Success Strategies for Pumping Breastmilk and Building a Stash
Pregnancy Podcast
Vanessa Merten
4.5 • 970 Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Breast milk truly is liquid gold. Your body makes the perfect food for your baby, and pumping lets you give them that milk even when you are not there. Whether you plan to pump occasionally, pump at work after maternity leave, or build a freezer stash, this episode will walk you through how to make pumping easier, more efficient, and less stressful. We'll cover choosing and using a pump, building and storing your milk supply, navigating pumping at work, and keeping your supply steady.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton. |
| 0:10.6 | Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. |
| 0:15.5 | In today's episode, we're talking about success strategies for pumping breast milk and building a stash. |
| 0:22.7 | Breast milk is liquid gold, and your body makes the perfect food for your baby. |
| 0:28.8 | Pumping allows you to give your baby milk even when you're not there. |
| 0:33.5 | Whether you plan to pump occasionally, pump at work after you return from maternity leave, |
| 0:39.8 | or you want to build a serious freezer stash, this episode will walk you through how to make |
| 0:46.6 | pumping easier, more efficient, and less stressful. |
| 0:50.6 | We'll cover choosing and using a pump, building and storing your milk supply, navigating pumping at work, and ensuring that you keep your supply steady. |
| 1:02.5 | You can find the full article and all of the resources for this episode at Pregnancy Podcast.com slash pumping. |
| 1:12.7 | You are currently listening to the public feed of the podcast, which gives you access to |
| 1:18.6 | the last year of episodes. Become a pregnancy podcast premium member and get access to |
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| 1:38.4 | Episodes are periodically updated, so you are always getting the most up-to-date evidence on every topic. |
| 1:46.7 | Check out Pregnancy Podcast Premium at Pregnancypodcast.com slash premium. |
| 1:55.7 | Thank you to OSHA Slings for their support of this episode. |
| 2:00.3 | There are endless benefits to baby |
| 2:02.4 | wearing, from promoting bonding to giving you the ability to have your hands free as a busy |
| 2:07.8 | parent. OSHA's slings, wraps, and carriers are absolutely beautiful and are ethically made in |
| 2:15.1 | Scotland using the highest quality, quality natural and organic yarns. |
| 2:19.4 | From the newborn stage through toddlerhood, OSHA slings are the most beautiful and comfortable way to carry your baby. |
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