Why come to our Resource Center?

• NorthShore University HealthSystem’s lactation consultants are all registered nurses and international board-certified lactation consultants
  
  
• We support and promote breastfeeding while respecting each mother’s personal breastfeeding goals
  
  
• We educate each mother with the most current information to make informed choices about breastfeeding her baby
  
  
• We promote confidence in a mother's nursing ability
  
  
• In helping the mother breastfeed, we use scientific, evidence-based principles
  
  
• We are sensitive to each mother’s cultural influences and their effects on breastfeeding practices
  
  
• We assist each mother throughout her breastfeeding experience 

Who can breastfeed?

• Mothers who desire to nurse
  
  
• Working mothers
  
  
• Mothers of premature infants
  
  
• Adoptive mothers
  
  
• Mothers of twins/triplets
  
  
• Mothers of babies in special situations
  
  
  

What we have to offer

• Prenatal breastfeeding classes
  Visit our Calendar to enroll and select 'Childbirth/Parenting' or call 847.570.5020
  
  
• Outpatient consultations/services
  
• Special attention to our intensive care babies and their families
  
• Assistance with breastfeeding multiples and other special situations
  
• In-hospital consultations
  
• Retail Shop
  Breastfeeding aids
  Pump rental and sales – instruction and support
  
• Consultations for mothers returning to work

To make an appointment with a lactation consultant or to learn more about the Breastfeeding Resource Centers' line of quality breastfeeding products, call 847.570.2268 for Evanston Hospital or  847.480.3702 for Highland Park Hospital.