Lactation Guidance

What it involves

Breastfeeding provides essential nutrition for infants from birth to one year and older. As with learning anything new, most breastfeeding mothers and babies — and dads too — need some instruction and support during this learning period.

We have a high number of breastfeeding families, and we will do our best to help you meet your breastfeeding goals. We provide in-office feeding evaluations for hands-on help, as well as phone support for any questions along the way. We will help you as little or as much as you need.

We respect each family's feeding decisions. We do encourage mothers to breastfeed exclusively, or give only breastmilk, for the first four months, then continue to breastfeed alongside solid foods until your baby is a year old.

What we can help with

• Positioning your baby at the breast

• Latching

• Caring for your breasts and nipples

• Assessing milk transfer

• Assuring adequate nutrition

• Assembling and using a breast pump, including sizing for the right flange

• Storing milk

• Returning to work or school while breastfeeding

• Traveling and breastfeeding

• Training a breastfeeding baby to a bottle

• Teething while breastfeeding

• Breastfeeding premature babies

• Managing slow weight gain

• Breastfeeding twins

• Breastfeeding babies with special medical needs such as cleft palate, Down syndrome, and heart conditions

• Managing medications, medical tests or surgery while breastfeeding