not your typical La Leche League promotional shots. But I think I love them. Or at least they are making me laugh. Maybe just because, well, this is NOT what I looked like pumping. But a woman can dream…(even retrospectively). Or maybe I love them because somehow this is like drag queen pumping–a concept that is giving me great pleasure. Do the drag queens sport baby bumps these days? It’s been a while since I’ve hit the gay clubs.
Here’s another picture. 
See the rest here. What do you think? Are you jazzed about pumping? Will you be a pumping pin-up yourself? You can buy the awesome hands-free pumping bras, here.
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amanda commented on Apr 28 11 at 6:38 pmThe captions under the pics are kind of hilarious!
ceridwen commented on Apr 28 11 at 6:43 pmtotally agree! worth going to jezebel just for that.
Andrea @ FoxInFlats commented on May 01 11 at 5:31 amOMG total milk machine!! Check this out: From milk machine to style machine. http://bit.ly/eVe2Yu
Wendy Armbruster Bell commented on May 03 11 at 2:56 pmThanks for the shout-out Ceridwen! Those are pics of our hands-free pumping bra – PumpEase. http://www.PumpEase.com :-)
TheFeministBreeder commented on May 03 11 at 3:47 pmI wore business casual clothing and pumped (with the help of a Pumpease bra!) I can’t tell you how much I got done. I was able to do my homework, make phone calls, work on my projects and presentations, eat lunch, read a book, ANYTHING I wanted! I’m lucky that my employer provided a nice, private place to pump with a phone, laptop hookups, and a fridge.
I also wore my Pumpease bra when I was using my pump for nipple stimulation to help get my labor going. There’s no way I would have wanted to hold those stupid horns against my boobs for the whole FIVE HOURS that I was pumping. And I was happy to have a non-ugly and functional bra to do that in.
ceridwen commented on May 03 11 at 3:59 pmWendy— Thanks so much for the link, I added it into the post.
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