Getting Creative, Making it Work

There are many creative ways to continue nursing, pumping, and providing human milk to your children while working. Whatever that looks like for you, we see you and recognize your efforts to provide breastmilk for your nursling. We… Read More

Weaning from the Pump and Still Nursing My Toddler!

Recently, a reader asked for practical tips on weaning from the pump while continuing to nurse their toddler. The New Beginnings community on Facebook has shared some great experiences over the years describing ways to gradually stop expressing… Read More

The PUMP Act: What Nursing Families Need to Know

By Erin O’Reilly The Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) For Nursing Mothers Act PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act (the “PUMP Act”) was signed into federal law on December 29, 2022 and went into full effect on April 4,… Read More

Tips, Tricks, and Treats for Pumping

Expressing your milk can feel spooky! Whether you are pumping for a season, while at work, or pumping full time, there can be a bit of a learning curve. In this post, we’ve compiled some tips for expressing… Read More

My Comfort Measures For Pumping

Erin K, Illinois After a really stressful time pumping at work in 2020-2021, I was super anxious about pumping for my next baby in 2023. As my return-to-work date approached and doom and gloom filled my mind, I… Read More

Andrea’s Story: My Experience With Donating To A Milk Bank

Andrea H., Iowa Editor’s Note: Recently, Andrea donated a total of 45 gallons of breastmilk to the Mother’s Milk Bank of Iowa. In May, we shared a link to a news story about Andrea’s donation on the New… Read More

Pumping: Tips For Beginning

Do you express breast milk to feed your little one? Whether you hand express or use a pump, there can be a learning curve as you start out. In today’s blog post, we’re focusing on using a pump…. Read More

My Family, My Support System

Lauren, Florida This is my family’s story of our journey to feed my beautiful girl. I say it’s my family’s story because I truly could not have breastfed my daughter without my amazing support system! I hope that… Read More

Guidelines Families Follow For Pumping And Storing Milk: What’s It Like In Real Life?

Editor’s Note: From time to time, LLL USA shares information about research studies relating to breastfeeding/chestfeeding/human milk feeding. The researcher agrees to provide the results of the study in a reader-friendly format so that we can share it with… Read More

Donating Milk During A Pandemic

Human milk donation has long played an important role in saving the lives of infants, many of whom are preterm or otherwise medically fragile. This need remains during the COVID-19 pandemic, and organizations such as the Human Milk… Read More