We offer services to inpatients at Boston Children’s Hospital who are learning to breastfeed/chest-feed or have breastfeeding difficulties. The lactation consultants in the Lactation Support Program work closely with medical and surgical teams, nursing, nutrition, and feeding and swallowing programs, as well as with families, to achieve the best outcomes possible for our patients.
Parents who are separated from their infants and unable to breastfeed receive support to establish human milk production and maintain milk supply for when their baby is ready to transition to feeding. Management of lactation complications, specialty feeding devices, and breast pump education is part of each clinical consultation.
