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Employee Lactation Rooms
Returning to work after having a baby represents a transition for any parent. Mass General Brigham sponsors the Lactation Resources, a program to help employees make the transition back onsite from maternity leave. The program provides the opportunity to continue breastfeeding while at work. MGB’s Lactation Policy, which provides support and guidance for managers and employees, including details on paid breaks, can be found here.
We are fortunate to be able to offer efficient electric Medela Breast Pumps in our comfortable, private lactation rooms accessible just by the lactating employee. Medela Symphony Pump Instruction Manual is available here.
For room run by the EAP, employees are required to pre-register using the Employee Lactation Room Access Request form. For other locations, the contacts and room details are listed here.
EAP Lactation Webinar Recordings
Off to a Good Start: Breastfeeding your Baby & Working and Breastfeeding
View Recordings Here
Studies show that breastfeeding reduces health care costs, and also reduces the amount of time new parents miss from work. This 60 minute presentation will provide expectant and nursing employees with information on how to maintain breastfeeding when returning to work. Topics will include choosing a breast pump, storing breast milk, and employee lactation services.
Presented by BWH’s Sarah McNamara, IBCLC, CLE
EAP Run Lactation Rooms – Employee Brochure
Additional Locations not managed by the EAP:
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
BWH Westwood Care Center
Contact Practice Manager, Sydney Festa (Szmonka)
sfesta@bwh.harvard.edu Office: 857-307-5613
Cooley Dickinson
Contact: Human Resources 413-582-2241
McLean Hospital
Contact: Human Resource Department 617-855-3448
*MEE
Contact Sharon Whittaker, HR Employee/Labor Relations 857-282-7499
sharon_whittaker@meei.harvard.edu
No Pump onsite – Employee required to bring own pump.
MGH
- 65 Lansdowne Street, 2nd Floor, Room #293, Cambridge
Contact: CBRE Building Management 617-768-8703 - Burlington, MA (Contact Information Only)
Contact: Diane Cameron 857-238-2106 - Danvers
Room Access: Go to Security Office and get Key to access the room.
- *Prudential Center (Contact Information Only)
Contact 617-278-1000 and leave a voicemail with name, time and date room will be used or prureservations@partners.org with same information.
No Pump onsite – Employee required to bring own pump.
- *Revere Health Center
Contact: Debra Jacobson – Lenson 781-485-6061
No Pump onsite – Employee required to bring own pump.
- Waltham
Contact: Manager.
NWH
Contact: Luc-sen’s Cham lcham@mgb.org
Human Resources 617-243-6768 or email
NWHHROoperations@partners.org
Salem Hospital
Contact: 888-217-MILK (6455)
Spaulding Hospital
- Brighton Contact: Wendy Shea 617-726-9705
- Cambridge Contact: Dalisa Morales 617-346-5717
Wellesley Outpatient Center
Contact: Jan Feinstein 781-431-9144 x1202 or jfeinstein@partners.org
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
Contact: Lactation Consultants at 603-740-2233.
*No Pump onsite – Employee required to bring own pump.
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital Lactation Support Services
- Cooley Dickinson Hospital Breastfeeding Education and Support
- Massachusetts General Hospital Breastfeeding Resources
- Nantucket Cottage Hospital Pregnancy & Parenting Resources
- Newton-Wellesley Hospital Lactation & Breastfeeding Services
- North Shore Medical Center – The Birthplace – Breastfeeding
- Wentworth-Douglass Hospital – Breastfeeding Support
- Your Baby and Your Work: Balancing Your Life – Teresa Wilson
- The Breastfeeding Blueprint: How to get Started and Keep It Flowing for a Year – Barbara L. Philipp M.D.
- The Breastfeeding Book – Dr. William Sears
- Breastfeeding Made Simple – Nancy Mohbacher
- Breastfeeding Pure and Simple – Gwen Gotsch, La Leche League International
- The Complete Book of Breastfeeding – Marvin S. Eiger and Sally Wendkos Olds
- How Weaning Happens – Diane Benson, La Leche League International
- Making More Milk – Diana West
- Medications and Mothers’ Milk, 9th Edition – Thomas Hale, PhD
- Nursing Mother, Working Mother – Gale Pryor
- The Sharing & Caring: How to Find the Right Childcare and Make It Work for You and Your Child – Amy Laura Dombro and Patty Bryan
- What to Expect When You’re Expecting – Heidi E. Murkoff
- What to Expect the First Year – Heidi E. Murkoff
- What to Expect the Toddler Years – Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi E. Murkoff and Sandee E. Hathaway, BSN
- The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding – Diane Wiessinger, La Leche League International
- Working and Caring – T. Berry Brazelton, MD
- Working and Breastfeeding Made Simple – Kathleen Kendall