Melanie Scholz, a research technology specialist at University of Waterloo’s Department of Kinesiology, has created a product she calls Breastbowl, designed to improve the experience of collecting breast milk.
She created the Breastbowl for women like her who were uncomfortable with electric breast pumps, which she tried and disliked after she returned to work after having a baby.
Scholz, who preferred “hand expression,” set out to design a product that was mess-free, comfortable and created out of clean material – glass.
The demand for Breastbowls has exceeded Scholz’s ability to make them herself. In 2018, she showcased her product at the Make the Breast Pump Not Suck Hackathon, an event hosted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
