Lactation Consultation

Breastfeeding may be one of the most natural things in the world, but it doesn’t come naturally to every mother. It takes a bit of practice for mother and child. Lakeside Women’s Hospital has lactation consultants that can help you and your baby become old pros at breastfeeding.

Lakeside offers support to breastfeeding mothers by reassuring them when breastfeeding is going well, and by providing information and support to help prevent and manage common concerns.

Ways your lactation consultant will help.

• Provide prenatal counseling about risk factors that may affect breastfeeding
• Offer information about practices that promote successful breastfeeding, such as positioning and latching. Help mother in preventing and managing common concerns such as poor latch, inadequate milk transfer or supply, nipple or breast pain, and calming a fussy baby
• Provide information about milk expression and storage for mothers who must be separated from their babies
• Teach strategies for breastfeeding after returning to work
• Provide information about breastfeeding in challenging situations, such as breastfeeding twins or triplets, a premature or sick infant, or infants in special medical situations
• Lactation consultants and educators are available at Lakeside Women’s Hospital, INTEGRIS Health to provide follow-up services in the outpatient clinic.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends exclusively breastfeeding for six months, and then until no longer mutually desired by mother and baby.

Lakeside offers support to breastfeeding mothers by reassuring them when breastfeeding is going well, and by providing information and support to help prevent and manage common concerns.

Lakeside’s lactation consultation program also includes:

• Weight check
• Intake amount assessment
• Follow up for premature infant feeding
• Oklahoma Healthcare Authority provider

Breastfeeding Endorsements

Breastfeeding is endorsed as the preferred method of infant feeding by these authorities.

• United States Surgeon General
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Association of Women’s Health
• Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American Public Health Association
• American Dietetic Association

Lakeside lactation department is an Oklahoma Healthcare Authority outpatient lactation consultant provider. OHCA currently covers up to six outpatient consults within six months of delivery.