Episode 173: The SCC Pod - Lauryl Ramakrishnan - Lactation and Premature Babies

Lauryl Ramakrishnan, a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Lactation Consultant in Pediatric Primary Care and Lactation Medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance gives us her insights into helping new mothers successfully nurture their babies, in that way building their self-confidence, their feelings of comfort and safety, and ultimately strengthening the mother-infant bond. Breastfeeding can be particularly challenging with premies, because premies can have a harder time breastfeeding, and also because it is even more critical for them to reach and maintain a healthy weight than healthy term babies.