Lactation consultations soon to be available in Johnstown

Staff Reports
March 8, 2008

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Women in Johnstown struggling with some of the responsibilities that are associated with a newborn child now have another place to turn for help.

Northern Colorado Medical Center will soon begin offering breastfeeding support sessions by certified lactation consultants in Johnstown. According to a release, the sessions will cover a variety of topics including latch-on, positioning the baby, baby weight gain and more.

The cost to attend the sessions will be $45 for those who have not delivered at NCMC -- a one-time cost -- while those that have can attend the session for free. The sessions, which begin March 26 and will take place from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Wednesdays at Johnstown Family Physicians, 222 Johnstown Center Drive.

Johnstown is the third town to hold such sessions. Those in Greeley are invited to attend sessions running from 12:30-3 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Monfort Family Birth Center classroom at NCMC, 1801 16th St. in Greeley.

Those in Windsor are invited to attend sessions running from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Mondays and Fridays at the Medical Arts Centre of Windsor, 1300 Main. St. in Windsor.