Carle Health offers Community Breastfeeding Clinics in Champaign-Urbana and Peoria, where International Board Certified Lactation Consultants are available to talk through questions and help you meet your infant feeding goals. Our team of experts can assist you with understanding breastfeeding and solving any lactation issues you may be having. Services include, but are not limited to:
- Assisting with correct positioning and latching
- Assessment of oral function
- Developing a feeding plan
- Methods for supplementation that support parent’s goals
- Assessing milk supply
- Preparing to return to work
- Understanding the effects of medications/illnesses on lactation
- Guidance with suspected engorgement, infection or blocked milk ducts
- Understanding breast milk storage guidelines
- Bottle refusal
- Feeding babies with reflux or spitting up
- Knowing what to do when your baby is fussy during feeding
- Assessing baby’s intake at the breast through weighed feeding
Carle Foundation Hospital:
Help is available Monday - Friday at our Champaign on Curtis, and Urbana on Windsor locations. Simply call (217) 326-2610, leave a message on our voicemail and the Lactation Consultant will return your call as soon as possible. Please know, if calling after 4:00 p.m. your call may not be returned until the following business day. Appointments are open to the community regardless of where you receive care.
Carle Health Methodist Hospital:
Free outpatient lactation consultations are avaialble at Carle Health Methodist Hospital (CHMH) on 5 Hamilton. To schedule an appointment or to speak with an IBCLC, call (309)672-4242 and leave a message. Please know, if calling after 4 p.m. your call may not be returned until the following business day. Priority is given to patients who gave birth at CHMH, but appointments are open to the community regardless of where you recieve care.
Additional Resources
Join the Carle Breastfeeding Support Group on Facebook for additional resources from our lactation consultants. This group is open to all moms regardless of where you receive care.
Peoria area moms are welcome to join our in-person support group, Drop In and Connect. This group meets most Mondays, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. at Carle Health Methodist, and is facilitiated by an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and offers moms lactation support, community connection, and realtime breastfeeding advice and help.
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