Julie, you do not muse alone.

This lovely open-access article (link below) from 2020 discusses the impact
of commercial influence and persuasion techniques, and parents' experiences
with lactation ... and what gadgets and products they felt they "had to
have."

https://internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13006-020-00264-1#:~:text=Many%20of%20aspects%20of%20our,our%20obsession%20with%20celebrity%20culture
.
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Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC, FILCA
Wyndmoor, PA, USA
Private practice IBCLC, speaker, author, educator, lactation advocate
LizBrooksIBCLC.com    @LizBrooksIBCLC

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