The dawn of the breast pump brought many new opportunities to nursing mothers. Moms now have the ability to be away from their baby for extended periods of time while maintaining breastfeeding.

How often you should pump breast milk and how much milk you should express can depend on factors such as the child’s age and how much they drink. Speak with your doctor or lactation consultant before ...

Both nursing and pumping are excellent ways to feed a baby breast milk. People should choose the feeding strategy or combination of strategies that work best for them and the infant. Breast milk is ...

Nancy Murray, nurse clinician and lactation consultant at Duke Children's Primary Care, answers some frequently asked questions about breast milk pumping. I wrote about WakeMed's Mothers' Milk Bank ...

Going back to work right after maternity leave is a huge transition; if the mother is persisting with breastfeeding, then it definitely calls for very detailed planning. In reality, keeping busy at ...

Over the last decade, pumping breast milk has become an integral part of the American practice of breast-feeding. One study found that 85% of women who breast-feed in the United States use a pump, ...