Another 60 Lactation Pods to be Set Up in Public Spaces

Move by Go!Mama adds to its 100 units, crossing halfway point to its 300-pod goal

- Syarafana Shafeeq

By the first quarter of 2026, nursing mothers will have access to more comfortable spaces in public to breastfeed their babies or express milk.

A total of 60 new lactation pods will be set up across Singapore in locations with high footfall, such as parks, libraries, transport hubs and office campuses.

Local start-up and social enterprise Go!Mama launched the new pods on Aug 5 ahead of Singapore's 60th birthday, in partnership with Temasek Foundation and the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre.

This is the start-up's most ambitious roll-out to date, and marks the crossing of the halfway point to its 300-pod goal by the end of 2026.

There are currently close to 100 pods in the Republic by Go!Mama, which have been used by more than 20,000 mothers and caregivers.

The average time spent in a pod to pump milk, feed or recharge is around 20 minutes.

Go!Mama first launched its pods in 2021 with a trial of five pods on Sentosa.

Singapore has made moves to improve accessibility to clean and comfortable breastfeeding spaces in recent months, with the Building and Construction Authority revising its code in February to require new buildings with a gross floor area of 5,000 sq m or more to provide at least one lactation room.

The existing code requires only larger buildings with a gross floor area of 10,000 sq m or more to have such a room.