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LEWISTON — Central Maine Medical Center has been redesignated as a Baby-Friendly birth facility.
Baby-Friendly USA Inc is the U.S. authority for the implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, a global program sponsored by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund. The initiative encourages and recognizes hospitals and birthing centers that offer an optimal level of care for breastfeeding mothers and their babies. Based on the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, this award recognizes birth facilities that offer breastfeeding mothers the information, confidence and skills needed to successfully initiate and continue breastfeeding their babies.
CMMC has a “Breastfeeding Matters Program,” which offers the services of lactation consultants, certified health professionals who specialize in educating and supporting breastfeeding mothers, to inpatients and outpatients. CMMC also provides:
* Prenatal education about breastfeeding
* Weekly breastfeeding support group
* Lactation consultant support phone line: 207-795-2528
* Newborn office visits at Central Maine Pediatrics
* Pump rental and sales
As part of CMMC’s Baby-Friendly practices, the hospital features 24-hour rooming in, where the baby stays in the mother’s room during the full hospital stay. CMMC also promotes mother and infant bonding by encouraging skin-to-skin contact.
To see upcoming childbirth education events and courses log on to www.cmmc.org/events-and-classes-all.
