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Previa Alliance Podcast

Motherhood, Milk & Making It Work

Previa Alliance Podcast

Previa Alliance Team

Mental Health, Kids & Family, Self-improvement, Parenting, Health & Fitness, Education

51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Sarah and Amy, CEO of Pump Spotting, dive into the raw, unfiltered reality of breastfeeding, pumping, and the pressure new moms face. From midnight feedings to workplace struggles, they unpack why support—at home, at work, and in the world—makes all the difference. About Amy VanHaren: Amy VanHaren is the CEO and founder of Pumpspotting, a women’s health technology company. Pumpspotting is closing the gap in maternal health through accessible breastfeeding solutions. Amy created Pumpspotting a...

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0:00.0

Hey guys, welcome to Preview Alliance podcast. This is Sarah. And this week, I am speaking to Amy Van Herron. She's the CEO and founder of Humps and as it says in some of her taglines,

0:23.2

boobs, babies, and business. But most importantly, she's coming to you as a mother, an entrepreneur,

0:28.2

and someone who wants to encourage you, no matter which way you choose to feed your baby,

0:33.0

that you're not alone and that there is a support system there for you. So stay tuned.

0:41.2

Hi guys. Welcome, Preview Alliance podcast. As I said in the intro, super excited. I have Amy here

0:47.2

with me. Welcome, Amy, and I'm so excited to talk to you. Hi, Sarah. So excited to be here.

0:53.5

So honored. Thanks for having me on board.

0:56.1

Well, I know a lot about what you do and who you are, but I would love to introduce you to our

1:01.1

listeners. So can you just kind of give us an overview of who you are and what led you to where you

1:07.0

are today? Yeah, absolutely. So I'm Amy. I'm a mother to two.

1:11.6

I'm a Maynard.

1:12.6

I am a two-time breast feeder.

1:15.6

And I started a company called PumpSpotting that is really about comprehensive baby feeding support,

1:22.6

supporting parents wherever they are on the journey through pregnancy, feeding, back to work, weaning, all those

1:28.8

stages that we go through and we do it through community support, through access to experts.

1:33.8

We do it in technology on our 36-foot school bus in person.

1:38.2

And then we also have an offering for employers.

1:42.1

So we're helping bring breastfeeding and pumping support into the workplace.

1:45.0

So that's what I do. I would never have guessed that I would have been on a quest almost a decade to be supporting parents in the space of life and really focused on breastfeeding because I don't come from a maternal health background. I really came to this journey

2:03.4

through my own pain and raw need. So when my second was born, I was running a marketing agency

2:12.2

and I had to go back to work when he was just four weeks because he didn't have a lot of support

2:18.7

and resources and someone to fill in for me.

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