PumpTalk Blog
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Why Mothers Were Not Allowed to Take a Breast P...
Electric breast pumps existed from the 1920s. Mothers could not take one home until the late 1980s. Here is why, and what was happening in hospitals in the meantime.
Why Mothers Were Not Allowed to Take a Breast P...
Electric breast pumps existed from the 1920s. Mothers could not take one home until the late 1980s. Here is why, and what was happening in hospitals in the meantime.
The Chess Master, the Dairy Cows, and the Breas...
In 1923, engineer and chess master Edward Lasker filed a breast pump patent based on his experience with dairy cow milking machines. Here is the full story of how it...
The Chess Master, the Dairy Cows, and the Breas...
In 1923, engineer and chess master Edward Lasker filed a breast pump patent based on his experience with dairy cow milking machines. Here is the full story of how it...
The First Official Breast Pump Patent: What Orw...
On June 20, 1854, the US Patent Office issued the first ever breast pump patent to a New York inventor named Orwell H. Needham. Here is what he built, why...
The First Official Breast Pump Patent: What Orw...
On June 20, 1854, the US Patent Office issued the first ever breast pump patent to a New York inventor named Orwell H. Needham. Here is what he built, why...
The Breastfeeding Advice That Made Me Doubt Mys...
A founder's honest look at the breastfeeding advice that quietly chipped away at her confidence as a new mom, and what she wishes she had known instead.
The Breastfeeding Advice That Made Me Doubt Mys...
A founder's honest look at the breastfeeding advice that quietly chipped away at her confidence as a new mom, and what she wishes she had known instead.
The Breast Reliever: What Bridgerton Never Told...
17th century corsets caused a documented epidemic of flat nipples across Europe. The fix was a glass device called a breast reliever. Here is the history the costume dramas leave...
The Breast Reliever: What Bridgerton Never Told...
17th century corsets caused a documented epidemic of flat nipples across Europe. The fix was a glass device called a breast reliever. Here is the history the costume dramas leave...
The Roman Sucking Glass: How the Ancient World ...
After the ancient Greeks built the first breast pump from a clay pot, the Romans rebuilt the concept entirely in glass - and made it significantly more sophisticated. Here is...
The Roman Sucking Glass: How the Ancient World ...
After the ancient Greeks built the first breast pump from a clay pot, the Romans rebuilt the concept entirely in glass - and made it significantly more sophisticated. Here is...
