Sentences with phrase «lactation consultant because»

After a week of the thing, my pediatrician (also a licensed lactation consultant because he's awesome) took a look at me and said my nipples weren't inverted.

She also suggests you see a lactation consultant because you may be at risk of oversupply.

Even the lactation consultant because I knew I would trust my instincts on how to get him to latch properly.

And for me I am not a certified lactation consultant because breastfeeding was not a problem with my sisters and their sons.

Not exact matches

Once I finally reached the lactation consultant (because she rarely came into work, a snide comment given by one of her coworkers), she gave me terrible advice.

As it turned out, my baby was born 10 weeks early and I had to pump ever few hours with almost no supply... for FIVE weeks, the only reason we made it through was because of online friends and their pushiness: — RRB - Weirdly enough, when I did meet with the lactation consultant in the NICU, I knew more than HER about some of the tricks!

Take care, Annie I should note as well, because I couldn't find a way to work it into the letter, that if I know a friend is planning to breastfeed, I often try to arm them with good information (e.g. good books, good websites, how to find a lactation consultant) ahead of time and let them know that I am there if they have any questions at all.

The Canadian family practitioner came home one evening and found his wife in tears because a lactation consultant she had called for advice had «essentially told her that she was endangering our child's life because she was not breastfeeding properly, or breastfeeding enough, [that] supplementing was harmful to our baby.»

If you want to supplement because of your supply or challenges in nursing, be sure to speak with a lactation consultant if breastfeeding is important to you.

Because of my long practice as a midwife, many people who take this course are those involved in the birthing community, such as childbirth educators, doulas, lactation consultants, midwives, nurses and obstetricians.

Because many new moms have this same question, there are things your lactation consultant desperately wants you to know about low milk supply.

Then I'm okay with them having get before you know as long as they take like a form of breastfeeding class or you know she knows the lactation consultant or the peer counsellor if you're on the WIC program so that they'll know that just because you have the baby in your arms, you don't need to be using the pump you know right out the gate day one if there is no other issues and you know involved.

I probably express a concern about using artificial nipples, because the lactation consultant said that we could use Nuk nipples which «are much less likely to cause nipple confusion.»

Smith, a La Leche League leader and a lactation consultant at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit (she was a leader in Illinois from 1982 - 2003), explained: If «a mom is adopting because of a fertility issue on her part, then the hormones that won't support a pregnancy may not support nursing.

The lactation consultant gave me a horrible advice, she told me not to pump because «I would be discouraged, that I won't be able to get much milk by pumping».

Some Lactation Consultants recommend this type of nipples because the baby is able to flange its lips onto the nipple having in the same time a deep latch like it has with the breast.

This one lactation consultant, who was very reluctant to check whether I needed a larger flange for my breast pump than the one I had (because «nobody» really needs larger flanges, supposedly), pressured me strongly into trying hand expressing.

And just because you successfully breast fed one or more of your other children, does not mean you might not have a challenge with a subsequent child, so a lactation consultant is NOT exclusively for first time nursing mothers.

I hope you step back and reconsider what you are trying to accomplish as a lactation consultant, because, as others have mentioned, you apparently are so focused on supporting breastfeeding that you are failing to support women.

If it is because the lactation consultant is not a provider on your plan, ask who the lactation consultant provider is.

Because it was difficult to find information and resources among my doctor colleagues, I became a certified lactation consultant.

One lactation consultant at the «baby - friendly» hospital, which encouraged exclusive breastfeeding, told Johnson that she may have trouble producing milk because of her polycystic ovarian syndrome and recommended supplements, Johnson wrote.

It turned out okay only because I realized he was too hot, but babies often feel hot and I wouldn't fault any parent who didn't catch it... AND during that time in the NICU, I got another visit from the lactation consultant who told me again his latch was great, and then suggested I not give him all of the formula the NICU nurses had set out for me!!!! She actually said, «I don't think you need to give him all of that.

Because of these possible risks, it is strongly recommended that you only use a nipple shield under the direct supervision of a lactation expert such as as a lactation consultant or La Leche League leader.

If you count up all of the dollars I spent on pumps, lactation consultants, supplemental nursing systems, prescription medications, bottles, herbal supplements, extra food (because I wanted to eat everything in sight), and nursing wear and bras, I probably spent thousands of dollars to breastfeed my children, much more than I would have spent if I had formula fed my babies from the start.

Because our clinicians are all lactation consultants, we can also integrate lactation support into our consultation beyond the revision itself.

I was doing 8 times a day every 3 hrs as advised by the lactation consultants, but it got too much especially the night time ones because I was not getting enough sleep once my husband went back to work.

With a baby under three months of age, lactation consultants often recommend that you pump every two to three hours, or 8 to 12 times a day, because this mimics how often your baby would nurse if he or she were nursing.

I got lucky because there was a close friend of the family who happens to be a lactation consultant came and helped me.

Definitely bring your pump and breast shields with you to the lactation consultant tomorrow and have her look at them to make sure that they fit you properly, because that could be the issue.

This may be because a single person can not support every breastfeeding couple, and generally, when a lactation consultant is available, all other nurses evert this responsibility to her so she can focus more on her other duties.

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 other thing I noticed with it too, and I don't know if this was because they weren't baby - friendly or, you know, if it was just happened to be the person that came in, I believe she was a lactation consultant, but I had just had a baby and my mind was elsewhere.

If you've suffered from any of the problems above, chances are your OBGYN or International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) recommended you use moist heat to help resolve your problem, because it's one of the most widely recommended remedies to help treat and prevent breastfeeding issues.

I had this same issue with my daughter, but my lactation consultant said its completely normal because babies become more efficient as they get older.

Clearly there's a reason doctors and International Board Certified Lactation Consultants consistently recommend moist heat as a form of treatment and prevention - it's because it's one of the most effective ways to naturally increase milk supply and to relieve and prevent breastfeeding problems like clogged ducts, mastitis, nipple pain, milk blisters, engorgement, and general discomfort.

CHRISTINE: Yeah I think it would be really great to have access to information and knowing where your lactation consultants are if you don't know where one is, because you can't always go to the hospital or go somewhere like that.

We got great help from the lactation consultant at our pediatrician's office when baby was 1 week old, but because he'd lost so much weight by then he wasn't strong enough to eat enough on his own so I had to pump my milk (in addition to nursing) and feed it to him using a SNS for a couple of months.

I saw so many lactation consultants — maybe two in the hospital, three or four in the clinic — because I really wanted to find a solution.

I was waiting for the lactation consultant to come in so I can ask her like is this, is she sleeping because she's new?

She is a lazy eater and often latches off in under five minutes, but because of the weight gain and the fact that she just looks great, the lactation consultant said she thinks my daughter is just one of those babies who eats quickly (again, I have no idea how we got so lucky).

I am breastfeeding probably 8 times per day, but because he's not getting enough milk, I refuse to nurse for more than 15 - 20 minutes per side, and my doctor and lactation consultant agree.

These classes work because Donna Bruschi has been working with parents for over 20 years as a friend, a lactation consultant, teacher, group leader and healer.

I am not concerned because I know about the different in the charts being used, and I do not see any signs of malnutrition or dehydration (I am studying to be a lactation consultant and am also a dietetics major).

«Have a lactation consultant come to your house as soon as you get home from the hospital (better yet, have one you've interviewed come to the hospital) because the ones there are crap.»

I've been working with my doctor and a lactation consultant since my son was born 8 months ago — my doctor determined that because it's necessary or me to express breast milk every 30 to 45 minutes or face engorgement and reoccurring mastitis, that it's best for me to take a leave of absence from work until January.

An hour before you're due to go home, the lactation consultant comes in briefly to check on you, but because her department is so understaffed, she couldn't see you earlier when you needed it most, and she has little time to spend addressing your problems.

You don't know what to do because the lactation consultant's advice was different.

But, as the lactation consultant was walking out the door, she left us with a warning: «Go ahead and get some sleep now because most babies spend their second night cluster feeding.»

The reason there's no difference is because midwives and lactation consultants are afflicted by the same problem that bedevils right wing trolls: cognitive dissonance.