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MelissaSue81
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Pumping and driving..:)
MelissaSue81
member
I'm sure most of ya'll know that I pump while driving home from work at night..
I was never quite sure it was legal, etc.. but appparently, it is.. 
I
generally pump til about half way through my drive home.. I usually
take the pump stuff off at a red light.. but tonight I didn't..so i did
it while I was moving.. with a cop behind me... apparently.
The cop followed me all the way down the road I was on (Transit), i watched him run my plates.. Honestly, I get pulled over a couple times a year just by virtue of it being late at night when I drive home, and me not being the worlds best driver for suspicion of DWI.. but I don't ever drive drunk..
So he finally pulled me over just before i was about to turn off the road I was on. He said that he pulled me over because I came really close to the curb awhile back (when i was taking the pump off).
So I said "Well this is kind of embarrassing, but i was pumping breastmilk".. and pointed toward my pump. He said "OK. that's a perfectly reasonable explanation" and told me to have a good night.
I honestly can't stop laughing about it. I'm pretty sure he was just so uncomfortable with my answer that he didn't want to talk to me anymore.. but it was a slight possibility that he was sympathetic to nursing mothers..
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The cop followed me all the way down the road I was on (Transit), i watched him run my plates.. Honestly, I get pulled over a couple times a year just by virtue of it being late at night when I drive home, and me not being the worlds best driver for suspicion of DWI.. but I don't ever drive drunk..
So he finally pulled me over just before i was about to turn off the road I was on. He said that he pulled me over because I came really close to the curb awhile back (when i was taking the pump off).
So I said "Well this is kind of embarrassing, but i was pumping breastmilk".. and pointed toward my pump. He said "OK. that's a perfectly reasonable explanation" and told me to have a good night.
I honestly can't stop laughing about it. I'm pretty sure he was just so uncomfortable with my answer that he didn't want to talk to me anymore.. but it was a slight possibility that he was sympathetic to nursing mothers..
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Melissa & Jeff 5-27-06
m/c 1/2/08 and 3/12/08
Eve Amelia- Born 2/24/09. 6lb 9.9oz
Natalie Ruth - Born 6/13/11 7lb 6.6oz
m/c 1/2/08 and 3/12/08
Eve Amelia- Born 2/24/09. 6lb 9.9oz
Natalie Ruth - Born 6/13/11 7lb 6.6oz
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Re: Pumping and driving..:)
You my friend....ROCK! This is the best, please print it and put it in N's baby book!
Haha! Isn't it great when you are not only not in trouble but they are the ones actually embarassed? I am a bad driver too, so it is nice to be on the other side for a change huh?
I have pumped while driving a couple times before too. The one time a cop came up to me though I was in park. I had stopped in a huge parking lot of a mega church nearby (Roc girls probably know it - the Father's House) and apparently they have security which is connected to the local police station. I saw the lights coming and the cop put the flood lights on my car and came up to my car with the flashlight shining in. I actually had just got let down, so I didn't stop pumping. I just threw my coat on over me backwards and kept going. He wanted to know why I was hanging out at the church and as soon as I said I was pumping, it was like a look of recognition came to his face and he immediately turned away the flashlight and backed up so fast. I was laughing so hard when he drove away bc he was so embarassed. I was only kicking myself that I didn't get his name off the name badge so that my DH could raz him about it.
lol i pump while driving too - I always wonder what would happen if I got pulled over!
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