A Lactation Consultant Can Help If:

• Your breasts or nipples hurt during or after breastfeeding.
• Your baby seems hungry after feeding.
• Your baby is wetting fewer than one diaper each 24 hours for each day of age up to five days (one on day 1, two on day 2, three on day 3, etc.), and then 6-8 per day from day five on; OR is stooling (pooping) less than 3-5 times a day in the first 6 weeks.
• Your new baby is jaundiced.
• You have ever had breast surgery.
• Your breasts are so swollen that the baby cannot latch on.
• You or your baby have a special health care need.
• Your baby has difficulty taking the breast.
• Feeding is frustrating for you or your baby.
• Your baby is premature, hospitalized, or has a birth defect.
• You need to increase your milk supply or your baby's weight gain.
• You are planning to return to employment or school and would like to continue to breastfeed.
• You need breastfeeding equipment such as a breast pump.
• You need information on taking medications while breastfeeding.