Pregnancy & Lactation Support

Before Your Baby Arrives

Managing your pregnancy and preparing for childbirth can be a challenging time in your life. To ease stress over job-related issues, the following topics should be reviewed before the birth of your child.

Wherever you are in your journey, Ovia Health, from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, is available to you at no extra cost. Ovia Health apps include access to videos, tips, and coaching, offering support for reproductive health, starting a family, having a healthy pregnancy, and balancing life as a parent.

Nursing and Lactation Support

Lactation Rooms at UT Southwestern

To support nursing mothers, lactation rooms for expressing milk during the workday are available across the UTSW campus.

How to Use a Lactation Room

Find a lactation room below.
Make a reservation, then look for an email confirmation with instructions and room access code (where applicable).
Discuss with your supervisor the time needed to express your milk.

Find a Lactation Room

Campus Map

North Campus
- NA Building: NA7.601 - two stations, sink
- NC Building: NC5.112C - two stations, sink
- ND Building: ND6.604A - two stations, sink
- ND Building: ND9.604A - one station, sink
- NS Building: NS3.404 - two stations, sink
- NS Building: NS3.402 - two stations, sink
Reserve a Lactation Room
South Campus
- F Building: F4.302 - two stations
- L Building: L1.202 - two stations
- U Building: U4.206 - two stations, sink
Reserve a Lactation Room
East Campus
- EA Building: EA2.226 - one station, sink
- EA Building: EA4.226 - one station, sink
- EB Building: EB3.102 - two stations
Reserve a Lactation Room
West Campus
- WCB3: WC6.806 - two stations, sink
- POB1: HQ2.300 - two stations
- WA Building: WA03.110 - two stations, sink
Reserve a Lactation Room
Hospital Locations
Clements University Hospital (CUH)

Blue Building
1st Floor 373 - sink, refrigerator, PC
3rd Floor 0374 - refrigerator

Green Building
5th Floor 424 - sink

Orange Building
4th Floor 04.676 - sink, refrigerator
4th Floor 04.677 - sink, refrigerator
6th Floor 06.1618 - sink, refrigerator
9th Floor 09.1618 - sink, refrigerator

Entry contact: Administrative Supervisor, 214-633-5246
Maintenance contact: Women’s Resource Center, 214-633-6640

Parkland Health: (Contact Shaleese Thomas 469-419-3803 or call 77777 for Parkland non-emergency for temporary access.)

Zale Lipshy Pavilion (ZL):(Contact Rosa Garza: 214-633-6640)
Off Main Dallas Campus
- Brookriver South Building, Level 1: LBS109A; sink, 2 spaces, and hospital grade pump
- Empire Plaza II (LD): LD1.320B - one space, sink
- Las Colinas Facility: RV2.202P - sink
- Pegasus Park Building:
  - Level 3, LP3.126 (use Pegasus badge in elevator to access 3rd floor)
  - Level 5, LP5.224 (use Pegasus badge in elevator to access 5th floor)
  - Level 6, LP6.224 (no badge required to access 6th floor)
- Plano Pediatric Clinic: 3.349 - two stations, sink
- Richardson/Plano Medical Center: Room 149, one station
- Simmons Cancer Care Outpatient Building: Level 2, Room NM2.938 - one space, sink
Reserve a Lactation Room
Various Locations (Reservable and Non-reservable)
These rooms are reservable, but are not in our online reservation system (see details):
- Children’s Health: Reserve on Children’s Medical Center intranet: Childnet > Departments > Clinical > Lactation
- VA North Texas Health System (Contact Leslie Snowden-Crawford: leslie.snowden-crawford@va.gov | 214-857-1938)
- Callier Center (for moms of enrollees only: 214-905-3099)
- First Step Learning Centre (for moms of enrollees only: 214-352-8608; on-site nursing permitted)
- UT Southwestern Frisco Medical Office Building: (Contact Melissa Joyner: 469-604-9302)
These rooms do not require a reservation and are available on a first-come, first-serve basis:
- Campus Police Station (BE): BE1.106B - sink
- CUH-Simmons Cancer Center Radiation Oncology Annex (EF): EF2.142 – sink; EF2.144 – sink
- Trinity Towers (LT): LT3.224 – sink and refrigerator 
- UT Southwestern Medical Center at RedBird (RB): RB1.320 – no sink, no refrigerator
- UT Southwestern Medical Center at Coppell (RK): RK3.122 – no sink, no refrigerator
- Woodview Tower (LE): LE6.150 – sink and refrigerator

Leave Information

FMLA
For eligible employees, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave (up to 26 weeks for military caregiver leave), job protection and insurance premium sharing (if eligible) for medical conditions affecting you or a family member.
Parental Leave

If you are not eligible for leave for the birth of your child under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), you may be eligible for leave under State Parental Leave.

Qualifying Reasons for Leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (U.S. Dept. of Labor)

Policy References

Lactation Support Policy (ETH-155)
Understanding that breastfeeding should be encouraged in the interest of maternal and child health.
Children in the Workplace (SEC-351)
Understanding the practice of bringing children into the workplace.
Family and Medical Leave (EMP-256)
Understanding eligibility and qualifying reasons for this specific leave.
Learner Pregnancy and Parenting Discrimmination (EDU-109)

Questions about the nursing mothers program?

Nursingmothersprogram@UTSouthwestern.edu