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When I was a young nurse, only a handful of milk banks dotted the United States. Then, in the early 1980s, we had the big…
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1. Therapeutic In our recent podcast interview, Maya Bolman, RN, IBCLC, and Ann Witt, M.D., make the distinction between hand expression, breast massage, and therapeutic…
Over the years, I’ve heard plenty of the “musts” of having a breast pump, and just as many objections about hand expression. And it’s no wonder:…