A message from Pumpfort™
Pumping has hurt mothers long enough.
150 years. Same pump. We're done.
You are not the problem Your body is not the problem The technology is the problem And we're rebuilding it.
62%
of mothers say pumping hurts.1
The industry called it normal. It isn't.
Not some mothers. Not unlucky mothers. The majority.
Mastitis, blocked ducts, cracked nipples, and bruised tissue are not rare side effects, they are the result of century-old technology from the 1800s.
"I tried every flange size. I thought I was broken."
Reddit, r/HumanPumping
"Pumping is physically painful for anyone else? I've been trying to make it work for two weeks."
Reddit, r/breastfeeding
"Mentally it feels like being a milk-pumping machine. Like a cow."
Francine, pumping mother
"My nipples are so bruised after pumping. I feel like I'm doing something wrong but I've followed every instruction."
What to Expect community
"It's a low-level 'ugh, here we go again' feeling every single time."
Abi, pumping mother
"Is it painful expressing milk by using a breast pump? Everyone I talk to just says 'push through it.'"
Quora
"It feels like a medical device from a hospital, not something designed for a person."
Elena, pumping mother
"Pumping is physically and mentally exhausting."
pumping mother
"I will never put one of those things on me again."
pumping mother
You are not doing it wrong THE PUMP IS
1 FDA MAUDE adverse event database (Product Code HQX – breast pumps), accessed Dec 2025.
Why does mimicking a gentle baby need this much power?
Every decade, pumps got more powerful: higher suction, bigger numbers on the box. Not because research said it was better, but because "hospital-strength" sold.
When pumping hurt, the answer was always more power. Nobody stepped back to ask whether suction itself was the problem.
The question was never how much suction
It was whether suction was ever the right answer
Imagine a pump
that feels like
your baby.
A pump that is calm, rhythmic, and gentle. Exactly the way your baby feeds.
So we listened, we learned, and we're building what should have existed all along: a pump for the woman behind every mother.
Because every mother deserves to be cared for.
Biomimetic compression.
Truly Pumpfortable.
For 150 years, every breast pump has relied on suction. We're asking a different question: what if it works like your baby instead?
Pumpfort mimics the natural jaw motion of a nursing baby. No suction, no pulling, no force. Just a gentle rhythm your body already knows how to respond to.
Seal
A full, comfortable seal, like a good latch. Your body recognizes it immediately.
Compression
A gentle rhythm that moves with your body, not against it. No pulling. No tension. Nothing your body needs to fight.
Rhythm
The same natural motion your baby uses when feeding. Soft, unhurried, familiar. Your body knows how to respond to this, and it does.
Truly comfortable
The pump feels like your baby.
Less tissue damage
No vacuum war against your body.
Better letdown
Relaxation releases milk. Tension closes it off.
Universal fit
No more sizing injuries from wrong-size flanges.
25+
mothers have tested our prototype in a clinical setting.
Every single one said
the same thing:
"It feels like my baby."
Prototype tester, clinical session
We're iterating until it works for every mother, not most. And we're doing it in the open: listening, learning, and sharing as we go.
Pumping should not hurt.
We're proving it's possible. And we want you with us.
Follow our story instead →Breast pumping shouldn't suck.
Pumpfort