Chris: I think I understand your scenario. One of the employees is back at work now and wanting to use the MOTHERS (as in patient) pump room to pump in. Where I come from, we make every effort to support breastfeeding working mothers, but our patients have first priority. We are here first to serve our patient population, then ourselves. We have an "employee" pump room on the ground floor of the hospital that is for employees as well as visitors to other areas of the hospital to use. For example, if a nursing mother is here at the hospital with a family member for day surgery and her baby is not with her, she can use that room to pump during her time here. Any employee can use the room during their shift. It is outfitted with a couple of rockers, some breastfeeding information, a sink, and an SMB pump. Each person is responsible for having their own kit. The OB staff can use one of the unit's pumps and use any available empty room. Occasionally, one of the staff will use my office. We do not have a separate pump room on our unit. The SCN moms pump at their baby's bedside - we put portable screens up around the baby's bed. Dads are encouraged to involve themselves in this aspect of their baby's care. All I ask is that each employee have their own kit and clean up after themselves, which includes wiping down the pump after use with Cavi-Wipes and returning the pump to the nursery. I just don't think it's right to exclude dads from this important aspect of their baby's care to accommodate an employee's wish. She should be using her office or another designated place on the unit, that is away from direct patient care. My humble opinion... Pam Hirsch, RN,BSN,CLC Clinical Lead, Lactation Services Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Barrington, IL USA *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html