Lactation Consultations

Bring your baby hungry! During your 1-hour appointment, our lactation consultant will:

• Observe you feeding your infant, offering assistance and support if needed
• Help you create a personalized feeding plan, if needed
• Size you for breast flanges and help you use a breast pump, if desired
• Weigh your baby before and after the feeding to find out how much he or she is eating
• Screen you for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMAD) and, if needed, refer you to a mental health care provider
• Answer your questions about feeding your baby, increasing your milk supply, maintaining your milk supply as you return to work, bottle feeding and more

We recommend getting a lactation consultation if:

• You just want to make sure everything is going well.
• You’re having difficulty with positioning or latching.
• Your nipples are sore.
• Your milk supply hasn’t increased by day four.
• You don’t hear swallowing when your baby feeds at the breast.
• Your newborn isn’t feeding at least 8-12 times in a 24-hour period.
• You’re concerned about your baby’s urine or stool.
• Your baby is slow to gain weight.
• Your baby is sleeping on the breast, isn’t suckling well and seems hungry each time you take him or her off the breast.
• You left the hospital with an alternative feeding method — like cup feeding, a supplemental nursing system (SNS), finger feeding, or bottle feeding — or a nipple shield.
• Your baby was premature or in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
• You have twins or higher-level multiples.
• You have had breast surgery.
• You would like to get breastfeeding information before having your baby.
• You would like advice about how to maintain your milk supply and continue breastfeeding as you go back to work.