Lactation Rooms

Harvard is committed to supporting a mother’s choice to breastfeed her baby while pursuing her career. New lactation rooms have been added across the University to bring the total to 7 in Cambridge, 3 in Allston, 9 in the Longwood Medical Area, and 1 in the Harvard Forest. Plans are underway for more. If you would like to ‘Partner with Us’ – see below.

Any nursing mother who is a Harvard affiliate (faculty, staff, student, affiliate or their breastfeeding spouse/domestic partner) can register to use any Harvard lactation room. All lactation rooms are equipped with a hospital-grade Medela pump and many have another space for private pump use. Women will need to provide their own Medela/Lactina accessory kit to use the hospital-grade pump. These can be purchased from the University Health Services Pharmacy for approximately $45, or from other local pharmacies.

There are lactation rooms across the University: seven in Cambridge, three in Allston, nine in the Longwood Medical Area and one at the Harvard Forest. Plans are underway for more. (see map)

Lactation rooms can be found in the following locations and please contact the appropriate lactation room manager for registration prior to use.

Holyoke Center.

• 1350 Mass Ave.
• Natalie Beaumont-Smith: 495-4100
• Please click here for registration. Instructions for use (including exact location) will be emailed upon registration.

Observatory/Center for Astrophysics

• Perkin Lab, 60 Garden Street
• Antonelle Fruscione: 496-7851

Biolabs

• Biolabs Building, 16 Divinity Avenue
• Renate Hellmiss: 496-9159

University Museums

• Geological Museums Building, 24 Oxford Street
• Marcie Steeves: 495-2350
• Please note that the entrance is on the very right hand side of this long University Museums building

CGIS

• CGIS/Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
• Matt Stec: 384-7230
• Please note that Matt is best reached via email ( stec AT fas . Harvard . edu)

School of Education

• Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way
• Thelma Hernandez: 495-8035
• Please note that a special access ID card will be needed for the room

Harvard Law School

• Areeda Hall, 1545 Mass Ave
• Molly Sloan: 495-1880

Harvard Business School

• Aldrich Hall, 35 Harvard Way and Cumnock Hall, 33 Harvard Way, Allston
• Cathy Francisco, 495-6814
• Teele Hall, 60 N. Harvard St
• Sadia Jiminian, 495-6944.

Longwood Medical Area

• 9 locations across HSPH, HMS, and HSDM
• Barbara Wolf, 432-1615
• More information can be found at: http://www.hms.harvard.edu/hr/owf_breastfeeding.html

Harvard Forest

• Shaler Hall, 324 N Main Street, Petersham
• Kristina Stinson, 978-724-3302 (x284)

Partner with us

Free hospital-grade pumps to qualified partners!

If you would like to partner with us in opening up a lactation room in your part of campus, we have a limited number of hospital-grade pumps available (a $900 value). A document outlining the minimum room requirements is available. Please contact the Office of Work/Life Resources via email: worklife@harvard.edu or call us at 495-4100 for details.

Breastfeeding support classes

Harvard also offers support of breastfeeding in the workplace through its “Getting Started Breastfeeding” classes.

For the Cambridge campus, contact Harriet Torgerson, RN, UHS at 495-2068 for details.

For the Longwood Medical Area, contact Barbara Wolf at 432-1615.

The Business Case for Breastfeeding

The Office of Work/Life Resources has information for managers on how to support breastfeeding employees. Please call for additional resources: 495-4100.