Lactation Services & Support Resources

Lactation Support

Inpatient Lactation Services: All mothers who deliver at the Aspen Birth Center are provided lactation consultations and are offered return outpatient visits to support breastfeeding.

“Bosom Buddies” Breastfeeding Support Group: Meets weekly at the Aspen Birth Center Thursdays at 2pm. This is a social group that also provides professional support and peer counseling for breastfeeding. This group is led by a lactation counselor. For more information call 970.544.1130.

Bosom Buddies -Baby Cafe (English and Spanish) Facebook page Breastfeeding support-Thursdays from 11:30am-1:00pm at the El Jebel Community Center (2nd floor WIC office).

Aspen Birth Center Warmline: This phone line is dedicated to the support of breastfeeding mothers. If you experience difficulties after you go home, you may call to speak to a certified lactation counselor about your specific concerns. Your concerns may be resolved over the phone or by appointment. Call 970.544.1251.

Certified Lactation Consultants and Counselors: We encourage you to meet with our consultants and counselors for any issues or concerns, to help you prepare for breastfeeding success prior to and after returning to work, as well as for continued support.

Breastfeeding Retail Supplies: We’re happy to offer assistance and personal guidance when you are purchasing breastfeeding supplies from Aspen Valley Hospital.

Helpful Resources

Aspen Valley Hospital and our Birth Center are designated as “Baby Friendly,” which is the gold standard for supporting news mothers in their breastfeeding success. We earn this status by adhering to the Ten Steps to Success:

A written breastfeeding policy is routinely communicated to all healthcare staff.
Train all healthcare staff in the skills necessary to implement this policy.
Inform all pregnant women about the benefits and management of breastfeeding.
Help mothers initiate breastfeeding within one hour of birth.
Show mothers how to breastfeed and how to maintain lactation even if they are separated from their infants.
Give infants no food or drink, other than breast milk, unless medically indicated.
Practice rooming-in which allows mothers and infants to remain together 24 hours a day.
Encourage breastfeeding on demand.
Give no pacifiers or artificial nipples to breastfeeding infants.
Foster the establishment of breastfeeding support groups and refer mothers to them on discharge from the hospital or birth center.

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding form the basis of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, a worldwide breastfeeding quality improvement project created by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Baby-Friendly hospitals and birth centers also uphold the International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes by offering parents support, education and educational materials that promote the use of human milk rather than other infant food or drinks, and by refusing to accept or distribute free or subsidized supplies of breastmilk substitutes, nipples and other feeding devices.

Breast Pump Rentals & Retail

Aspen Valley Hospital
0401 Castle Creek road
Aspen, CO 81611
970.544.1130 (24 hours daily)

Target
110 West Meadow
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
970.945.8006

Walmart

3010 Blake Avenue

Glenwood Springs, CO 81601

970.945.5336

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