Some Penn State Lactation rooms provide:
- In-room or nearby sink
- Toys
- A refrigerator for milk storage
- A campus telephone line
At a Lactation Station, you have four options. You may:
- Nurse your child at the Lactation Station
- Use your own personal pump at the Lactation Station
- Provide your own Medela Lactina personal pumping kit to be used with the Lactina pump housed at the Lactation Station (applicable campuses)
- Purchase a Lactina kit from The Breastfeeding Support Program to be used with the Lactina pump housed at the Lactation Station (applicable campuses)
The pumps available in the Lactation Stations are Medela Lactina Select pumps. Kit details:
- Kits to be used with the Lactation Station's Pumps are available through the Breastfeeding Support Program.
- After purchase, these kits are yours to keep and bring with you for use with our pumps anytime you utilize a Lactation Station
- These kits can also be used as a hand pump whenever you are at home or cannot access a Lactina pump
If you have your own kit or pump:
- Kits used with Lactation Station Pumps must be Medela Lactina compatible
- If you choose to bring your own pump, it may be of any brand
- If you do not need to purchase a kit or you have your own pump, then use of the Lactation Station is free of charge
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