Fed up with pumping in bathrooms and borrowed spaces—Mamava’s co-founders, Sascha Mayer and Christine Dodson, applied their decades of expertise in design and brand strategy to solve a problem that was largely invisible: the lack of lactation spaces in workplaces and public spaces. 

Sascha and Christine took a human-centered design approach, starting with research, talking to breastfeeding people and employers, and creating prototypes of moveable lactation spaces that could be easily implemented into facilities. In 2013 they installed the first lactation pod in the Burlington International Airport (BTV), and Mamava was born.

Mamava’s first lactation pod, the Original, was intentionally designed for privacy and comfort for parents and quick implementation, easy cleaning, and flexibility for facilities. Its unique shape also serves to broadcast that breastfeeding is happening all the time, all around and that parents need spaces and support.

Today, we offer a full line of lactation space solutions designed to fit every space and situation. Mamava pods are designed, engineered, and assembled at Mamava Manufacturing, our production facility in Springfield Vermont. We also provide breastfeeding resources for employers, organizations, and people who are pumping and nursing—including a free app that helps folks find thousands of lactation spaces wherever they go.  

Thanks to partners who share in our purpose of celebrating and supporting breastfeeding, every day, we’re closer to creating a future where there is a dignified lactation space anywhere a parent may go. Join us in this mission.