Breastfeeding

At Midwifery and Women’s Health Care we believe that lactation support is a normal component of postpartum care.  Most new parents, even second and third time parents, have questions about infant care and feeding, self care, and changing family relationships. The trust that we develop with you throughout your pregnancy will continue after the birth of the baby, and we want you to feel you can come to us for help and information.  We recognize that some families find infant feeding and postpartum adjustment more difficult than they had anticipated, and we want to emphasize that we will respect and honor your infant feeding decisions.

We offer breastfeeding classes and lactation services here at our clinic. If you would like to sign up for a class or schedule a visit with our consultant, feel free to call anytime!

Resources:

Kellymom.com — a comprehensive resource for most anything you’d need to know about breastfeeding. Be sure to check out the links at the end of each page!

https://breastfeeding.support/ — another comprehensive resource with evidence-based help

https://globalhealthmedia.org/videos/ — Global Health Media has wonderful, evidence-based videos that are easy to understand and succinct. They cover topics such as positioning, latch, expressing milk, nipple and breast pain. Check out the first 9 videos under the Breastfeeding tab labeled “mother”.

https://med.stanford.edu/newborns/professional-education/breastfeeding.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjw1ouKBhC5ARIsAHXNMI_2CgQ3qqAbbqhkQuTWLyhlXkVW2h9Jqt_VNSXTqTsmYKyy3qNP6VoaAmVXEALw_wcB - Stanford Newborn Nursery resources with excellent videos, pictures and information.

For exclusive pumping parents:

There are several great Facebook groups that are well-moderated and give great advice and tips-

Exclusive Pumping: Breastfeeding Without Nursing: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EP.BWN/

Exclusive Pumping Mamas: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276376349416641/

Black Exclusively Pumping Mamas: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blackpumpingmamas/