Exclusive pumping is when you feed your baby with only pumped milk, rather than direct breastfeeding or nursing. In practice, you express (or squeeze out) milk from your breast using a pump and then ...

When it comes to making parenting decisions, it’s not always clear cut what’s the best choice. How you feed your baby can feel like one of these gray areas. During your pregnancy, you may have read ...

“The PUMP Act guarantees most workers in the United States the right to break time and a lactation space that is not a bathroom, is shielded from view and free from intrusion to pump milk at work,” ...

Much like breastfeeding or chestfeeding, pumping milk shouldn’t hurt. The pump’s job is to gently encourage a milk letdown, then continue suctioning to collect that milk. This process shouldn’t be ...

Kate Kelly is a Pittsburgh-based writer who specializes in health and parenting. She is passionate about empowering women with good health information. She was an editor at Parents, American Baby and ...