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Lactation Consultation
Lactation Consultant in El Paso, TX
The decision to start breastfeeding is personal and can differ for each baby. Breastfeeding has many benefits for both moms and babies, but challenges like nipple pain or low milk supply can make breastfeeding challenging. A lactation consultant works with infants and their parents to address feeding challenges. With support, you have the best chances for breastfeeding for as long as you plan to.
How To Decide If You Should See A Lactation Consultant
What Is A Lactation Consultant?
A lactation consultant is a health professional who specializes in breastfeeding and in offering human milk to infants. You can visit a lactation consultant while you are pregnant, right after you give birth, or several months into breastfeeding. You might need this support most urgently during the first few weeks of your baby’s life. This is when your baby is learning how to nurse, and both of you may need more support.
What Does A Lactation Consultant Do?
A lactation consultant can help you navigate any number of new baby feeding challenges, including:
- Pain while breastfeeding
- Low milk supply
- Trouble hitting weight milestones
- Cluster feeds
- Finding the right nursing position
- Baby falling asleep at the breast
- Baby refusing to breastfeed
A lactation consultant can be especially helpful when it comes to premature babies, as they may have difficulty feeding.
Many breastfeeding moms consider seeking out a lactation consultant at the very beginning of their nursing experience or only see one briefly when they are still in the hospital. The truth is,
They can offer support and solutions throughout your entire breastfeeding journey, so you can consult with them at any time. You can even benefit from a consultation if you have recently stopped breastfeeding and are wondering if it is possible to start again.
You can even attend breastfeeding classes before your child is born to feel prepared as you embark on the breastfeeding journey.
Breastfeeding Support
Breastfeeding provides essential nutrition for infants 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.
That's where we come in!
We have a high number of breastfeeding families. We will do our best to help you meet your breastfeeding goals. Any breastmilk you feed your infant is a gift of health for your child that lasts their lifetime.
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We respect each family's feeding decisions. We do encourage moms to breastfeed exclusively or give only breastmilk for the first four months then continue to breastfeed and give solid foods until your baby is a year old.
We love babies and enjoy helping families learn how to breastfeed! We will help you as little or as much as you need. We provide in-office feeding evaluations for hands-on help as well as phone support for any questions you may have along your breastfeeding journey.
Some areas we can provide guidance include:
- 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 size flange
- Storing milk
- Returning to work/school while breastfeeding
- Traveling and breastfeeding
- Training a breastfeeding baby to a bottle
- Teething while breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding premature babies
- Managing slow weight gain babies
- 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
