In article >,
Pennyaline > wrote:

> Dan Abel wrote:

> > Late seventies. Breast pumps were available, but I got the idea that
> > they weren't for the home market. I looked at Google, and two of the
> > major makers came out with pumps for home use in 1996.
>
> What, don't believe me? What is this? I bought breast pumps, designed
> for home use, in the 80s! I doubt it was just a Manhattan thing. Sheeesh!
>
> <sorry, getting defensive there, don't mean to, it's just that you're
> essentially telling me I don't know what I'm talking about>

It's been thirty years. More likely a memory failure on my part. My
wife was the breastfeeder, not me. I know that she talked about breast
pumps, but didn't use one. There was a hospital next door, and she
worked for an arm of the hospital. There was one there, but not
portable.

She solved her problem. I went to work and she stayed home with the
kids.

She was on a search committee. The interviews were each two days long.
I offered to watch the baby, but my wife refused. She said that she
would lose her milk, so she took the baby to the interviews.