Mom's Place

Let us help you initiate and maintain a successful breastfeeding relationship with your child.

Contact Mom's Place for help with the following:

• Establishing your milk supply
• Maintaining your milk supply
• Nipple soreness, blisters, or cracks
• Breast engorgement
• Insufficient milk supply
• Latch-on problems
• Breast infections
• Flat or inverted nipples
• Special feeding needs of infants
• Returning to work or school
• Proper bra fitting size
• Proper pumping and storing of milk

Mission:

Driscoll Children's Hospital encourages, promotes, and supports all breastfeeding women in their efforts to provide the best nutrition to their children.

Mom's Place:

Services Available

• Breastfeeding assistance
• International Board Certified Lactation Consultant available as needed
• Video Library
• Free current breastfeeding literature
• Private rooms available to pump breast milk
• Telephone counseling on breastfeeding education

Advantages of Breastfeeding

• Breast milk reduces the risk of allergic reactions in infants
• Studies indicate a higher I.Q.
• Breast milk protects against cancer and diabetes
• Breast milk transmits mother's immunities to the infant
• Breastfeeding reduces crying & colic in infants
• Breastfeeding promotes bonding and reduces cases of abuse and abandonment
• Breastfeeding allows mom time to cuddle and nurture her baby
• Mother's milk changes to meet the baby's specific needs
• Breastfeeding protects mothers against breast and ovarian cancer
• Protects environment: no packaging, no plastics, no waste
• Saves money
• Makes traveling easier
• Allows mother to spend more time with entire family
• Allows mothers to miss fewer work or school days because baby is sick less often
• Helps uterus return to pre-pregnancy shape and size

Community Breastfeeding Resource

Laurie Beck, RN, MSN, IBCLC
Lactation Consultant
Driscoll Children's Hospital
361-694-5338

DCH WIC Peer Counselors
361-694-4728

Texas Breastfeeding Hotline
1-800-514-6667

La Leche League International Hotline
1-800-525-3243
361-985-0705

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (for all military family)
Cheryl Mills, RN, IBCLC - Visiting Nurse
(361) 961-3483
(361) 961-2560 Fax
10133 E. Street, Bldg 1738
NAS Corpus Christi, TX 78419
www.nmcrs.org

Medela Breastfeeding