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Plugged In & Burned Out: The Ethics of Breastfeeding Tech
- Speaker: Olena Dobczansky , MSN, RNC-MNN, IBCLC, C-ONQS, LCCE
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- Duration: 60 Mins
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Abstract:
What happens when the promise of help becomes more work disguised as innovation? In More Work for Mother, historian Ruth Schwartz Cowan revealed how labor-saving household technologies often shifted burdens onto mothers rather than easing them. Today, a new generation of tools like apps, pumps, trackers, and AI-driven “solutions” promise to optimize the breastfeeding experience. But who benefits from this promise, and who pays the price?
This presentation invites IBCLCs and perinatal professionals to re-examine the accelerating presence of consumer technology in lactation through a historical lens and why the past is a prescient warning for modern times. By anchoring Cowan’s insights in today’s digital reality, we’ll unpack how the definition of “help” is shaped by commercial interests, and how those interests now enter the clinic, the home, and the body itself.
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Apr 13, 2026
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Plugged In & Burned Out: The Ethics of Breastfeeding Tech
What happens when the promise of help becomes more work disguised as innovation? In More Work for Mother, historian Ruth Schwartz Cowan revealed how labor-saving household technologies often shifted burdens onto mothers rather than easing them. Today, a new generation of tools like apps, pumps, trackers, and AI-driven “solutions” promise to optimize the breastfeeding experience. But who benefits from this promise, and who pays the price?
This presentation invites IBCLCs and perinatal professionals to re-examine the accelerating presence of consumer technology in lactation through a historical lens and why the past is a prescient warning for modern times. By anchoring Cowan’s insights in today’s digital reality, we’ll unpack how the definition of “help” is shaped by commercial interests, and how those interests now enter the clinic, the home, and the body itself.
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