CB&FC Breastfeeding Services

Community Birth & Family Center is proud to now offer lactation services to anyone in need of support and care. Breastfeeding services are provided by RN lactation consultants formerly from Great Starts Birth and Family Education.


Call our pager anytime from 9am-6pm daily and receive a response within two hours of your call. Telephone consults are free. We also offer Clinic Visits and Home Visits at your residence. Your lactation consultant will give direction on the best option for you and your baby.

Pager: (206) 615-8078

Breastfeeding Help Beyond the Hospital Stay Conference

Community Birth & Family Center and Public Health of Seattle King County present "Breastfeeding Help Beyond the Hospital Stay," a one-day conference for healthcare providers to learn common breastfeeding challenges experienced by mothers after leaving the hospital. You will explore solutions and sources of support. After this conference you will be able to:
1. Develop a sleep plan that will optimize infant and family sleep.
2. Appreciate the ethical dilemma facing care providers who want to support breastfeeding mothers' bed sharing with their babies.
3. Describe infant conditions that may interfere with effective latch and determine potential interventions.
4. Describe principal bacterial causes of breast infections, including the prevalence, clinical significance and treatment options for methicillin resistant staph aureus (MRSA).

WHEN: Friday, September 14, 2007

WHERE: UW Botanic Gardens - Center for Urban Horticulture -
3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle, WA 98195

COST: Basic Registration = $95.00. Register early and save!

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS: A certificate of attendance will be given to all conference participants. Continuing education credit including 1.25 E CERPs have been applied for through the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners. Nursing continuing education contact hour approval is pending through Public Health - Seattle & King County, an approved provider of continuing education by the Washington State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Click here to download a pdf of the Conference Brochure

CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS: If you would like to pay your conference registration fee by credit card, please submit a completed registration form (see link to pdf above) by mail or fax. Alternatively, you may email cbfcbreastfeeding@gmail.com with the following information: Your name, address, email address, phone (day and night), and your agency/affiliation. Once we receive your registration information, our registrar will prompt you via email to pay online using PayPal.

Community Birth & Family Center Annex
2517 Eastlake Avenue East, Suite 102, Seattle, Washington 98102
phone (206) 720-0511

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