The Talking Breast Pump.

Many women who pump their breast milk report that their pumps speak repeated words or phrases. Women who experience this auditory illusion interpret the pumps as commenting on the activity of pumping, taunting them, and giving advice. Often the pump insults the pumper and taunts her with her perceived inadequacies. Personal experience narratives of the talking breast pump exposes anxieties about pumping vs. breastfeeding, as well as anxieties about going back to work after giving birth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]