Breastfeeding Resource Center

About the Resource Center

• NorthShore University HealthSystem’s lactation consultants are all registered nurses and international board-certified lactation consultants with experience counseling, teaching and problem solving with mothers
• 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 and support each mother throughout her breastfeeding experience 

Services

• Prenatal breastfeeding classes
  Visit our Calendar to enroll and select 'Childbirth/Parenting'
• Assistance with breastfeeding multiples and other special situations
• In-hospital consultations by referral
• Retail Shop at Evanston Hospital
• Pump rental and sales – instruction and support

For More Information

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.