Lactation Consultation

Breastfeeding Support

The experience of breastfeeding is special for many reasons, including bonding with your baby, perfect nutrition only you can provide, cost savings, and health benefits for both mother and baby.

Keep in mind that breastfeeding is a learned skill. It requires patience and practice. For some women, the learning stages can be frustrating and uncomfortable. And some situations make breastfeeding even harder, such as babies born early or health problems in the mother.



The good news is it can get easier, and support for breastfeeding mothers is available at our Trinity, Westchase, and Palm Harbor locations. Our lactation consultants are dedicated breastfeeding advocates who love to help new moms and babies.

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.

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