Prenatal Education: We offer prenatal breastfeeding education and counseling as group classes >
Prenatal Counseling: Telephone counseling with an Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) is available when referred by a UCLA OB provider and delivering at our hospitals.
Staff Training: All perinatal hospital staff working with new mothers have had additional training to support breastfeeding in the hospital after your baby’s birth.
Inpatient Lactation Consultation: Both hospitals have International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLC) to provide in hospital breastfeeding support.
NICU Breastfeeding Support: Ongoing Lactation support for our NICU families
DME Breast Pump Closet: Support for accessing health plan breast pumps as needed for discharge planning, including having a vendor contract with DME providers to streamline access to breast pumps for selected health plans.
Discharge Planning: All families receive a complimentary 24-hour discharge follow up phone call to assess breastfeeding and provide lactation counseling and support .
Outpatient Lactation Consultation: Ongoing telephone support, video visits and / or in person lactation consultations are provided when medically necessary and with referral. This service is available to families whose babies are born in our facilities and are less than 2 weeks of age to help initiate and sustain breastfeeding.
Mother / Infant Support Group: Free weekly support group led by an IBCLC to address common concerns during the “4th trimester”.
For more information, please call the BirthPlace lactation office at 424-259-8248.
