"Lactation Rooms"

Hey, I know I haven't been around in ages, but just wanted to pop in
with something I saw today.

I was at the student union and, while in the ladies room, noticed a
door leading off it labeled "Lactation Room." I was all ready to
bristle at the idea of needing a special room for breastfeeding (the
building has numerous areas with couches and chairs just perfect for
that kind of thing!) and then I noticed that the door had a coded lock,
and I went and read the sign. Seems that the room is for the use of
the employees of the building and is outfitted with an electric pump.
The sign noted that if any visitors to the building needed to make use
of the pump, they should call a certain phone number to gain access to
the room. (The sign also mentioned that it COULD be used for
breastfeeding if a mother chose, but nothing to indicate that this was
the expected use, or that moms weren't welcome to nurse anywhere they
wished.)

Very cool.

Naomi

Cool! and nice to see you again, Naomi. I just recently began reading
MKB again :-)

Karen
(mom to James, who nursed forever, and Joey, for whom I pumped forever)

wrote:
Hey, I know I haven't been around in ages, but just wanted to pop in
with something I saw today.

I was at the student union and, while in the ladies room, noticed a
door leading off it labeled "Lactation Room." I was all ready to
bristle at the idea of needing a special room for breastfeeding (the
building has numerous areas with couches and chairs just perfect for
that kind of thing!) and then I noticed that the door had a coded lock,
and I went and read the sign. Seems that the room is for the use of
the employees of the building and is outfitted with an electric pump.
The sign noted that if any visitors to the building needed to make use
of the pump, they should call a certain phone number to gain access to
the room. (The sign also mentioned that it COULD be used for
breastfeeding if a mother chose, but nothing to indicate that this was
the expected use, or that moms weren't welcome to nurse anywhere they
wished.)

Very cool.

Naomi

How very cool! I used to work a major corporation (in my single days)
where they had a similar room, but I've never seen one in a public
place!!! (Actually, when we moved to our current office, we created a
space that was specifically meant for pumping, although we called it
The Retreat, since I wasn't pg at the time! Since then, myself and one
employee have used it, and it also gets used sometimes for other
things.)

And good to see you, and Karen too!

(For the record, dd is still nursing, though I haven't pumped since
summer. I had the good timing to be able to loan my PY to a friend who
had a baby in August and WOH FT)

Irene
mom to Thomas & Gwendolyn

My husband once asked why there's a "ladies lounge" in his building-which is
basically set up like a nice living room area with a refrigerator. The
reason is that many, many years and several buildings ago, the founder's
wife was working with him, and still breastfeeding/pumping, so she made sure
there was a place to do it. Her children are now in high school and college,
but every time they've moved buildings, she's made sure there's a place so
that breastfeeding mamas can pump.

And, since all of support and sales are in cubicals (which is where most of
the women are-development has private offices, but is almost exclusively
male), anyone who is pumping NEEDS some privacy.

--
Donna DeVore Metler
Orff Music Specialist/Kindermusik
Mother to Angel Brian Anthony 1/1/2002, 22 weeks, severe PE/HELLP
And Allison Joy, 11/25/04 (35 weeks, PIH, Pre-term labor)

"Donna Metler" wrote in message
...
My husband once asked why there's a "ladies lounge" in his building-which
is
basically set up like a nice living room area with a refrigerator. The
reason is that many, many years and several buildings ago, the founder's
wife was working with him, and still breastfeeding/pumping, so she made
sure
there was a place to do it. Her children are now in high school and
college,
but every time they've moved buildings, she's made sure there's a place so
that breastfeeding mamas can pump.


What a fantastic woman with great foresight! Is it possible to find out her
name? For her vision (I'm thinking this room must have been there nearly 20
years), she goes down in my book as a National Living Treasure (even though
I spose she's in the US and I'm in Oz).
Amanda.
~~~~~~~~~~~
DD August 2002, ^i^ Nov 2003 & DS August 2004

'"Come to the edge," He said. They said, "We are afraid." "Come to the
edge," He said. They came. He pushed them ..... and they flew.' Guillaume
Apollinaire

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[something, anything :-0 ]

Hi Naomi, glad to see you around.

Larry

wrote:
Hey, I know I haven't been around in ages, but just wanted to pop in
with something I saw today.

I was at the student union and, while in the ladies room, noticed a
door leading off it labeled "Lactation Room." I was all ready to
bristle at the idea of needing a special room for breastfeeding (the
building has numerous areas with couches and chairs just perfect for
that kind of thing!) and then I noticed that the door had a coded lock,
and I went and read the sign. Seems that the room is for the use of
the employees of the building and is outfitted with an electric pump.
The sign noted that if any visitors to the building needed to make use
of the pump, they should call a certain phone number to gain access to
the room. (The sign also mentioned that it COULD be used for
breastfeeding if a mother chose, but nothing to indicate that this was
the expected use, or that moms weren't welcome to nurse anywhere they
wished.)

Very cool.

Great to see you, Naomi. That *is* cool. My employer has such a thing as
well, and I do appreciate it!

I remember going off-site for a class one day when DS was a baby. I took my
pump and asked the administrative staff (female) to help me find a private
place to pump. We figured out that a large, handicapped restroom, with an
office chair moved in, would work the best. I was okay with that, and went
to pump at my lunch break as planned. Well, when I finished and came out
wheeling the chair to return in, you would have thought I was doing the most
embarrassing thing possible. Those formerly helpful women were suddenly
shoo-ing me around, worrying that the boss might see what I had done. I got
the feeling they thought he'd be upset that the office chair was in the
restroom. I never quite understood it.

Ah, well.....
-Patty, mom of 1+2

Nice to see you too, Karen. How is Joey doing?

wrote:
Cool! and nice to see you again, Naomi. I just recently began reading
MKB again :-)

Karen
(mom to James, who nursed forever, and Joey, for whom I pumped forever)