August 12, 2024- For many new mothers, a lactation consultation can become a lifeline. That’s why Intermountain Cedar City Hospital is expanding its services for new moms with a new lactation clinic. The new Intermountain lactation clinic includes onsite consulting, as well as telehealth opportunities from Intermountain Health board-certified lactation consultants. The Intermountain Cedar City clinic is now one of ten Intermountain hospitals offering this in-person support.
The much-needed service allows a lactation team to provide the help many moms seek as they navigate breastfeeding. Since most mothers go home within 24 hours of delivering many of them will find that once they start caring for their baby at home, they have questions, or issues with breastfeeding that didn’t exist while in the hospital. The consultants help moms and babies at any stage of breastfeeding.
Intermountain Cedar City Hospital will have available appointments Monday through Friday between 10 am – 2 pm, MT, with one of its four lactation consultants to help address concerns, including issues such as latching, positioning, mastitis, pain, infection, milk supply, pumping issues, weaning, and more.