Clinical Services
Faculty and staff of the Center for Breastfeeding Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center are available to mothers as a resource throughout the entire breastfeeding experience.
Services
Services are provided on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Inpatient lactation services support the establishment or continuation of lactation during periods of mother-infant separation and / or illness.
An individualized plan of care based on the need of each dyad is carried out by an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, dieticians and lactation professionals. Breast pumps are available for mothers to express breast milk for their hospitalized child who cannot feed directly at the breast. Post-discharge follow-up for unresolved breastfeeding problems is available in the Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic.
Outpatient lactation consultation services include:
- Prenatal education
- General assessment of lactation for mothers and breastfeeding infants
- Evaluation of breast milk intake during a feeding
- Feeding strategies supportive of lactation
- Assistance with increasing / decreasing milk supply
- Management of nipple confusion or breast refusal
- Breastfeeding help with premature infants, multiple births and babies with abnormalities
- Nutritional management of slow weight gain in the infant
- Referrals for breastfeeding equipment and supplies
In addition, breastfeeding medicine physician services include:
- Management of complex medical breastfeeding challenges
- Treatment of nipple / breast infections including mastitis and thrush
- Treatment for engorgement, plugged ducts, low milk supply, or sore nipples
- Frenuloplasty (to correct tongue tie)
Clinic Appointments
The Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic is designed to assess and treat both the mother and baby at the same visit. The clinic is open Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm. Appointments are required and can be scheduled by calling the main Center for Breastfeeding Medicine number, 513-636-CFBM or 513-636-2326. The clinic operates within the Pediatric Primary Care Center in A.1 at the Cincinnati Children's main campus.
For more information about the Center for Breastfeeding Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, or to schedule an appointment with the Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic, contact 513-636-CFBM or 513-636-2326.
