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3 Capitol Hill, Room 302
Providence, RI 02908-5097
Phone: (401) 222-4605
Fax: (401) 222-1442
Emily Eisenstein, MPH
State Breastfeeding Coordinator |
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Breastfeeding
Criteria for Referral for Breastfeeding Problems
Referral to medical doctor
- Breast infections (temperature above 101 degrees, possibly along with localized redness and heat and/or plugged duct symptoms of localized pain and firmness)
- Slow weight gain of infant (as perceived by mother)
- Jaundiced infant (yellowish tinge to skin as perceived by mother)
- Fewer than 6 wet diapers in 24 hours for infants from 4 days to 4 months old
- Fewer than 3 stools in 24 hours for infants from 4 days to 3 weeks of age
Referral to lactation consultant (Refer to Breastfeeding Warm-Line)
- Sore nipples
- Plugged ducts (localized pain and firmness)
- Premature infants
- Sick or hospitalized mother or infant
- Infants who refuse to nurse
- Infants with special health care needs (i.e., developmental disorder)
- Mothers on medications*
- Other concerns or problems to think could be best handled by a health professional
* Consult with the Women & Infants Warm-Line at (800) 711-7011 or "Medication and Mothers' Milk" book by Thomas Hale, PhD, 2006 (12th Edition) or Thomas Hale website at http://neonatal.ttuhsc.edu/lact/
Developed by the Rhode Island Breastfeeding Coalition and the Physicians’ Committee for Breastfeeding in Rhode Island
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1-800-942-7434
Do you have questions about your family’s health?
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Family Health Information Line specialists are available to answer your questions, in English and Spanish, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
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