For Students
- Student Parent Help Center
- Professional Student Parent Support Group
- Breastfeeding and Lactation Information for UMN Students
- Lactation Spaces at Twin Cities Clinical Sites (used by UMN health sciences students)
- National Women's Law Center: Pregnant and Parenting Students’ Rights Toolkit
- Lactation Accommodations and Class Time: Makeup Work for Legitimate Absences Policy FAQ page
- University of Minnesota Student Lactation Accommodation Letter (Google doc can be copied or downloaded to edit and use)
For Employees
- Office of Human Resources: Lactation Support Page
- Office of Human Resources: Parental Leave Info
- Office of Human Resources: Childcare
- Office of Human Resources: Change in Family Coverage
- Before Pregnancy: Short-term Disability Insurance
- Promoting Workplace Breastfeeding Accommodations: Regulations, Best Practices, and the Critical Role of Title V Programs from the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (opens as a PDF)
- Contact your benefits provider or health insurance company to learn more about how they support lactation and new-parent needs.
Research and Resources
Research and News from Minnesota
- Poster: Developing university policies for lactation support: Results from an environmental scan (Emily Laurent, MPH Candidate)
- Morril Hall 2nd Floor Lactation Room Open
- LacPod (Mobile Lactation Pod designed and built by Mechanical Engineering students) available for use now (Coffman Memorial Union near the theater)
- Kozhimannil, K.B., Jou, J., Gjerdingen, D.K., & McGovern, P.M. (2016). Access to workplace accommodations to support breastfeeding after passage of the affordable care act. Women's Health Issues, 26(1), 6-13. Linked here
- Department of Health. (2016, August 25). National data show 90 percent of new Minnesota mothers breastfeed [news release]. Linked here
- Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Public Health: Why Breastfeed? Linked here
National and Local Advocacy and Support Groups
- La Leche League
- Amma Parenting Center
- Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE)
- Minnesota Breastfeeding Coalition
Pumping and Milk Storage Resources
- Consumer Reports: Breast Pump Buying Guide
- La Leche League: Guildelines for Storing Pumped Milk
- US Department of Health and Human Services: Breast Pumps and Insurance Coverage - What You Need To Know
- Womenshealth.gov: Pumping and Breastmilk Storage
Federal and State Public Health and Legal Resources
- National Women's Law Center: Breastfeeding and The Health Care Law
- National Conference of State Legislators: Breastfeeding State Laws
- United States Breastfeeding Committee: Workplace Support in Federal Law
- To report a violation of breastfeeding or lactation laws, visit the confidential reporting service for the University of Minnesota.
Research and Evidence-Based Clinical Guidelines
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Work Group on Breastfeeding. (2012). Breastfeeding and the use of human milk. Pediatrics, 129(3), e827 - e841. doi:10.1542/peds.2011-3552 Linked here
- Cochrane Library Special Collection: Breastfeeding
- Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine: Position on Breastfeeding—Revised 2015 (PDF)