Lactation Support Services

Last Updated: July 18, 2022 4:12:06 PM PDT

Recognizing the benefits of breastfeeding and in compliance with state law, UCSD provides employees who are nursing mothers with a private space and a reasonable amount of time to express milk.

Lactation facilities

State law requires the university to provide space close to an employee's work area where she can express milk in private. This can include private offices or lockable meeting space. Restrooms are not considered appropriate spaces.

To find your nearest lactation room, visit this map of UC San Diego Lactation Rooms.
For lactation room access:
- Health lactation rooms - please submit an on the Health Human Resources website. Click "New Request">"Self Service">"Employee Relations Inquiry"
- Campus (non-Health) lactation rooms - contact worklife@ucsd.edu
If there are no established lactation spaces near your work area, ask your supervisor about locating a suitable space.

Lactation Resources

UC Medical Plan Benefit Resources
- UC medical plans provide a variety of breastfeeding support resources including nurse lines, counselors, and online programs to help you if you have questions about breastfeeding. If you are covered by a UC medical plan, breastfeeding support, supplies and counseling may be available at no cost. View breastfeeding resources from UC's medical plans.
UC San Diego Health Breastfeeding Support
- Learn more about their services by visiting UC San Diego Health Breastfeeding Support or call their Breastfeeding helpline: 858-249-5727
- UC San Diego Health providers offering lactation services:
  - Dr. Michelle Leff and Dr. Piper Sandel are pediatricians and certified lactation consultants. They see moms and babies for breastfeeding issues, milk supply issues, tongue tie, etc. in their respective clinics.
  - Dr. Eyla Boies is a pediatrician who specializes in helping premature infants with breastfeeding. She sees moms and infants at the Kearney Mesa pediatric office Thursday mornings for her Premature Infant Nutrition Clinic where she works with a certified lactation consultant.
  - Erin Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP, IBCLC, BCS-S, is a speech and language pathologist and lactation consultant. She sees patients at the Center for Voice and Swallowing.

National Breastfeeding Helpline
- Office on Women’s Health counselors can answer common breastfeeding questions in English or Spanish. Call (800) 994-9662 Monday–Friday from 6 am to 3 pm. If you call after hours, you will be able to leave a message, and a breastfeeding peer counselor will return your call on the next business day. For more information visit www.womenshealth.gov/breastfeeding

San Diego Breastfeeding Coalition
- The San Diego Breastfeeding Coalition is a non-profit organization that has been serving San Diego bringing together health care providers, agencies, organizations, individuals, families, and other breastfeeding advocates to support, protect and promote breastfeeding who are passionate about making breastfeeding attainable for all families in the San Diego and Imperial Counties.

University of California Health Milk Bank
- In November, 2020 UC launched the University of California Health Milk Bank, operated by UC San Diego Health, one of only two accredited milk banks in our state and 30 nationally. This safe supply of donated breastmilk will support sick, premature or young infants whose mothers aren’t able to breastfeed. Learn more

Policies

Contacts

For help obtaining workplace accommodation:
- Health lactation rooms - please submit an Employee Relations Inquiry on the Health Human Resources website. Click "New Request">"Self Service">"Employee Relations Inquiry"
- (Non-Health) Campus lactation rooms - contact worklife@ucsd.edu
For additional lactation or other health education materials for students, contact:
- Student Health Service, Health Education, at (858) 534-2419

The following facilities are part of UC San Diego's lactation program and are available to nursing mothers at UC San Diego.

For lactation room maintenance, please email or call the Building Contact listed for the room.
For your convenience, Medela Hospital Grade Lactina Breast Pumps (#016SC01) are provided for use in most of the rooms. However, you must supply your own Medela Lactina pump kit. Students can purchase a Medela Lactina pump kit at Student Health at a discounted price.

Health Sciences/Health System locations

For more information regarding the below facilities, please submit an Employee Relations Inquiry on the Health Human Resources website. Click "New Request">"Self Service">"Employee Relations Inquiry"
Building	Room	Access	Equipment	Building Contact
ACTRI	1W512 New	Standard operating hours	2 chairs, 2 stools, sink	Health HR, Employee Relations, (619) 543-3200
ACTRI	2W512 New	Standard operating hours.	2 chairs, 2 stools, sink	Health HR, Employee Relations, (619) 543-3200
Biomedical Research Facility II (BRF2)	Room B0120 in the basement of BRF2	Standard operating hours. Access code required.	Medela pump, recliner chair, table, lamp	Bic Pham-Le Cory, bic@ucsd.edu
Biomedical Science Building (map)	Next to B241 in the basement; Lactation room accessible via the women's restroom	Standard operating hours. Access code required.	Medela pump, chair/ottoman, table, lamp	Bic Pham-Le Cory, bic@ucsd.edu
CTF Hillcrest	Access via 2nd floor women's restroom	Standard operating hours. Access any time with key.	Ameda pump, chair, table	Health HR, Employee Relations, (619) 543-3200
ECOB	Suite 1-100, room 002	Open Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Notify front desk personnel to be let into the suite.	Recliner chair, sink, counter	Health HR, Employee Relations, (619) 543-3200
Jacobs Medical Center	3-531	Access any time with Access Badge	Medela Pump, chair, table, sink	Health HR, Employee Relations, (619) 543-3200
Jacobs Medical Center	6-712	Always open	Medela Pump, chair, table, sink	Health HR, Employee Relations, (619) 543-3200
Jacobs Medical Center	7-731	Access any time with Access Badge	Medela Pump, chair, table, sink	Health HR, Employee Relations, (619) 543-3200
Leichtag	2nd floor, 3rd floor	Standard operating hours. Access code required.	Medela pump, chairs, tables	Health HR, Employee Relations, (619) 543-3200
Medical Center – Hillcrest	4-301	Always open. Keycode required.	Medela pump, chair, table	Health HR, Employee Relations, (619) 543-3200
Medical Center – Hillcrest (map)	Room 8-155, Eastside, 8th floor	Always open. Keycode required.	Medela pump, chair, sink	Health HR, Employee Relations, (619) 543-3200
Medical Center - Hillcrest	9-911	Always open. Keycode required.		Health HR, Employee Relations, (619) 543-3200
Moores Cancer Center	Room 2337	Standard operating hours	Chair, table	Health HR, Employee Relations, (619) 543-3200
Sanford Consortium	Room 1016, first floor	Standard operating hours, all hours with building access	2 seats, mini-fridge	Monica Cowdrey mcowdrey@sanfordconsortium.org
Scripps Research Institute	first floor of the Dorris Neuroscience Center (just to the right when you walk in the front door)	Standard operating hours, all hours with building access	1 seat, mini-fridge	Andrea Hartzell ahartzel@scripps.edu
Telemedicine Building	Room 327, 3rd floor	Standard operating hours. Access code required.	Medela pump, table, 2 chairs	Cindi Pittroff, cpittroff@ucsd.edu
Perlman	L-066	Accessed through the waiting room during standard operating hours.	Chair, table	Health HR, Employee Relations, (619) 543-3200
Thornton Pavillion	3-320, access via door in nursing station	Always open	Medela pump, recliner chair, refrigerator	Health HR, Employee Relations, (619) 543-3200

Campus Locations (Non-Health)

For more information regarding the below facilities, please contact worklife@ucsd.edu
Building	Room	Access	Equipment	Building Contact	Room Notes
EBU-3B (CSE Building)	Room 3113	Standard operating hours. Access code required. Please contact building contact for access code.	Medela pump, chair, table	Matthew M. Scott, (858) 534-7122, mms001@ucsd.edu
Campus Services Complex - Building D	Room 127	Standard operating hours. Key required. Please contact building contact for key.	Medela pump, chair, table	La Shon Smith, (858) 534-5524, lwsmith@ucsd.edu
Galbraith Hall	Room 252, 2nd floor	Hours vary during summer and holidays. Access code required.	Medela pump, chair/nursing stool, side table, sink	Work Life Office, worklife@ucsd.edu
Price Center (map)	Green Room (Room 2.115, across from Price Center Ballroom)	8 a.m. – 11 p.m. every day, including weekends. Hours vary during summer and holidays. Access code required.	Medela pump, chair/ottoman, table, lamp, sink	John Payne, (858) 534-8986, jpayne@ucsd.edu
Nierenberg Hall	Room 416B	8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Mon-Fri Access code required.	Medela pump, chair, desk, microwave, small refrigerator	Daisy Do, (858) 822-5329, dtd001@ucsd.edu	Nierenberg Hall does not have a central HVAC system/HEPA filter. When the lactation room is used, please close/lock the door and OPEN the windows. Please know that CDC and American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) guidance places operable windows above mechanical filtration to prevent COVID infections inside buildings
Sequoyah Hall	Room 111	Standard operating hours. Access code required.	Medela pump, lactation specific chair, ottoman, table, side table	Karen Wagner, k1wagner@ucsd.edu
SIO Eckart Building (map)	Room 162, 1st floor women's restroom	7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Mon-Fri. Access code required.	Medela pump, recliner, table, lamp, microwave, small refrigerator	Daisy Do, (858) 822-5329, dtd001@ucsd.edu	To help deal with COVID please know that the Eckart Building HAS been fitted with MERV 14 filters on the air handlers/HVAC system This mechanical filtration is to prevent COVID infections inside the building
SIO - New Scripps Admin Building	Room 128	8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Mon-Fri. Access code required.	Medela pump, chair, table, refrigerator	Daisy Do, (858) 822-5329, dtd001@ucsd.edu	To help deal with COVID please know that the SIO Admin BUILDING HAS been fitted with MERV 14 filters on the air handlers/HVAC system This mechanical filtration is to prevent COVID infections inside the building
Structural and Material Engineering (SME)	Separate room in 4th floor women's restroom next to Room 437	7 a.m. - 7 p.m. Access code required.	Medela pump, chair/nursing stool	Work Life Office, worklife@ucsd.edu
Torrey Pines Center North (map)	Plaza Level	Standard operating hours. Access code required.	Chair/ottoman, table	Work Life Office, worklife@ucsd.edu
Torrey Pines Center South	Room 345	7 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Mon - Fri. Access code required. Please contact worklife@ucsd.edu for access code.	Chair/ottoman, table, sink, refrigerator	g2help@g2servicesinc.com
Women's Center Student Center West (map)	2nd floor (check in at front desk)	Monday-Friday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.	Medela pump, chair/ottoman, table, lamp, sink, changing table	Jessica Geipel, (858) 822-0074, jgeipel@ucsd.edu

For UCSD Health lactation facilities, please submit an Employee Relations Inquiry on the Health Human Resources website. Click "New Request">"Self Service">"Employee Relations Inquiry"

For more information on UCSD Campus lactation facilities, e-mail worklife@ucsd.edu