Breastfeeding Support
The Mary V. O’Shea Birth Center at Saint Peter’s University Hospital is proud to offer breastfeeding support services in an outpatient setting. Now families experiencing breastfeeding difficulties can be seen by a board certified lactation consultant in the Mary V. O’Shea Birth Center, located on the grounds of Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick.
To make an appointment, call 732.339.7721.
To make an appointment, call 732.339.7721.
What does a lactation consultant do?
A lactation consultant is someone who specializes in providing breastfeeding support. Lactation consultants can help new parents, surrogate or adoptive parents, parents who have already breastfed other children, parents of multiples, parents of premature babies, and just about any other scenario you can think of! You can start lactation consultant services while you’re still pregnant, newly postpartum, or even months into your breastfeeding journey.
Lactation consultants can help with:
- Preparing for breastfeeding
- Infant latching challenges
- Clogged ducts and/or mastitis
- Dealing with painful nipples
- Optimal positions for breastfeeding
- Concerns regarding milk supply
- Breastfeeding when returning to work
- Weaning
- Tongue tie
- Nighttime feeding
- Breast pump support
Meet Your Lactation Consultant
Norma Ross, IBCLC, is an advanced practice nurse and a certified lactation consultant with years of experience working with mothers and babies. She started at Saint Peter’s University Hospital as a staff nurse in the High Risk Antenatal Unit. She then worked several years as a postpartum nurse, a newborn nursery nurse, and as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). As a family nurse practitioner, she is passionate about the many long-term benefits breastfeeding gives to mother and baby.
Breastfeeding Support Group
This support group for new mothers, separate from the Breastfeeding Support Services available, is offered on the first Tuesday of every month from 1:00 to 2:30 PM. If you are currently breastfeeding, you and your baby are invited to attend our breastfeeding support group and share your experience with other new moms. The group is facilitated by a board certified lactation consultant. Please call the Lactation Department at 732.745.8600, extension 8820 for the location of the meeting.
Visit Events to find out dates of upcoming group meetings.
Tongue Tie
For conservative management of tongue tie, referrals are available for pediatric physical therapy at Saint Peter's Health and Wellness Center in Somerset. If surgical intervention is necessary, Saint Peter's pediatric otolaryngologists (ENT doctors) can treat tongue tie and other conditions. Both pediatric physical therapy and pediatric ENT services are located at Saint Peter's Health and Wellness Center at 562 Easton Avenue in Somerset.