For every trip, we took the breast pump along, and I pumped in
the hospital lactation room, and parking lots, and riding down the interstate.
Not exact matches
And after the
hospital I went to a
lactation consultant who walked in the
room and just started yelling at me for feeding her formula.
Things like if you want your partner to cut the umbilical cord or if you want to delay cord clamping, if you plan on doing anything with your baby's cord blood, if you want to hold the baby immediately after they are born or after they are cleaned up, if you want their little footprints in a special book, if you want skin - to - skin with you or your partner, if you want to try and breastfeed immediately after delivery or have a
lactation consultant come (helpful especially for first - time moms), if you'd like your baby to stay in your
room as long as possible or get taken to the nursery (if your
hospital has one) to be evaluated, and if you want your partner to go with your baby if they need any special care outside of the delivery
room.
The day after my son was born, I shuffled down the
hospital hallway to a small
room where an enthusiastic
lactation educator held a crocheted breast to a bizarrely disturbing doll's face and told the group of bleary - eyed new parents that we should breastfeed for at least two years, per the WHO's recommendations.
Excellent postpartum support for mothers that starts right from the
hospital; ample opportunities for
rooming in and bonding; precise support from
lactation consultants and nurses for newborns and mothers; the provision of accurate and evidence - based information for parents to make informed choices
Because I didn't hear about it when I was pregnant and had my babies, and if it's been around for a while obviously the
hospitals that I gave birth in never made any mention of it, so I'm assuming they weren't baby - friendly back then, but after I gave birth I knew that a
lactation consultant was going to go on to the, come into the
room, well actually at the first child you already know the rounds, you know, what's going to happen, you know, how long you're going to be there, all that stuff.
The
hospital sent
lactation consultants to my
room and gave me brochures and info, including a number for county consultants.
This includes encouraging skin - to - skin contact as soon as possible after delivery, encouraging baby to latch on as soon after delivery as possible (for both vaginal deliveries and for C - sections), having a certified
lactation consultant in the
hospital, and having baby «
room in» with mom.
Whereas
hospitals used to whisk babies away from mothers right after birth, making it difficult to establish a breast - feeding rhythm, many now employ
lactation consultants to assist new mothers and encourage
rooming - in, where babies sleep in bassinets in the mother's
room.
No one should be allowed in the
room with you at the
hospital except your husband, the doctor, the pediatrician who checks the baby, the nurses, and the
lactation consultant.
Some of the
lactation rooms provide a
hospital grade pump, but because these
rooms aren't always open, I rented my own backup.
I remember some
lactation consultant, it was more than one and maybe there were some nurses, there are two came in to my
room because I was in the
hospital for about three days because it was cesarean to have the babies.
Other questions may include the
hospital's
rooming - in policies, if there is a
lactation consultant available, and if the
hospital limits the number of visitors.
In my experience, one of the greatest barriers to early nursing successes is a typical
hospital birth (I can't speak for Israel, so I will speak for the US), which includes a surgical delivery for up to 40 % of moms (depending on the
hospital),
lactation consultants who work only on the day shift during the week, the refusal to allow babies to
room in with mom (and then not waking mom when baby wakes), not permitting moms to nurse babies with jaundice (based on what?)
Did you know that one
lactation consultant at a Boston - area
hospital told me (in person, to me and about 100 others in a
room at a conference) that she would be fired if she ever uttered the words «tongue tie» at her
hospital again.
«Assemble the basic things you use everyday, like lotion and facial cleanser, and also make
room for items like maxi pads, sitz bath, and a peri-bottle, which you'll need to use while you're healing,» says Bonnie Henson, R.N., B.S., who is an International Board Certified
Lactation Consultant and a man - ager of prenatal education and lactation support services at MemorialCare Center for Women at Miller Children's Hospital in Long B
Lactation Consultant and a man - ager of prenatal education and
lactation support services at MemorialCare Center for Women at Miller Children's Hospital in Long B
lactation support services at MemorialCare Center for Women at Miller Children's
Hospital in Long Beach, CA.
What actually happened, it turned out, was a freakishly long labor, which ended in a c - section, and what felt like a whole army of
lactation consultants coming in and out of my
hospital room.
Work History Fountain Valley Regional
Hospital, Fountain Valley, CA — 1992 to Present RN Endoscopy 2006 to Present Emergency
Room Nurse 2004 to 2006 Nursery Nurse 1999 to 2004
Lactation Educator 1998 to 1999 Maternal Child Float Pool 1995 to 1998 Surgical Nurse 1992 to 1995