The Chicago Department of Aviation is installing 11 lactation pods at O'Hare and Midway airports, offering private, freestanding stations for nursing mothers at no charge.
A family passes near a lactation pod in Terminal 2 at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on June 7, 2022.
The interior of a lactation pod in Terminal 2 at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. The private pods are free to use and include seating, electrical outlets and a mirror. Mamava builds three different-sized pods at its Vermont factory, ranging in price from $10,000 to $25,000 each. The city paid about $220,000 total for its order of 11 extra-large pods at O’Hare and Midway, a Department of Aviation spokesperson said Tuesday.
In Chicago, the pods supplement five nursing rooms at O’Hare and one at Midway, and help both facilities meet the Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act, which was authored by U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth and signed into law in November 2020.Building on the Illinois Democrat’s 2018 Friendly Airports for Mothers Act, or FAM Act, the legislation requires all airports to provide private spaces in each terminal for mothers to express breast milk.
Beyond legislation, the challenge of luring employees back to the office has raised the stakes for companies to accommodate nursing mothers in the post-pandemic landscape, Mayer said. Items including diapers and snacks, are for sale in a vending machine near a lactation pod in Terminal 2 at O'Hare International Airport on June 7, 2022.
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