Lactation Management Service

Watch a lactation consultant talk about the advantages of breastfeeding.
The Lactation Management Service was developed to meet the needs of breastfeeding mothers and their babies to promote a successful breastfeeding experience. Staff also assists mothers that express their milk (remove milk from their breasts) and their babies to promote successful breast milk feeding. The service provides educational and support services to families and staff.

Individual consultation

The Lactation Management Service provides consultation Monday through Friday, and rotating Saturdays and Sundays.

Children's Hospital lactation consultants will talk with mothers by phone, schedule a visit at the bedside, and meet with families during a prenatal appointment if families are being seen through the Fetal Concerns Center of Wisconsin.

For prenatal, inpatient and outpatient consultations, a physician or nurse can order a lactation consultation or families can call (414) 266-1757 to leave a message for a lactation consultant. A lactation consultant will automatically be paged when a message is left.

Pump rooms

The Lactation Management Service has double electric breast pumps available throughout the hospital for use by mothers. Pump rooms are available in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and most inpatient units.  The Clinics Building has a breastfeeding room, located behind the information desk open to staff and families.

Pump rentals

Breast pumps and other breastfeeding equipment are available for rental and purchase at the Skywalk Pharmacy, located in the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Clinics building, right off the second-floor skywalk. For information about the options, costs and hours, call (414) 266-1893.

About the staff

Children's Hospital's staff includes four lactation consultants that are registered nurses. They have extensive training, education and experience in lactation and are International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLC). They offer a wealth of experience and knowledge working with premature infants through toddler-age children.

In addition to the lactation management team, there are certified lactation educators (CLEs) available to assist and support families.

Barbara Hayes-Dineen, BS, RN, IBCLC, RLC
Hayes-Dineen received her nursing degree in 1986 and worked as a pediatric nurse before joining the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin staff in 1988. She worked on the Infant Unit as a registered nurse while concurrently consulting with moms and babies for 13 years.

She has been an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) since 1993, the first to be certified at Children's Hospital. She is certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and is a professional member of Wisconsin Association of Lactation Consultants and International Association of Lactation Consultants.

Lisa Ann Brock, BSN, RN, IBCLC, RLC
Brock graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She began her nursing career at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in 1988 working as a registered nurse on the infant unit and transitioned to the neonatal intensive care unit in 1999.

Brock has been an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) since 1998. She is certified in CPR and is a professional member of Wisconsin Association of Lactation Consultants, International Lactation Consultant Association, United States Lactation Consultant Association, and Wisconsin Breastfeeding Coalition. She is currently an active board member of the developing Mother's Milk Bank of Western Great Lakes organization.

Linda McNamara, BS, RN, IBCLC, RLC
McNamara has a Bachelor of Science in Health Education with a minor in Nutrition in addition to her Nursing degree. She has been a registered nurse for over 29 years, serving 18 years here at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. Her experience has been in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Evanston Hospital in Evanston, Ill, the pediatric intensive care unit at St. Louis Children's Hospital, the NICU at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio and the NICU at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin from 1994-2002. In 2002 she became a member of the Lactation Management Team.

She became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) in 1999. She is CPR certified and is a professional member of Wisconsin Association of Lactation Consultants, International Lactation Consultant Association. She is also an active member of March of Dimes NICU Family Support Committee.

 

Kris Walleser, BSN, RN, IBCLC, RLC
Walleser has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She began her career as a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and pediatric intensive care unit nurse at Gundersen Medical Center in La Crosse, Wis. She joined Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in 1991 as staff nurse in the infant unit where she became patient care supervisor until 2000. Walleser then left Children's Hospital to become a lactation consultant at St. Joseph's Hospital in Milwaukee in the Family Birth Center and NICU. She recently rejoined Children's Hospital in 2012.

Walleser has been an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) since 1998. She is CPR certified and a professional member of Wisconsin Association of Lactation Consultants, International Lactation Consultant Association.

Services

Lactation Management Service staff offers experienced, research-based practice in coordination with the infant's multidisciplinary health care team by:

  • Providing support and education to mothers and supportive family members and friends.

  • Providing support to mothers and hospitalized infants who experience lactation or breastfeeding needs, including:

    • Engorgement
    • Medication use and safety
    • Sore nipples
    • Low milk supply

  • Providing support to families and health care team members when infants have feeding challenges, including:

    • Jaundice
    • Prematurity
    • Cardiac defects
    • Respiratory problems
    • Down Syndrome
    • Cleft lip and palate
    • Neurological impairment
    • Surgery
    • Allergy
    • Multiple births (twins, triplets)
    • Birth defects
  • Providing guidance when there is separation of mother and baby due to medical, work or educational needs.
  • Providing assistance with breast milk pumping, pump usage, management of breast milk collection and storage, and obtaining breast pumps for home use.

 Below is some additional information regarding breastfeeding and breast milk pumping:

Other resources

There are a number of helpful Web sites that can provide you with additional information about breastfeeding:

Lactation Management Service staff understands hospitalization is a stressful time for families. We are eager to assist in promoting, initiating and maintaining breastfeeding while infants are hospitalized. For more information, call (414) 266-1757.