Breastfeeding Medicine Program

In-Hospital Consultations

Our lactation consultants visit with every new mother after delivery. We also offer lactation support to all moms and babies coping with breastfeeding difficulties.

Our NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) provides support to families on a variety of breastfeeding issues unique to NICU babies.

We also provide follow-up phone calls to all breastfeeding moms for ongoing support.

Our services are offered seven days a week.

Outpatient Follow-up Visits

For personal breastfeeding issues, including:

• Evaluation of latch and milk intake
• Help with increasing milk supply
• Management of breast refusal or nipple confusion
• Evaluation of nipple and breast pain
• Treatment for plugged ducts, engorgement, mastitis and sore nipples
• Evaluation and treatment of tongue tie
• Management for slow weight gain
• Support for complex breastfeeding issues

We also provide:

• Prenatal consultation
• Help with pumping and and breastfeeding when returning to work/school
• Education about the benefits of breast milk and tools for breastfeeding success

Your Team

The breastfeeding medicine team is led by Ann Kellams, MD, a pediatrician, certified lactation consultant and medical director of the UVA Newborn Nursery.

The team includes pediatricians, lactation consultants and nutritionists.

From North: Take U.S. 29, which becomes Emmet Street. Follow Emmet Street, which becomes Jefferson Park Avenue, and bear left toward the UVA Medical Center.

From South: Take U.S. 29 to the U.S. 29 Business exit just past the I-64 interchange. At end of ramp, turn right onto Fontaine Avenue, which becomes Jefferson Park Avenue. Bear right at traffic light toward UVA Medical Center.

From East: Take I-64 to exit 118B (U.S. 29). Take the next exit (U.S. 29 Business.) At end of ramp, turn right onto Fontaine Avenue, which becomes Jefferson Park Avenue. Bear right at traffic light toward UVA Medical Center.

From West: Take I-64 to exit 118B (U.S. 29). Take the next exit (U.S. 29 Business.) At end of ramp, turn right onto Fontaine Avenue, which becomes Jefferson Park Avenue. Bear right at traffic light toward UVA Medical Center.

Parking

Parking is available in the Lee Street Parking Garage, directly across the street from University Hospital and Emergency Department. Take the green parking ticket you receive when you enter the garage to your patient registration site for validation to park for free.

Handicap Parking is located on levels B-E of the Lee Street Parking Garage. 

Our Breastfeeding Basics Class is taught by a lactation consultant. The class covers how to get a good start feeding your baby and the many benefits of breastfeeding.

When: 4th Saturday, 10 a.m.-noon

Cost: $15, including take-home materials

Register: Call 434.982.3678

Parenting Classes

Find out about our other prenatal and parenting education classes.