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TSA 'Sorry' for Making Mom Pump Breast Milk

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:10:00 CST

A nursing mom of four who tried to board a plane with a breast pump was forced by a TSA guard to prove the machine worked by pumping breast milk in a crowded airport bathroom. "I had to stand at the sink in my heels and dress pumping as travelers...

Swedish Dad Aims to Make His Own Breast Milk

Rob Quinn — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:36:03 CDT

A Swedish father is attempting to defy convention—and millions of years of mammalian evolution—by producing his own breast milk, the Local reports. Ragnar Bengtsson, whose 2-year-old son won't be taking part in the experiment, plans to stimulate his breasts with a pump at 3-hour intervals every day for...

It's Time to Put the Breast Pump Away

Katherine Thompson — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:48:23 CDT

We may have taken the "breast is best" argument too far, writes Judith Warner on her New York Times blog. The evidence for the superhuman benefits of breast milk over formula isn't so clear-cut, after all, and it's not worth it to guilt women into pumping when the real battlefield—...

Breast May Be Best, But Pumps Get All the Attention

Sarah Quinn — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:54:00 CST

The push for regulations that give US moms a place and time to pump their breast milk overlooks a major part of the age-old breast-feeding debate, Jill Lepore writes in the New Yorker . “Is it the mother, or her milk, that matters more to the baby?” Lepore asks. High-tech pumps...