I was walking near the cafeteria and I noticed a strange room. The window had a piece of paper blocking it, and it WAS a small cubicle for making phone calls or to use as a "quiet room". I work at a sizeable campus with 2000+ people at this location.

The sign on the room was "Lactating room"

I'm a bit confused why there needs to be a special room in an envornment where there should be no infants? If lactating moms are coming back to work, they wear pads to hold the excess lactation right? So wouldn't they change those in the bathroom?

I know quite a bit about pregnant women, etc but this was a curiosity. Just wondering

A lactating female needs to express her milk during the course of the work day. Most women I know do it in the ladies room, but it can become a bit cramped and you need a place to set down the bottles, etc. Plus you're taking up a stall that someone might need to do their business. Nice of your company to provide a private room.

Ah , ok cool! :)

THanks for the explination! I didn't know it took that much stuff, I thought they just hook up the pump and gooooo.


3 of 4 VP's in my division are female and the CEO of our company is female. So I guess they think about these things !

A lactating female needs to express her milk during the course of the work day. Most women I know do it in the ladies room, but it can become a bit cramped and you need a place to set down the bottles, etc. Plus you're taking up a stall that someone might need to do their business. Nice of your company to provide a private room.