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Our lactation (breastfeeding) consultants are healthcare professionals who have specialized in breastfeeding and are Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultants or candidates.
To become certified, candidates must have between 2,500 and 8,000 hours of experience assisting mothers with breastfeeding and at least 30 hours of continuing education in lactation within the past three years.
After being certified, they are required to have 75 hours of continuing education every five years and they must be retested every 10 years.
How we can help
No matter what your situation, our breastfeeding experts can work with you to give you the skills, confidence and support you need for a successful experience.
We can help you learn to breastfeed if you are:
- Expecting a baby and want to learn breastfeeding techniques early.
- Trying to learn how to breastfeed your newborn baby.
- Questioning how to go back to work yet continue breastfeeding.
- The mother of a premature baby or a baby with other special needs.
- Adopting a baby and would like to breastfeed.
- The mother of multiple infants, such as twins and triplets, etc.
How to contact us
Our Breastfeeding Program is available before you deliver your baby, when you are an inpatient at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Grant Medical Center or Doctors Hospital and after hospital discharge at the following locations:
- The Women's Center
Riverside Methodist Hospital
3535 Olentangy River Road
First Floor
(614) 566-5353
- The Center for Women
286 E. Town Street
(614) 566-9008
- Doctors's Hospital Medical Building
5131 Beacon Hill Road, Suite 340
(614) 544-2111
To talk with a lactation consultant or to find out about pump rental and other breastfeeding supplies, call the numbers listed above.
To learn more about OhioHealth's breastfeeding classes or any of our other parenting and infant care classes and support services, call (614) 4-HEALTH (443-2584) or (800) 837-7555.
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