Lactation Rooms

VCU provides four lactation rooms for faculty and staff to support women balancing their return to work with their needs as mothers of young children.

Information compiled as a project of the School of Medicine Committee on the Status of Women and Minorities (COSOWAM), Spring 2009. Please visit the Women in Medicine and Science Program home page for more information about COSOWAM and Women in Medicine and Science.

Monroe Park Campus

Lactation Room at The Well (VCU WELLness Resource Center)

The lactation room at The Well, 815 S. Cathedral Place, is open to all VCU students, faculty and staff who want to breast feed or pump. The room includes a glider chair with ottoman, free samples of breastfeeding supplies and peaceful music, and is available free of charge on a walk-in basis. The room is available during The Well’s office hours: Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. On Fridays, visitors should call for availability before 10 a.m. For more information, contact 828-6919.

MCV Campus

Main Hospital, 1250 E. Marshall St., North 6, Room 121

This room is available to nursing mothers who are employees or visitors. It has Symphony Pumps, rocking chairs, privacy screens, bathrooms and an IPod docking station. It is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The room has been provided as a result of a grant from the Women’s Auxiliary at VCU Health System (VCUHS). For more information, contact Theresa Mondovics, VCUHS Nurse Liaison, Workforce Development, 628-0249, tmondovics@mcvh-vcu.edu.

Sanger Hall, 1101 E, Marshall St, Basement 1, Room B1-033B

This room is located behind the women’s rest room. The room is freshly painted and carpeted with a comfortable chair. It is open to all VCU students, faculty and staff who want to breast feed or pump. Sanger Hall is open M-F 7:30 – 6, and accessible other weekday hours and weekends with card access to Sanger and sign-in at the lobby information desk. For more information, contact Lesley Tremblay, Building Manager, 828-6911, ljtremblay@vcu.edu.

VCU School of Nursing, 1100 E. Leigh St., 3rd floor, Room 3058

The Nursing Mothers and Babies Room may be accessed M-F, 8 – 5, with a key secured from Room 3046. For more information, contact Mrs. Angie McGrath, Administrator, Family and Community Health Nursing, 828-0720, almcgrath@vcu.edu.

VCU Health System Family Care Center, 607 N. 10th Street

This room is located below the N Parking Deck, behind the MCV Campus bookstore. The Family Room, located in Room 153, is designed for those who want to breast feed or pump and contains a couch and comfortable chairs. VCU faculty, staff and students may ring the door bell for access to the Family Care Center and show their ID for entrance. For more information, contact Patsy Moon, 828-6291, pmoon@mcvh-vcu.edu.