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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. 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 Webinars

EAP Webinar – Working and Breastfeeding
April 23, 2024 12:00 pm — 1:00 pm
Register 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

MGB Lactation Room Locations

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.         

Mass General Brigham Community Hospital Lactation Resources
Helpful Breastfeeding Websites & Apps
Suggested Reading on Breastfeeding
  • 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
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