So, when I was having some breastfeeding difficulties after Ava was born, I started using a breast pump. For those who have used one, you know the monotonous sound it makes. But did you ever hear it talk to you?At two different settings (depending on how I had set the speed and vacuum) I could hear words - one sounded like a little Austrian man (well, he sounded European so I just picked Austria) saying "Hell-o, hell-o, hell-o" over and over. On a faster setting, I heard "Thank the Lord, thank the Lord" over and over.
Why am I blogging about my breast pump?
Well, I was watching the View this morning and Elizabeth (one of the hosts) was talking about this exact phenomena (yes, I'm calling it a phenomena now!). She is pumping for her young infant and she heard her machine saying "Right now, right now" over and over.
Creepy . . . but also a testament to the tricks your mind plays when you're stuck in a position for a while and can't do anything but listen to the noises around you.
3 comments:
HAHA!! Mine sings songs to me....:)
Ok girl really you need to get out!! haha!
I found that I was going so nuts with the pumping and feeding at night with nothing to do but start at the walls I started doing both infront of the TV....it was better but then I go addicted to Night Rider....which really is probably worse!!
Love ya!
N.
That is so funny. A friend of mine said her pump talked to her also (I don't remember what it "said"). I am a manual pumper (Medela Harmony) cause I feel like I have more control over it. Plus the machine kinda freaked me out.... ;)
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