Lactation room

Lactation rooms provide breastfeeding mothers with a private space to pump or nurse.

While lactation spaces existed prior to the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the amended Section 4207 of the Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers with 50 employees or more to provide a private space for nursing mothers that's not a bathroom.

Generally, a lactation room includes a refrigerator, sink, cleaning supplies, table, and comfortable chair.

Approximately 70% of employed mothers with children younger than 3 years work full time.

[3] In addition, the study found that "breastfeeding duration for women enrolled in the Working Well Moms program is 72.5% at six months compared to a 21.1 percent national average of employed new mothers.