UNM Breastfeeding
Support Program

Contents:

Register for the UNM Breastfeeding Support Program
Begin by registering for the Breastfeeding Support Program when you would like to use any of the services (e.g. using a lactation room). Registration is free to all UNM students, staff, and faculty members and their partners/spouses, and allows us to track the use of the program.

To register, complete a registration form (pdf file) and mail or fax to:
Women’s Resource Center
MSC06 3910
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Lactation Rooms on Campus
The campus currently has six lactation spaces.  Two of which offer hospital-grade electric breast pumps.  Lactation Rooms are located in the following buildings.

* These locations have hospital grade breast pumps available.

To use a lactation room on campus, register with the Breastfeeding Support Program. After you have registered, email or call the contact at the location you are interested in using to set up a standing appointment time, obtain a key card, or keyless entry code. To use the hospital grade breastpumps at the lactation rooms located at Women's Resource Center or Hokona Hall you will need to purchase your own Lactina Pump Kit (attachments). BREASTFEEDING RESOURCES, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87111, 505-293-5215 sells Lactina Pump Kits for $48.09.

How to Use an Electric Breast Pump
A hospital grade Lactina Plus Breastpump is made available to you at the Women's Resource Center and Hokona Hall locations. The Lactina Plus instructions are located at:
http://www.medela.com/Newfiles/ladctinains_eng.html
Working and Breastfeeding
Breastmilk Collection and Storage

Join the UNM Breastfeeding Listserv
To subscribe to the breastfeeding mailing list, send an email message to listserv@list.unm.edu Leave the subject field blank. In the body of the message type (with no other text):
subscribe UNMBREASTFEED-L Firstname Lastname

If you have problems subscribing yourself to the list, contact brstfeed@unm.edu  and ask to be added to the breastfeeding listerve.

Family Friendly Campus Map

NM Breastfeeding Legislation:
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 28-20-1 (1999) permits a mother to breastfeed her child in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be. (SB 545)

N.M. Chapter No. 2007-18 (2007) Requires employers to provide a clean, private place (not a bathroom) for employees who are breastfeeding to pump. Also requires that the employee be given breaks to express milk, but does not require that she be paid for this time. (HB 613)

US Breastfeeding Legislation:
The Breastfeeding Promotion Act, HR 2122, was reintroduced in the House of Representatives on May 10, 2007. The BPA amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect breastfeeding women from being fired or discriminated against in the workplace, provides tax incentives for businesses that establish private, lactation areas in the workplace, provides for a performance standard for breast pumps, and allows breastfeeding equipment to be tax deductible for families. For more info go to Representative Maloney's (D-NY) home page

Breastfeeding Resources

Become a Lactivist
Blogs -
http://www.breastfeeding123.com/
http://breastfeeding.blog.motherwear.com/
http://blackbreastfeeding.blogspot.com/
http://thelactivist.blogspot.com/

Groups -
lactivism@yahoogroups.com
MotheringDotCommune Forums>Breastfeeding>Lactivism:
http://www.mothering.com/discussions