Lactation Rooms
Recognizing the importance and benefits of breastfeeding for working and student parents and their infants, Harvard provides more than 60 formal lactation rooms across the University. Any Harvard-affiliated nursing parent, including faculty, staff, students, and spouses/partners, can register to use a Harvard lactation room. For those without HUID cards, a smaller subset of campus lactation rooms is available.
All University-sponsored rooms have a hospital-grade Medela Symphony pump, for which you will need to provide your own Medela accessory kit. Accessory kits can be purchased online or from local pharmacies.
Register to receive access to lactation rooms by completing the registration form (for your group) below. You will receive an automated confirmation email followed by a personalized instruction email.
Please register as far in advance of first anticipated use date, if possible. Please note that there are manual back-end processes that must be completed by the Office of Work/Life before you can use all aspects of the lactation-room system. These are typically completed within 48 hours of your registration (or longer over weekends and public holidays); while we try our best, same-day access can only be given in some cases. Email the Office of Work/Life if needed.
Registration gives you:
- Access to 60+ rooms across three campuses (see map linked below and this Lactation Room list)
- Activation of your HUID card for lactation rooms, including entryway doors, elevators, stairwells, etc., to get you to the room
- Availability and reservations via an existing or newly-created Roombook account, where you can check room availability and reserve a 30-minute slot (recurring as needed). The Roombook system includes any room-specific amenities and pincode information (for those doors with pinlocks).
View the locations of formal lactation rooms across campus. You can narrow your search by campus. Click on the highlighted buildings for pop-ups of building and room amenity information.
- Nursing Parents in the Workplace: Harvard Guidelines and Policies
- Locations: Current Lactation Room list (pdf) of the 60+ formal lactation rooms at Harvard
- Lactation Room Consultation: Departments interested in enhancing a lactation room or developing a new one should contact the Office of Work/Life for room guideline information, best practices, and amenities standards.
If you need a lactation room at any time during this period, please register as a visitor.
A subset of drop-in-only lactation rooms have been made available for this timeframe. Once you register, this list will be shared with you. Please register ahead of time, where possible.