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Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Breastfeeding Center

3600 Joseph Siewick Drive
Fairfax,Virginia 22033
Warm Line: 703-391-3908
Pump Line: 703-391-3109

Board-certified lactation consultants provide the following services:

• In-patient breastfeeding class, assessment and problem solving
• "Fine Tuning Clinic" -- private lactation consults, including weight checks, available for infants until three weeks of age
• "Warm Line" -- breastfeeding advice over the phone
• Breast pump information, rental and sales (including Medela and Ameda breast pumps)
• Select retail items, including nursing bras and pads, nursing stools, feeding pillows, lanolin
• Referral to community resources for further breastfeeding support

All services are by appointment. The center is open Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Services Offered During Your Hospital Stay

• In-patient breastfeeding class with mother and infant
• Bedside breastfeeding evaluations and problem solving as needed
• Neonatal intensive-care nursery visits for premature infants or infants with special needs
• Multidisciplinary team approach to breastfeeding issues with your obstetrician/nurse
• Midwife and pediatrician

Services Offered After You and Your Infant Are Home

• "Fine Tuning Clinic" -- private lactation consults, including weight checks, for infants until three weeks of age
• "Warm Line" -- breastfeeding advice over the phone
• Breast pump information, rental and sales
• Select retail items, including nursing stools, nursing pads, feeding pillows, lanolin
• Referrals to community resources that provide home visits for breastfeeding issues/support groups

Breastfeeding Provides Many Benefits for Infants

• Breastmilk is the ideal nutrition for the newborn infant
• The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends breastfeeding an infant for one full year
• Breastfeeding decreases the incidence of many illnesses, such as asthma, juvenile diabetes, diarrhea, otitis media (ear infection) and certain childhood cancers
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is less likely in the breastfed infant
• Breastfed infants even have higher IQs!

Breastfeeding Provides Many Benefits for the Mother

• Breastfeeding is the most convenient and least expensive way to feed an infant
• Mothers experience a unique bonding with their infant
• Maternal weight loss is more rapid in the early postpartum period during breastfeeding
• Breastfeeding provides women with a certain measure of protection against pre-menopausal breast cancer and ovarian cancer

Choosing to breastfeed your infant is a very important decision. Our staff is supportive and skilled in helping breastfeeding mothers and infants, sensitive to families' different cultural needs, eager to "meet the mother where she is" during the breastfeeding experience, and available to help the mother plan for how to continue breastfeeding if she returns to the workplace.