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breast pump

noun

  1. a device for extracting and collecting milk from the breast during lactation

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The jail was not equipped to house someone who was nursing, said Gloria Contreras Edin, her lawyer: It did not have a breast pump when Aguilar Maldonado arrived, forcing her to use her hands to massage milk out until the facility was able to buy a pump.

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The ice cream itself was a collaboration between parenting brand Frida and OddFellows Ice Cream to market the launch of Frida’s all-new 2-in-1 Manual Breast Pump.

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Often, a woman will buy a device like a wearable breast pump and then sell it online or give it to a friend.

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A separate bill, pre-filled in the House on Dec. 12 by Rep. Shannon Erickson, would make breast pumps, breast pump collection and storage supplies and breast pump kits exempt from sales tax.

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The warning followed the 2022 death of a baby from a cronobacter sakazakii infection tied to a contaminated breast pump.

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