Plan to give your baby the best possible start
- Getting Started
- Getting Help
- Lactation Services
- Assisting Breastfeeding Mothers
- Consultations and Counselling
- Breastfeeding Classes
Getting Started
Breastfeeding as the optimal form of nutrition for infants. “human milk and breastfeeding of infants provide advantages with regard to general health, growth and development, while significantly decreasing risk for a large number of acute and chronic diseases.”
Lactation consultants assist mothers to become more comfortable with feeding their infants. New moms are encouraged to ask about how to:
- Know your baby is getting enough milk
- Determine that breastfeeding is going well
- Return to work and continue breastfeeding
Getting Help
Recognizing that breastfeeding is normal, desirable and achievable, our lactation consultants provide education, help and support for nursing mothers.
Lactation Services
Lactation services include:
- Bedside, outpatient and telephone consultations
- Certified bra fitting and sales
- Breastfeeding supplies and breast pump rental
- Prenatal breastfeeding classes .
Assisting Breastfeeding Mothers
Experienced, new and soon-to-be moms can all benefit from various programs staff assist with :
- Difficult latch-on
- Perceived or actual low milk supply
- Sore nipples
- Breast engorgement
- Infant with slow weight gain
- Re-lactation or induced lactation
- Mothers returning to work
- Flat or inverted nipples
- Nursing twins, triplets, or more
- Education materials
Consultations and Counselling
Additional lactation services, include:
- One-on-one specialized consultations
- Inpatient consultations
- Telephone consultations
- Detailed and comprehensive prenatal counselling
Breastfeeding Classes
ONE 2-HOUR CLASS
Plan to give your baby the best possible start. Come to breastfeeding class and learn about the benefits, getting started and common problems encountered in the first few weeks.