I used my breast pump in a cemetery

Of all the places I've been forced to use my breast pump, this has to be the weirdest

A breast pump.
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Graveyards aren't really my thing. I guess they're not really anybody's thing. But they're really not my thing. Which is why I was a little scared — and very curious — when we were invited to attend a wedding reception being held in one last October. I wanted to attend, but my six-week-old baby was eating every three hours. Missing a feeding meant disrupting the delicate supply/demand balance of my milk. So if I wanted to go to the party, I had to figure out a way to pump.

I wasn't quite sure what to expect in terms of pumping logistics. This was, after all, a graveyard. It's hard enough finding a place to pump in the average American office, or any public space, really. This was an outdoor event, so there would be no electrical sockets. No coat check meant I'd have to carry everything for the duration of the event. My in-depth Google Earth sleuthing of the location indicated there was no indoor bathroom, so privacy would be limited. I deduced that my options were as follows: not go, go but stop at home for a pump break, or figure out a way to pump at the reception. It was basically a lose/lose/lose situation. Yay, motherhood!

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Rosie Colosi

Rosie Colosi has been working in children's publishing as an author, editor, copywriter, and book club manager for over 15 years. Once upon a time, she played Mrs. Claus in the Rockettes' Radio City Christmas Spectacular, but now she mostly focuses on singing songs from Annie to her two little girls.