Lactation Rooms
Supporting the lactation needs of nursing mothers
ODU provides lactation rooms and reasonable break time for employees and students to express breast milk, for up to 12 months after the birth of a child.
What is a lactation room?
Lactations rooms are private spaces on campus for nursing moms to pump that should be:
- Appropriately functional (not a bathroom)
- Shielded from view and free from intrusion of coworkers or the public
Lactation Rooms Map
Using the Lactation Rooms
Employees & Students must:
- Coordinate with your supervisor or class instructor time needed for lactation
- Reserve the lactation room you would like to use
- Follow any rules or procedures per lactation room
Supervisors & Class Instructors must:
- Permit reasonable paid break time or time away from class for nursing mothers to use lactation rooms as needed.
- Be aware that the frequency and duration of the break time will likely vary.
Norfolk Main Campus Locations
Spong Hall
Reservation
Main Desk: 757-683-3042
Room 1509 (1st floor)
5255 Hampton Blvd, Norfolk, VA 23529
Hours
M - F 8am - 5pm
Student Recreation Center
Reservation
SRC Main Desk: 757-683-3384
Room 1100A (1st floor)
4700 Powhatan Ave, Norfolk, VA 23529
Hours
M - F 8am - 10pm
Sat 9am - 2pm
University Libraries
Reservation
Circulation Desk: 757-683-4154
Room 2016 (2nd floor)
4427 Hampton Blvd, Norfolk, VA 23529
Hours
M - F 8am - 11:45pm
Sat. 9am - 5:45pm
Sun. 9am - 11:45pm
Summer Hours will vary
Webb Center
Reservation
Main Desk: 757-683-4388
Room 2202 (inside the Career Development Center)
1301 W 49th St, Norfolk, VA 23529
Hours
M - F 8am - 10pm
Sat 9am - 2pm
Regional Centers Locations
Peninsula Higher Education Center
Reservation
Call Front Desk 757-766-5200
Room 2225 (2nd floor)
600 Butler Farm Rd #2200, Hampton, VA 23666
Hours
M - F 8am - 10pm
Sat 9am - 2pm
Tri-Cities Higher Education Center
Reservation
Call Front Desk 757-766-5200
Room 1204
1070 University Blvd #2649, Portsmouth, VA 23703
Hours
M - F 8am - 7:30pm
Summer: M - F 8am - 10pm
Virginia Beach Higher Education Center
Reservation
Front Desk or Security: 757-368-4100
Room 117
1881 University Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23453
Hours
M - F 8am - 10pm
Sat. 8am - 5pm
Local Breastfeeding Resources
- CHKD Lactation Support
- CHKD Breastfeeding Basics
- Mama Bee Wellness
- Beach Babies Lactation
- Parents in the Workplace
- Breaks for Nursing Mothers - Resource Guide
- Children's Learning & Research Center
Questions, Comments or Complaints
If you need lactation support assistance from the University, please contact the appropriate office for employees or students.
