Multiple Reasons Lactation Support Services provides in home private breastfeeding education and support to moms and their babies in the Halton, Peel and Hamilton regions. Deciding to breastfeed is one of the most important decisions you’ll make as a parent. This decision will not only impact your child’s health today but for a lifetime. You’ll never regret your decision to breastfeed your baby, but you may regret not getting the help and support you needed in order to meet your breastfeeding goals.

PRENATAL BREASTFEEDING CONSULTATION
Offered in your home, important information regarding skin to skin contact following delivery, latching and positioning, infant feeding cues, newborn sleep, and how to do prenatal expression of colostrum are discussed.

Take the prenatal questionnaire found on this page for more information.

LACTATION CONSULTING AND SUPPORT
Offered in your home, Camilla will help and support you in meeting your breastfeeding goals and overcoming any problems you may be experiencing. This service is available any time during your breastfeeding experience (following delivery until weaning) Telephone & Email support are included after your consultation.

PRENATAL GROUP CHILDBIRTH CLASSES FOR MULTIPLES (Twins, Triplets, or More!)

Classes take place in Oakville and are taught either in a series over 4 evenings during the week or in a weekend session. Some of the content in her series involves:

• Prenatal nutrition and activity
• What to do if put on bed rest
• Common worries and concerns that parents have when expecting multiples and how to cope
• Being classified as "high risk pregnancy" ... what does this mean for mom and babies?
• Pre-term labour - how to know what it is and what to do if it happens
• Other complications that can arise with multiple pregnancies
• If you have premature babies, what to expect and how to cope
• Labour and delivery of multiples, the variations that can occur
• Information on what to expect if you have to have a cesarean section
• Post-partum recovery for mom and babies
• Surviving at home with multiples
• Feeding your babies (schedule vs. on-demand, bottle, breast, pumping breast milk, etc.)
• Caring for your babies

Please contact Camilla to inquire about dates for upcoming sessions. Classes that are missed due to unforeseen circumstances can be made up at the next available series if there is space available. All services are available to those living in Halton, Hamilton & Peel Regions.

PRENATAL BREASTFEEDING INFORMATION

The decision to breastfed your baby is one of the most important decisions you’ll make as a new parent. Babies were born to breastfed and breastfeeding is the natural way to feed a baby.

Occasionally pre-existing medical conditions/surgeries and situations MAY have an impact on your breastfeeding experience with your baby.

With good prenatal care, and a prenatal breastfeeding consultation you’ll be prepared to know when to contact a lactation consultant for further help and advice in reaching YOUR breastfeeding goals after delivery. Many times when you have a plan in place you’ll feel more confident in knowing what to do if any breastfeeding difficulties arise.

Here are SOME of the reasons when a prenatal breastfeeding assessment may be beneficial:

• Previous breast or chest surgeries of any kind (even as a child)
• Previous breast augmentation surgery
• Have undergone gastric bypass surgery
• Previous breast infections
• Difficulty conceiving or infertility treatments
• You are a diabetic
• You or your spouse have food sensitivities/allergies
• History of thyroid dysfunction (hyper or hypothyroidism)
• Been diagnosed as having polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
• History of high blood pressure
• Been told you are obese by your medical provider
• Prior breastfeeding difficulties with other children
• Multiple pregnancy (twins, triplets)
• Know you are expecting a baby with cleft lip/palate or any other medical condition (cardiac, neurological, etc.)
• Want to know how to prenatally express colostrum. In the circumstance your baby requires supplementation for medical reasons this avoids the introduction of artificial baby milk (formula) when unnecessary

Please contact me if interested in a prenatal breastfeeding consultation or at any time you have breastfeeding questions or concerns following your delivery.

Congratulations again on your expectant arrival!

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