Express yourself! Celebrity mums lead breast pump boom

Stars’ selfies highlight the growing popularity of breast pumps for mothers balancing pressures of work and childcare

Scarlett Johansson did it en route to the Oscars, Chrissy Teigen took one on a “date night” and Kourtney Kardashian did so after a night out in Vegas. In a bid to highlight the realities of breastfeeding, celebrity mothers are sharing their breast pump photos online, and experts claim they are helping to fuel a rise in women expressing milk.

As mothers attempt to reconcile the pressures of work with the often relentless demands of breastfeeding and childcare, they are trying in growing numbers to pump milk. Last week, Goldman Sachs became perhaps the first firm in the UK to pay for breastmilk to be couriered home if female staff are away on business.

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