Pumpspotting: Inspiring Employers to Empower Pumping Mamas

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Today we sit down with Amy VanHaren, the Founder and CEO of Pumpspotting, a breastfeeding app that connects mothers and employers.  After suffering with deep isolation while working and breastfeeding, she used her own experiences to solve the pain points of nursing and pumping moms in the workforce. </span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we discuss the difficulties nursing and pumping moms face in the workplace, dealing with the isolation of having to feed your child while trying to have a successful career, and how companies can be allies.  Amy explains her journey to founding Pumpspotting, why she never thought she would have a career in maternal health and what she aims to change about how workplaces deal with pumping and nursing moms. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What we covered:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Amy’s journey of balancing her career and breastfeeding/pumping and the catalyst that led her to start Pumpspotting </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How Pumpspotting addresses and solves the pain points of feeling disconnected and lonely</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How touring with the Pumpspotting RV allowed Amy to address the pain points of women by meeting up with them and having a space for a safe conversation </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">3 key themes that came out of this tour that all nursing and pumping moms faced personally and professionally</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Amy’s work with companies to get them to be breastfeeding friendly as an advocate and ally for nursing and pumping moms</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The big shift employers need to make to take them