Pumping when you return to work is a great decision to help you to maintain supply

and to continue to feed your baby breastmilk.

Pumping CD

Here is a brief list of pointers for returning to work and pumping:

1) Talk to your employer in advance (HR if you work for a larger company)

2) Help to identify a private place where you will be relaxed and not likely to be distured

3) The new health care erform bill requires companies of over 50 employees to provide a private

space for pumping breaks (this space cannot be a bathroom)

4) Make sure that you have a pump commensurate with your needs ( your lactation can advise you

about what is appropriate

5) Practice pumping for at least two weeks during your maternity leave (this will also make sure that you have

a small stock in the freezer)

If you’d like more information about returning to work, pumping at work, and a relaxing hypnotic sound track timed

for a perfect work pumping break session, and scientifically designed to enhance your pumping experience then

please visit our site at www.BreastMilkBabies.com.

You can listen to free samples of the cd tracks to decide if these are for you.

Enjoy returning to work and again congratulations on a great decision to keep pumping for your

baby.

Robin B. Frees IBCLC

P.S.  Enjoy listening to our many products for new Moms at www.BreastMilkBabies.com

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Here are a few that clients and our lactation consultants have recommended for new mothers and breastfeeding moms.

Resources from Breastfeeding.com

Breastfeeding Answers from La Leche League

Breastfeeding Publications from the CDC

We hope that these resources are helpful and please feel free to leave more suggestions by leaving a comment below.

For more information or an in home or office consultation by one of our

Certified Lactation Consultants, please call NewBorn Concepts at 610-644-1379

New Born Concepts, Robin Frees Director, offers in home visits and  in office visit for

nursing mothers who need help with breastfeeding.  While many of our clients are refered by

their pediatrician, please feel free to call us directly for an appointment.  Many appointments are

covered by insurance.

We provide home visits throughout the Main Line, including Malvern, Devon, Wayne, Berwyn, and

King of Prussia as well as Exton, Downingtown and Phoenixville.

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more information on local lactation consultants.

At NewBorn Concepts, our lactation consultants are certified, experienced, and make house calls or

will see you in our convenient offices in Malvern, and Wayne Pennsylvania.

Robin B. Frees, Director

NewBorn Concepts 610-644-1379

For a $10.00 discount on an office or home visit, mention this offer: NBC WEB OFFER when making your appointment.

This offer is good for appointments made within the next 24 Hours.

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Robin Frees on HR compliance and breastfeeding support

By:  Robin B. Frees IBCLC

HR Directors and Breastfeeding Support under the Health Reform Act

If you responsibilities include Human Resources, you face a dizzying array of legal changes and new regulations.

For that reason, you may not be aware of the changes taking place in the area or corporate lactation programs and

breastfeeding support in the work place.

This article briefly reviews this issue and the resources now available to both small and large companies who want to provide additional

support for breastfeeding in the work place.

Why be concerned?

First, the health reform act will soon require such programs for companies of fifty or more employees. And many small and large companies

already provide lactation programs for new mothers including: Patagonia, Cigna, The Department of Defense, as well as small firms including

family businesses and small professional practices.

In fact, even small companies can are finding that they can benefit from the establishment of these inexpensive and high ROI programs.

These programs have a very high return on investment by  reducing absenteeism, lowering health care costs and reducing turn over rate.

They also improve your companies status as a family friendly corporation.

These programs can be as simple as providing a private

space to more complex series of benefits such as training, breaks, and space for nursing.

Since breast fed babies are clinically proven to be sick less often, the benefits are obvious.

The health reform bill also provides that companies of over fifty employees will be required to have such a support

program.

And, while the specific regulations have not yet been promulgated, savvy companies should be ahead of the curve and

should implement simple and inexpensive programs.

For more information about how your small or large company can begin to quickly, and

inexpensively implement a breast feeding support program that will give returns on

investment and make employees healthier and happier, please call Robin B. Frees, IBCLC

and a representative of the Business Case For Breastfeeding which is sponsored

by NewBorn Concepts.

You can reach Robin at 610-644-1379 for your free tool kit, and consultation on

corporate lactation for your employees.

www.NewBornConcepts.com

robin@newbornconcepts.com

If your company is in the Philadelphia area please call for more information.

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From: Robin Frees
Date: 12/6/09
Subject: New Services Announcement    DROP-IN HOURS!!! (no appointment needed)
For more information, please review this brief note that we just sent to the practices that refer to us.

Hello,

In these difficult times, some mothers are forgoing the expense of a lactation consultation

and end up weaning earlier than desired. However the expense of formula for a year can

be over $2000 while the cost of a consultation is around $150.

In order to meet the needs of your patients,  NewBorn Concepts is offering a new

service - “Drop-in hours”.

Every Monday from 9:30 - 11:30 am, we will have a board certified lactation

consultant available for drop in hours at our Wayne office location

(110 W. Lancaster Ave. Suite 200).

No appointment is necessary for this low cost, personalized session

($20 for 20 minutes) and mothers can discuss any breastfeeding concerns

such as feeding frequency, pumping, milk supply, nipple soreness,

returning to work etc…

If we determine the mother needs a full consultation (90 minutes) we will

schedule one for later in the week (often the next day) and discount the fee

by the $20. Full consultations occur at our Malvern office or home visit.

We hope your patients find this new service useful. Please post the attached

announcement. More information will follow.

Thank you for your help,

Robin Frees

So, if you would like the opportunity to meet with a certified

lactation consultant at one of our convenient area offices, then please

drop in during the new Monday hours.  We look forward to seeing you and

to helping you to have a better nursing experience with your new baby.

Robin B. Frees    Primary office:
116 E. King Street
Malvern, PA 19355
T/F: 610-644-1379

email: rbfibclc@aol.com
Office for drop in hours:          11o West Lancaster Avenue

Suit 200

Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087

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This information is provided by Robin B. Frees, director of New Born Concepts located in Malvern Pennsylvania.

Robin and her team of certified lactation consultants offer both home and office visits for new mothers requiring help

with breastfeeding issues and pumping as well as issues faced when returning to work.  Communities served include Malvern, King of Prussia,

Wayne, Exton, Downingtown, West Chester and many others.

Even though breastfeeding or nursing may be best for my baby, I think that :

It may be hard to learn.
Like any new skill (driving, dancing…) there is a learning period (the first 6 weeks) then there is a reward period.

With support and education women can make it to the reward period. “I never saw a baby nursing until I nursed my own.”

It may hurt.
IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HURT! Early newborn tenderness might peak between day 3 and 7. Toe curling pain, cracks,

blisters and bleeding are not normal and are a sign of a problem that needs attention.

It may be embarrassing.
Mothers can practice discreet nursing in front of a mirror or at a support group of other nursing mothers. Motherwear has a

“Discreet Nursing Pamphlet” available for free. Even if a mother cannot overcome this feeling, she can pump and bottle feed while in public.

It may ruin my figure.
Nursing mothers can lose up to a pound a week and still breastfeed successfully. Pregnancy already changed her body, nursing, along with

exercise and a healthy diet will reduce the effect of the pregnancy.

It may ruin my sex life.
A new baby can ruin a sex life even if you are not breastfeeding! We can’t blame everything on breastfeeding. Relationships are changed

by children but with patience and communication they can grow to a deeper level of underst anding.

I’d have to change the way I eat.

Eat when hungry and drink when thirsty. Your body will tell you if you are not getting enough. Baby will get the same quality

breastmilk no matter what you eat but if your diet is poor than you will not feel as good as when you eat right. Most foods in

moderation have no effect on breastfeeding babies.

I wouldn’t make enough milk.
Only about 2-5% of all women cannot actually make enough milk. Everyone else just has a temporary decrease in their

supply that with the right information can be increased.

I couldn’t smoke or drink.
Breastfeeding can help protect a baby against respiratory infections that are more common in infants who live in a

house with a smoker. A mother can decrease how much she smokes and only smoke right after a feed to decrease the

amount of toxins in the breastmilk. Mothers should never smoke in the same room as the baby anyway.

Drinking occasionally and in moderation is OK especially if mother pumps milk containing too much alcohol or waits

to nurse til her blood alcohol level has decreased.

I couldn’t take “the pill”.
Once a milk supply is established (6-8 weeks) a progesterone mini pill may not have any effect on a mother’s supply.

Also, an IUD is also another alternative.

I couldn’t return to work or school.
Now that quality breast pumps are available for rent or purchase many options for maintaining a milk supply are possible

while mother is away from her baby. Planning ahead and good information and support are helpful.

Prepared by Robin B. Frees, BA, IBCLC
References: LLLI  The Breastfeeding Answer Book and Nursing Mother, Working Mother by Gale Pryor

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If you are a new mother and have questions about nursing or breastfeeding, your primary care physician or pediatrician might refer you to a lactation consultant (an LC).

Lactation consultants are allied health care professionals certified by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners.  Their professional

designation is IBCLC. Lactation consultants can be hospital based or they can be in private practice.

Breastfeeding Home Visits and Office Visits

In some cases, hospitals will allow new mothers to return to see hospital based Lactation Consultants but in many cases, it may be necessary or desireable to see a

private practice LC.  Lactation Consultants in private practice will either have in office visits where you take your baby to the office and/or provide home visits where a

LC will come to your home and conduct an examination and consultation including weighing the baby before and after feeding, assesment of the baby’s suck

and will work with  you to answer all of your nursing questions and to help you to reach your personal breastfeeding goals.

Lactation consultations are often covered by insurance so be sure to have the lactation consultant provide you with the claim forms needed

for reimbursement by your carrier.

Finding a lactation consultant near you:

The Main Line Includes:  Paoli, Devon, Berwyn, Armore, Wynwood, Gladwyn and many other towns.

This page can help you to find a lactation consultant or help with breast feeding in any Main Line location

One great source for lacation information and to find a lactation consultant near you is the site for ILCA.

visit www.ilca.org and insert your town and state, or your zip code to find a lactation consultant near you.

If you’re located in or around the Main Line of Pennsylvania just west of Philadelphia, Pa, and would like a rich source of information for nursing mothers please visit

www.newbornconcepts.com.  You can also reach Robin Frees, IBCLC at 610-644-1379.  If Robin is unavailable,

her assistants or one of her lactation consultants will help you or will return your call promptly.

Robin B. Frees IBCLC Lactation Consultant

Robin Frees, IBCLC is a lactation consultant with an office in Malvern Pennsylvania and providing home visits in many

communities in Chester County, Montgomery County, and Delaware County and the Western Suburbs of Philadelphia.

Office visits and home visits for breastfeeding mothers can be scheduled in Malvern or at your home on the western Main Line, Malvern, West Chester,

Phoenixville, Spring City, Pottstown, Devon, Wayne, Paoli, Wynwood, Exton, Downingtown, Chester Springs and many surrounding communities.

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Myth: Many women don’t make enough milk.
Reality:   Only about 2-5% of all women cannot actually make enough milk.

Everyone else who experiences low milk supply just has a temporary decrease in their supply

that with the right information can be increased.  Be sure to get medical advice but if you want to

see a lactation consultant, or your Dr. recommends that you see one, you can get help finding a

lactaion consultant in your area :  Click here for information about finding a Lactation Consultant

in Your Area for a home or office visit.

Robin B. Frees IBCLC - Lactation Consultant

Robin is the founder and director of NewBorn Concepts

with offices in Malvern and Wayne, Pennsylvania.

Call: 610-644-1379 for an appointment, for classes and/or

for a home visit regarding nursing problems and solutions,

by a qualified lactation consultant.

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Myth: It may hurt.

Reality: IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HURT! Early newborn tenderness might peak between day 3 and 7.

Toe curling pain, cracks, blisters and bleeding are not normal and are all signs of a problem that needs attention.

Often, these problems can be solved quickly and effectivly by making minor changes such as positioning the baby.

Robin B. Frees IBCLC Lactation Consultant

Robin is the director of Newborn Concepts with

offices in Malvern and Wayne.  Home visits are

also scheduled througout the Main Line, including

Paoli, West Chester, King of Prussia and in many surrounding areas.

Call 610-644-1379 for an appointment with a lactation consultant

recommended by physicians.

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