Dude, where's your pump?

My husband always gets a pained expression on his face when he sees me with my breast pump. He’s asked me if it hurts. I shrug and say it’s more of a discomfort than a hurt. I flip on the dreaded little thing and our conversation stops there.

But for some men, the conversation turns into action.

Here’s a man pumping his own breast, just in case you’re wondering what it looks like. The challenge? To do it for a full 30 seconds. C’mon, guys, you’re going to have to do it for a lot longer than that to gain our respect!

How about doing it every day for months? Take this man, for example, who uses a breast pump daily and says he will through December. He says he’d like to produce milk so he can one day nurse his child. And, according to one endocrinolgist, it’s not impossible to do.

Just to be clear, I asked my husband if he had any desire to try out my breast pump. He looked at me, horrified, and said, “What? No. God, no.”