Thanks, Lara, for the corrective reminder that there may be women who were already pumping but didn't have their pumps. Embarrassed that I needed that! I don't know that I had any assumptions underlying my post about the motivation for pumping. I was thinking only of women who were not now lactating - and how pumping is often recommended to build supply for relactation, such as when an adoption is anticipated. The thought was that in an emergency, we should be trying to get the babies to the breast rather than introducing yet another new 'thing'. The notion that someone might choose expressing milk over putting baby to breast due to psychological discomfort has been hinted at by others. I do think if a woman is not comfy with having the baby suckle in the crowded circumstances we have seen in the news, she is likely to feel uncomfortable with using a pump as well, and so I wonder what good a pump would do in that case. As you point out, there may be a real need for pumps for mothers separated from their babies who need to maintain supply. I would only want to send pumps I would vouch for in that case, and not something I had been sent as part of a marketing campaign and had no use for. Rachel Myr Kristiansand, Norway *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html