Washington, United States
1020 19th St NW Suite 150
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+1 2022935182
Several months ago I had a less than desirable experience with the Breastfeeding Center, but I want to update my review to say that since then, I have had several great interactions with them that lead me to recommend them to others. My daughter was in the NICU for almost a week, and during that time I rented a hospital grade pump from the Breastfeeding Center. They were communicative and flexible during this time, which I very much appreciated considering the stress of the NICU stay. My husband and I also recently had a virtual consultation with Katie about our Lillebaby carrier - she helped us learn how to use it safely, and she was incredibly generous with her time. These two positive experiences far outweigh the less positive experience I had with them late last year, and I'm happy to recommend them!
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I had a great experience with Heather our lactation consultant. She initially taught us our breastfeeding class. It was very informative and I learned a lot. She is a wealth of knowledge! Heather then became our lactation consultant and came to our home for two visits and we went in for one visit. After the first visit it was like magic. The baby latched well. I highly recommend it to any new mom learning to breastfeed. It is a challenge for every woman. Even though I had lactation consultants while I was at the hospital, I found the home visits even more valuable because they help you in your natural environment. The home visits are a nice check up for your health as well. Heather would check in on my health issues as well as the baby's health. There were times I wanted to give up breastfeeding and go to exclusive pumping and Heather encouraged me to continue. Our baby is thriving and we are so happy that we chose Breastfeeding Center for Greater Washington!
This place has been super helpful in our breastfeeding journey! Special thanks to Isabela!
My hope for every city and town is to have a Breastfeeding Center. I’m grateful for the informative classes, and the little baby thrift store. The Breastfeeding Center helped me feel a little less anxious about what came after giving birth. That said, I relied on their expertise too heavily. I was a first-time mom. I didn’t know lactation consultants have a very specific focus - babies who latch (or physically can latch). The lactation consultants weren’t upfront about where their expertise started and ended. That was my issue. My baby had a tongue tie (which we had released) and struggled keep a latch on the bottle. Lactation consultants pointed out the issue, but didn’t seem concerned about it. Again, as a new mom I took my cues from the lactation consultants. I figured everything was okay. It wasn’t. My pediatrician diagnosed our baby with failure to thrive because she was losing weight at three months. Our doctor ended up referring us to a feeding specialist, where we sorted out our baby’s feeding issue. I didn’t understand a lactation consultant wasn’t the same as a feeding specialist. They aren’t. I’m more disappointed that the lactation consultants didn’t point me in the right direction, but rather continue to tell me everything was okay when it wasn’t. Since our baby wasn’t latching well, I became an exclusive pumper. Again, I didn’t get sound advice from the lactation consultants on this front. You do need to pump longer than 20 minutes a session if the baby isn’t also nursing to keep up your milk supply. I was told something different. All and all, the Breastfeeding Center is great at what it does best - helping moms nurse. Outside of that scope - or any deviation - explore other avenues.
I was at the point of giving up breastfeeding my son despite having seen lactation consultants at 2 hospitals. I worked with Margaret Willis who spent 2 hours with me and my son carefully listening and analyzing bith his and my anatomy to provide suggestions for our best positioning, technique and fit. Our appointment was on Monday and are even called me over the weekend to provide help and advice over the phone so I wouldn't be so miserable while we waited to see her. The center itself has a very encouraging, happy and healthy vibe. Everyone is encouraging and supportive plus they have everything you could imagine for breast feeding, baby wearing, maternity bag carrying you could imagine - a gray place to get gifts for new mom's! Very clean center, the rooms are private and spacious. I just can't say enough how great this place is for new parents. Best part, they have a new mom meet up every Tuesday. And I'm going!
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