Welcome to Feed your baby San Diego
The Mission
Feed Your Baby San Diego was created with two missions in mind:
1. Simplify finding infant feeding help
2. Elevate parents access to local infant feeding resources
Who this page serves
The parent who wants to prepare for the fourth trimester
The busy expectant parent who is trying to navigate all the prenatal classes
The parents who have heard all the breastfeeding/chestfeeding horror stories and want to be prepared for breastfeeding/chestfeeding
The parents who search the web late at night for a lactation consultant
The parents who navigate pumping whether its occasional, for work/school, or exclusively
The parents who want to know how/why to do paced bottle feeding, which ingredients to look out for in formula, and which bottles to use.
How we serve
Prenatal lactation classes
Here you will find a list of prenatal lactation classes around the county along with class website or booking tool. Coming Soon!
Lactation Consultant Directory
We have compiled all the private practice lactation consultants' information and organized them by insurance they typically accept.
Informational resouces
Here you will find all the information from what to expect from a lactation support group to what is tethered oral tissue and who is your support team if your baby has it. Coming Soon!
Lactation Support Groups
Lactation support groups is a special time to be surrounded by other parents in the thick of it and to talk to an IBCLC about general infant feeding.
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Click the buttons below to find what you need.
Lactation Consultations
Lactation consultations are private 60-90 minute support sessions with an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. During this time, most consultants will:
Learn about your and your baby's health history
Learn how feeding is going and how you want feeding to be going.
Help you with latch and positioning if needed.
Perform a weighted feed, infant suck exam, and nursing observation.
& lastly, work with you to can come up with a realistic care plan.
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