A Comfortable Place For Women To Lactate

Public lactation and nursing is a very sensitive subject for many businesses. The laws vary from state to state, but almost all states have provisions for public breastfeeding, and some states require businesses to provide a space for their employees or customers to breastfeed. Although many businesses want to respect these women, they don't always have the proper solutions in place.

A recent news study out of Texas told the story of a young woman who was at a Target store with her infant son. Her son was getting a little fussy, and he was hungry, so the woman breastfed him in the store. Unfortunately, this did not bode well with the staff, and eventually the woman was asked to finish breastfeeding in the changing room.

The woman was very offended at her treatment and how Target handled the situation. This in turn led to a massive multi state protest at Target stores. These protests involved nursing mothers showing up at many different Target locations and breastfeeding their children.

This is a rather unfortunate situation, but it could have been easily avoided through the use of a lactation room. These rooms are simple private areas that allow mothers to comfortably nurse their babies in a secluded area. These rooms can be equipped with a host of accessories, such as benches and lights, and the walls are available in a wide variety of colors to match the rest of the store.

Because many of these retail lactation rooms are added after stores have already been built, traditional construction methods can be problematic. Traditional construction generates a lot of dust and debris and may require employees and/or merchandise to be moved during the construction phase. Furthermore, all the construction materials will need to be moved to the retail site and will require an army of contractors and framers, painters, drywall workers, electricians and many others.

Modular construction is a great alternative to traditional means of construction. Instead of doing all the fabrication on- site, modular construction builds all the components in an off-site factory. When the walls, doors and other components are completed they are then shipped to the retail store where an installation team can quickly install the lactation rooms. The installation is completed in about half the time as traditional construction and is far less intrusive.

In conclusion, lactation rooms are a very important asset for many customers. Providing lactation rooms is a great service to offer, and it shows your customers that you are sensitive to their needs.