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The global breast pump market is projected to reach $5.2 billion by 2030, up from an estimated $2.94 billion in 2023, according to a new report by market forecaster Grand View Research.
Some 85% of breastfeeding American women had used a breast pump in the early 2000s, and experts say that number has probably grown considerably in recent years as pumps have become more accessible and user-friendly, per the Washington Post.
wearable options.
The device collected milk inside a bra insert rather than an exterior container.
"There would be times I would be scrubbed in for five or six hours and I'd be wearing my pump," says Lauren Trevino-Hurst, a surgical nurse in Ohio who used a wearable pump while working in the operating room.
Now, "you don't have to be tied to your baby," says Allison Tolman, who worked with an engineer to design a wearable pump testing device she calls the Boobie Barometer.
She regularly reviews breast pumps on YouTube and has created a popular support group on Facebook specifically for working moms.
Curtis, the 39-year-old lawyer who recently gave birth to her second child, says her hands-free electric pump is "very convenient, which I think is what most women want."
It's "super discreet,"
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