Services Offered by Sylvia Boyd - www.mybreastfeeding.com

www.mybreastfeeding.com: The website of Sylvia J. Boyd, PT, LCCE, IBCLC, CLE, Lamaze certified childbirth educator and lactation consultant. Her specialty is in using her physical therapy skills to help babies latch-on & breastfeed successfully since 1967. She also enjoys teaching several Prenatal Classes in Hayward, CA.

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Better Birth and Breastfeeding Solutions:

Services Offered by Sylvia Boyd

Lamaze Classes Breastfeeding Class Mommy & Me Support Groups

Lactation Consults Breastpump Rentals and More

For the past 40 years, Sylvia Boyd has been teaching childbirth classes privately and in local hospitals in the East Bay, touching the lives of well over 6,000 babies so far. Since attaining her Physical Therapy degree from UC San Francisco, she has continued to expand her credentials as a Lamaze instructor and lactation consultant.

Sylvia has a passion for helping parents prepare for an active role in the birth of their baby. For optimal health and well being, Sylvia also teaches mothers the skills for enjoying nurturing their infant at the breast. She has the special education, tools and training needed to assist mothers and babies with any problems that might arise. Her pragmatic and empowering approach to birthing and breastfeeding get new families off to a healthy start!

NEWS: Sylvia is now available to speak in the Bay Area on

"The Effect of Birth on Breastfeeding – How We Can Affect the Outcome".

Click here to schedule this popular 2-hour symposium for all those wanting to provide an optimal birth and breastfeeding experience for mother and baby.

BIRTHING CHOICES: Lamaze Classes

¨ Lamaze education enables couples to become confident adults, courageous to choose normal birth.

· Know your choices in labor, delivery and breastfeeding.

· Learn special skills and positions to increase your comfort.

· Practice techniques that minimize pain.

· Gain knowledge of positions that enhance the baby’s comfort.

· Discover how birth impacts the baby’s alertness and abilities.

· Explore birthing positions.

· Realize the body’s natural ability to cope.

· For more details see What I Learned in Sylvia's Lamaze Class

· Note: Sylvia’s class featured in the Baby Blues comic strip

Sylvia offers Lamaze classes 4 times a year at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward (see below for details). If you would like to arrange private Lamaze classes to better fit around your schedule and needs, call Sylvia at (510) 538-3679.

¨ Lamaze Class at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward.
Classes fill up quickly - register early with their Community Education Department. Call 510-264-4068.

· Classes meet for 6 weeks on Wednesdays from 7:00 to 9:00 pm
in the Pavilion Classrooms near St. Rose Hospital.
(The Classrooms are on the Calaroga Avenue side of the hospital campus, at the 4th driveway, if going north from Tennyson Rd.)
For directions click here.

· Cost is $95, but if you are delivering your baby at St. Rose Hospital, your $95 deposit will be refunded at the completion of the 6 week class, making the class free for you.

· For a 2011 schedule of classes, click: St. Rose Lamaze Schedule.

Free BREASTFEEDING Basics Class

¨ Let Sylvia prepare you for the experience of breastfeeding your child.
Topics include:

· How to establish a supply of milk

· How often to nurse your baby

· How to tell if your baby is getting enough milk

· How to resolve common issues such as: latch-on problems, jaundice, thrush, and sore nipples.

¨ Recommended for women in their third trimester of pregnancy, along with their spouses or partners.

¨ This 2-hour class is free and is offered on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 7 to 9pm in the Pavilion Classrooms near St. Rose Hospital in Hayward. The classrooms are located on the Calaroga Avenue side of the hospital campus, at the 4th driveway, (if going north from Tennyson Rd.)
For directions click here.

¨ Pre-registration is required. Call St. Rose at 510-264-4068 to reserve your spot.

PARENTING SUPPORT

¨ Sylvia leads a free MOMMY & ME group for moms and babies, and covers topics such as breastfeeding, crying, and sleeping issues.
She offers support for various parenting concerns and help for those returning to work.

· The group will meet once or twice a month on Friday mornings
from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM.
Click here to view the upcoming dates.

· Most meetings will be in the Pavilion Classrooms near St. Rose Hospital in Hayward. The classrooms are located on the Calaroga Avenue side of the hospital campus, at the 4th driveway, (if going north from Tennyson Rd.) For directions click here.

· Occasionally, they will be on the first floor of St. Rose Hospital in the board room.

· Call (510) 538-3679 or (510) 264-4068 for location.

BREASTFEEDING: Lactation Consults

¨ Serving as a physical therapist who uses her therapy training to help babies latch successfully and nurse efficiently, Sylvia specializes in helping babies who can’t latch, can’t nurse both breasts, or cause the mother pain when nursing.

· Help with baby weight loss or weight gain, inconsolable crying, biting or jaundice.

· Help with cracked and bleeding nipples, painful nursing, or milk supply issues.

· Help with yeast and thrush

· Introducing ways to incorporate breastfeeding into your return to work.

· Hospital grade breast pumps and replacement parts are available for rent or purchase.

· Breastfeeding accessories available.

¨ Sylvia has an office in south Hayward where she works with moms and babies giving individual breastfeeding help. Appointments may be available on short notice, holidays, or weekends. To schedule an appointment with Sylvia call (510) 538-3679 or (510) 881-5348 or send an e-mail to Sylvia@Boyd.com.

BREAST PUMPS AND MORE

¨ Rentals:

· Ameda Lact-E pump
(Ameda has been in the pump business for 60 years)
This breastpump is invaluable for a mother who delivers a preterm infant, is separated from her infant, needs to increase her milk supply or will be pumping frequently. The automatic cycling is comfortable and also very efficient. The suck-release pattern of the Lact-E pump closely approximates the sucking action of a baby.

The Lact-E hospital grade breast pump comes in a portable carrying case, is easy to use, and is compatible with any Ameda Hygienikit Milk Collection System. Monthly rental $60

· EnDeare™ Breastpump from Hygeia
The EnDeare™ Breastpump is a hospital-grade electric double pump with all the performance and hygienic features found in the hospitals. For long-term and frequent-pumping, the EnDeare™ Breastpump provides the best in quality and hygiene.
Available for economical rental $45 monthly

¨ Sales:

· Hygeia EnJoye™ pump

· Ameda Purely Yours pump

· Manual pumps

· Physical therapy exercise balls (great for baby calming)

· Magnetic massager (comfort during pregnancy for both Mom and Dad)

¨ Parts:
Kits and parts for most breast pumps including:

* Hygeia’s EnJoye™ pump

* Hygeia’s EnDeare™ pump

* Ameda’s Lact-E pump

* Ameda’s Purely Yours pump

* Medela’s Pump in Style pump

* Medela’s Classic pump

* Medela’s Symphony pump

* Bailey Medical’s Nurture 3 pump

If you are looking for a certain part or breastfeeding supply, call and see if we have it in stock.

· The Breast pump is now a tax deductible medical expense! For more details, see the article from the Associated Press and the News Release from Senator Jeff Merkley dated Feb. 10, 2011.

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Sylvia in the Media

Praise for Sylvia’s

Classes

“I forgot to thank you for your emphasis on skin-to-skin in the childbirth class. It helped me help my baby to latch on and start breastfeeding after 2 weeks of bottle feeding!!”

Thanks a ton!

-Meghana

“I attended your Lamaze class last month. My baby was born on New Year's Day, two weeks before his due date. I used the techniques learned from your class during my labor, including the ball, a big fat catalog like a phone book, and the side of the bed to move my pelvic. These exercises helped the process immensely. I was able to turn the baby from posterior to the right position. Toward the end of the labor, the midwife was surprised that my cervix was dilated from
4 cm to 8 cm within one hour. I am so glad that I followed your instruction. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH!”

Cheers,

Amica

“What you did for me is really priceless and I am so thankful that there are people like you out there helping mommies like myself.”

Gratefully yours,

Glenara and baby Brandon

“Sylvia helped me with each of my three children. She is knowledgeable and compassionate in her desire to help women grow healthy strong and beautiful babies.”

Susan RN, BSN
Labor & Delivery Nurse

I loved taking Sylvia Boyd's Lamaze class. I liked her humorous and straightforward style. It was because of her descriptions of what a baby's position should feel like that I realized my first baby was breach.

I will never forget her help and advice. After trying acupuncture and trying to turn my first baby nothing worked. Solomon was born Caesarean and I had 2 successful VBACs (vaginal birth after caesarean) after this. Imagine my delight when my third was born breach!!!

thanks,

Rachel

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