Northfield Hospital + Clinics announced last week that board-certified lactation consultant Nicole Martens has been hired to become a member of the NH+C Birth Center staff.
A statement issued by NH+ C said Martens will care for newborns and new mothers in the Birth Center. After the babies go home, she will offer one-on-one meetings in a comfortable private office at the Birth Center. All women are welcome no-matter where the baby was born.
The statement said Martens has more than 20 years of experience as a lactation specialist. She is also a pediatric nurse practitioner, with graduate degrees from St. Catherine University in St. Paul.
Martens said in the statement that she would like to help people meet their goals for breastfeeding and better understand that each baby feeds differently.
“Whether this is their first baby, second baby or more,” she said in the statement, “each baby is different, and therefore each breastfeeding experience is different.”
Martens will specialize in Newborns, Nutrition, Parenting, and Preventive Care.
Lactation services at NH+C include breastfeeding lessons, advice and strategies on how to breastfeed at work or school, Problems with low milk supply, pumping and storage of breast milk, how to ween a baby from breastfeeding and much more. There is also a lactation consultation to help with post-partum breast care for women who choose not to breastfeed.
Lactation services are often covered by insurance; check with your insurance carrier about your coverage by calling the number on your insurance card.
Appointments may be scheduled at 507-646-1216. Those who had a baby outside of the Northfield Birth Center will need a referral from their provider.
