Breastfeeding can be a minefield.
If women aren’t being judged for doing it (or not doing it) in the first place, anyone who’s ever attempted to continue breastfeeding once they’ve gone back to work will tell you how difficult it can be.
Finding a comfortable place to pump in peace could be the worst of it, which is why the #IPumpedHere is going viral on social media.
Mums in the US are sharing photos of the less-than-ideal spots they’ve had to resort to to highlight the fact that breastfeeding mamas need better supports.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXfxEuil_Ir/?tagged=ipumpedhere
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWl7rtuj-gO/?tagged=ipumpedhere
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVzD2YZFmEx/?taken-by=mamatakesflight
At my last job, sadly, #IPumpedHere pic.twitter.com/GosJR81gPN
— Audrey Goodson Kingo (@AudreyNGoodson) August 1, 2017
The campaign is an initiative of Moms Rising, a US group that says it wants “clean, comfortable places to pump for working, traveling moms everywhere.”
“Tag your worst pumping photos with #ipumpedhere. Laugh. Cry. Then demand change,” it says on its website.
The group and a number of its supporters marched on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. yesterday to lobby politicians about the issue.
We were the on Capitol Hill today delivering your stories and signatures of support for ALL #Breastfeeding & Working Moms! #RisersNBM17 #NBM pic.twitter.com/IN1ypxxJNE
— MomsRising (@MomsRising) August 7, 2017
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