What is World Breast Pumping Day?
The breastfeeding world can be overwhelming and pumping parents can sometimes struggle to find a space where they feel like they belong. World Breast Pumping Day is an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the time, energy, and dedication pumping requires; it’s a chance to honour the love in every ounce. On January 27, 2023, people across the world will gather digitally to celebrate the seventh annual World Breast Pumping Day.
Wendy Armbruster, founder of Snugabell and creator of the PumpEase hands-free pumping bra, started World Breast Pumping Day in 2017 to help create a space for pumping parents to celebrate their accomplishments and find their digital village.
The theme of World Breast Pumping Day 2023 is “Celebrate Every Ounce.” WBPD2023 acknowledges that it’s okay to be not okay. We’re here to hold space for the complicated feelings pumping can bring to the surface. Plans change, milestones are met, hopes and dreams are not realized, accomplishments are achieved, and through it all pumping parents persevere, one drop at a time.
World Breast Pumping Day encourages pumping parents to feel pride in their accomplishments, even if what they achieve looks different than the accomplishments of their peers. Sharing our stories is an important part of normalizing pumping and breastmilk feeding. The normalization of breastmilk feeding is vital to our future generations. Breastmilk saves lives.
Visit the facebook page for more information and RSVP to the digital event for updates.
Wendy Armbruster, founder of Snugabell and creator of the PumpEase hands-free pumping bra, started World Breast Pumping Day in 2017 to help create a space for pumping parents to celebrate their accomplishments and find their digital village.
The theme of World Breast Pumping Day 2023 is “Celebrate Every Ounce.” WBPD2023 acknowledges that it’s okay to be not okay. We’re here to hold space for the complicated feelings pumping can bring to the surface. Plans change, milestones are met, hopes and dreams are not realized, accomplishments are achieved, and through it all pumping parents persevere, one drop at a time.
World Breast Pumping Day encourages pumping parents to feel pride in their accomplishments, even if what they achieve looks different than the accomplishments of their peers. Sharing our stories is an important part of normalizing pumping and breastmilk feeding. The normalization of breastmilk feeding is vital to our future generations. Breastmilk saves lives.
Visit the facebook page for more information and RSVP to the digital event for updates.
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WBPD Community
Created by Snugabell Canada Ltd, World Breast Pumping Day is a day to honour the love in every ounce, and celebrate the dedication of pumpin' mamas. |
Steering Committee
Wendy Armbruster completed her Certified Lactation Educator training at the Simkin Center for Allied Birth Vocations at Bastyr University in 2011. She studied under Ginna Wall, RN, MN, IBCLC, and Molly Pessl, RN, BSN, IBCLC, FILCA, two powerhouses in the lactation world. Wendy created the award-winning PumpEase hands-free pumping bra after her experience pumping for her babies left her frustrated and uninspired.
Elisabeth is a wife, mother of two, pumping goddess, milk donor, who puts a positive spin on hyperlactation syndrome. She founded the One Ounce At A Time (OOAAT) network on Instagram at @oneounceatatime and on Facebook where they have a Support Group community. One drop or 100 ounces, we are all doing the best we can with what we have. You are enough.
Diana Cassar-Uhl, MPH, IBCLC is a PhD candidate at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. Her research interests include maternal health and diet as they relate to breastfeeding, and the experiences of mothers with low milk supply. She is the author of Finding Sufficiency: Breastfeeding with Insufficient Glandular Tissue, published in 2014 by Praeclarus Press. Her academic and professional commitments have rooted her in Washington, DC, and parenting a child actor has given her the opportunity to travel with a touring Broadway show for almost 2 years, but she calls New York's Hudson Valley home with her spouse and 3 children.
Roxanna is a homeschooling mother to 3 active kids. She fell in love and deep frustration with the postpartum period and breastfeeding with her first personal experience. She decided to use her Bachelor's Degree in Social Work to focus on person-centred trauma-informed lactation support. Roxanna started by volunteering with La Leche League Canada (and continue today) then became an IBCLC- International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She currently works in private practice in the TriCities. She's also excited about being an instructor for a local college for the lactation course for healthcare professionals.
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Andrea Firmani
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Andrea Firmani is an RN lactation consultant working with families in early parenthood. Andrea believes that breastfeeding education and support should start in pregnancy and be accessible for every person. Andrea works as a clinical nurse educator at a Vancouver hospital; her professional focus is on the Baby Friendly Initiative and helping to ensure families are set up to meet their own infant feeding goals. Andrea lives in downtown Vancouver with her family of five.
