A specialist pod that mothers can use to breastfeed their babies has been installed at a Nottinghamshire hospital. King's Mill Hospital, in Sutton-in-Ashfield, became the first in the UK to provide the facility, which is situated inside the main entrance.
Installed in November, the 24/7 lockable MyPod can be used by visitors and staff to privately feed infants and express milk. Sherwood Forest Hospitals (SFH) put the pod in place after a member of staff, Victoria Cooke, complained of a lack of comfortable, private space.
The 32-year-old, from Chesterfield, said the space would help relieve anxieties about breastfeeding in public. “I’m so glad that a proactive change has been made to facilitate people in the future, on the back of my own personal experience," she said.
