Consultation Services
Key Benefits
- Professional counseling by Board Certified Lactation Consultants
- Eliminate worry and anxiety.
- Just a phone call away.
Capabilities
Our courteous, professional staff will gladly answer your questions. Whether you need to know about breastfeeding, how to obtain supplies, or just need assurance, your answers are as close as your phone.
What is a lactation consultant?
International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLC)--in other words, trained and certified breastfeeding specialists--help mothers breastfeed their babies in normal and in challenging situations. A lactation consultant is a specialist who has passed the IBCLC examination.
Lactation Consultants' training is extensive. The IBCLC exam focuses on lactation and also encompasses disciplines such as anatomy and physiology, nutrition and biochemistry, immunology and infectious disease, pathology, pharmacology and toxicology, psychology, sociology, anthropology, growth parameters and developmental milestones, research, ethical and legal issues, breastfeeding equipment and technology, techniques, and public health and advocacy. The standards are set at a university level of difficulty, and one must meet specific eligibility criteria before being approved to sit for the certification exam.
Isn't Breastfeeding Natural? Why Do We Need a Specialist?
Lactation consultants are also crucial in situations where babies are having ongoing problems breastfeeding for whatever reason, as they are trained in diagnosing the problems and in ways of solving them. It is common for lactation consultants to spend hours at a patient's side. No other healthcare professional that a woman sees during her 24 to 72 hour postpartum hospital stay has the time to do this.
Many women, if breastfeeding is not going well after the first 2 to 5 days after birth, will give up breastfeeding. Support, encouragement, and education the first few days after birth is crucial.
Babies are Angels that fly to the earth,
their wings disappear at the time of their birth
one look in their eyes and we're never the same
They're part of us now and that part has a name
That part is your heart and a bond that won't sever
our Babies are Angels, we love them forever.
~Unknown
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