Push vs. Pull: Mechanics of Hand Expressing and Pumping –
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Description
There are several ways to remove breast milk from a lactating breast. For humans, evolution equipped us with two main methods: breastfeeding and hand expression. Some other mammals don't do hand expression but they can reach their breasts/ teats with their own mouth and remove milk that way. That's not really an opt
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