Breastfeeding Support at Witham
While breastfeeding is a natural way of giving your baby nourishment, that doesn’t mean that it always comes easily to new moms or their babies. Whether you’re breastfeeding for the first time, feeding multiples or experiencing unexpected challenges, we’re here to help.
At Witham Maternity Center, our lactation team partners with you to help you achieve your goals with breastfeeding and pumping your breast milk. Through weekly support groups and private appointments, we provide support to our mothers and babies at the time of delivery and beyond.
Why Witham for Breastfeeding Support?
We understand that caring for a baby can feel overwhelming. We give you the tools you need to manage feedings with confidence after you go home. We offer:
- Personalized plans: We will partner with you to develop a feeding plan that works for you and your baby. We take into account your previous breastfeeding experience and goals as well as your and your baby’s health and medical history.
- Individualized support: We will meet with you one-on-one to give you and your baby the attention you need and deserve. For your comfort, these appointments take place in a private office.
- Collaborative care: Our lactation consultants partner with OBGYNs and pediatricians to address health concerns in moms and babies related to feeding.
- Access to human donor milk: We proudly offer pasteurized human donor milk to babies staying in our hospital who qualify based on medical need. It is unique for a hospital of Witham’s size to offer access to human donor milk.
Lactation Services
At Witham, we offer free lactation, or breastfeeding, support beginning during pregnancy and continuing throughout your breastfeeding experience. We provide both inpatient and outpatient support.
If you receive maternity care at Witham, we will offer inpatient support during your hospital stay in the maternity center. Once you return home, we welcome you to access our outpatient services, even if you delivered at a different hospital.
Our services include:
- Support while in the hospital to help you get started with breastfeeding and pumping breast milk, evaluating you and your baby while you feed and offering guidance
- Private appointments to address concerns related to breastfeeding, such as painful feeding, latch problems, high or low milk supply in moms and slow weight gain in babies
- Breast pumping support, including help with getting a breast pump with health insurance through mommyxpress.com, continuing with pumping upon return to work and storing pumped breast milk
- Weekly breastfeeding support group, which gives moms the opportunity to talk about their breastfeeding concerns in a group setting and give and receive support from other moms
- Breastfeeding classes offered during pregnancy, where you’ll learn about positioning, latch, pumping, when to feed your baby and common concerns
Breast Milk Depot
Do you have an oversupply of breast milk, or do you have milk coming in that your baby no longer needs? Witham Hospital graciously accepts human milk donations from screened and approved donors. All donations go to The Milk Bank, which pasteurizes and tests milk before being distributed to hospitals across the United States.
If you’re interested in becoming a donor, please visit themilkbank.org or call 317-536-1670. If you’re already a donor and want to drop off milk, please contact Witham Lactation Services at lactation@witham.org or 765-485-8411.
Our Lactation Consultants
Each member of our team is dedicated to helping you succeed with feeding. All team members are international board-certified lactation consultants, healthcare professionals who have a specialty certification in helping women with breastfeeding.
We understand that every mom and baby has a unique breastfeeding experience. Our lactation consultants are trained to assist with a variety of feeding situations and concerns. If we identify a concern that is related to feeding, we will communicate with your primary care doctor or pediatrician to connect you to the care you need.
Our Lactation Office
At Witham Lactation Services, we strive to provide the most personalized and comfortable care experience for you and your baby, free of distractions. When you come to our lactation office for an appointment, you’ll meet with a lactation consultant in a private room.
Witham Hospital
Our clinic is located across from the maternity center.
Phone: 765-485-8411
Email: lactation@witham.org
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday
Make an Appointment or Refer a Patient
To make an appointment, sign up for breastfeeding classes, or refer a patient, call 765-485-8411.