A new generation of breast pumps are finally reimagining decades- and sometimes centuries-old technology.
Here’s why that’s important.
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My milk dried up.
Rudolph wasnt a parent at the timeshe didnt even know anyone personally who had a baby.
The same, steadied innovation could simply not be said for the breast pump.
CEO of Willow Innovations
So what is going on?
Theres this hierarchytheres men, then theres women, then theres moms, Rudolph says.
I said to myself, It doesnt have to bethishard.
I thought,Wow, this is really hard.The narrative is: Of course it is.
Motherhood is hard, its been hard for generations, she says.
But Im a problem-solver.
I said to myself, You know, it doesnt have to bethishard.
There could be solutions to some of this.
It had to be quiet and, ideally, undetectable.
CEO of Willow Innovations
it’s possible for you to tell when someone is wearing them.
Fast-forward a few years, and, thankfully, the innovations continue.
People who pump are different with different priorities and constraints.
We dont want the pump that forces us into a coat closet with our shirt off.
Ultimately, people who pump are different with different priorities and constraints, Rudolph says.
Bottom line: We dont want the pump that forces us into a coat closet with our shirt off.
Working toward greater accessibility, Willow unveiledWillow Goa more affordable all-in-one wearable pump modelin March.
Whats next in the landscape of breast pump innovation?
Well be looking back in a decade, and well be astounded that people ever plugged into a wall.
Itll be one of those things like, You lived before cell phones?
You actually used a traditional pump?!?
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