Breastfeeding your baby in TUH and CHI at Tallaght
In TUH and CHI at Tallaght, we support and protect breastfeeding. Information on breastfeeding can be found through the links below. If you have any questions about breastfeeding, please ask your healthcare professional (nurse, doctor or other team member).
Breastfeeding your baby in TUH
In TUH, all healthcare professionals support, protect and promote best practice in relation to breastfeeding.
If you are breastfeeding and are admitted to TUH, you must inform your healthcare professionals that you are breastfeeding to ensure your planned treatment is compatible with breastfeeding.
Your healthcare professionals will ensure that you have
- privacy, support and encouragement
- access to showers and hand-washing facilities
- access to a breast pump and breastmilk storage facilities
- appropriate meals, snacks and drinks
- protected breastfeeding time
- a treatment plan that is compatible with breastfeeding
- your baby staying in your room if possible
Note: during Covid-19, in line with WHO, we will endeavour to keep mother and baby together where possible.
- access to breastfeeding support
If your treatment requires you to stop breastfeeding temporarily, you will be supported to express breastmilk in order to maintain your supply.
Breastfeeding your baby in CHI at Tallaght
In CHI at Tallaght, all healthcare professionals support, protect and promote best practice in relation to breastfeeding.
If your child is admitted to CHI at Tallaght and you are breastfeeding your child or a sibling, you must inform the healthcare professionals that you are breastfeeding so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
The healthcare professionals will ensure that the breastfeeding mother
- has privacy, support and encouragement
- has access to showers and hand-washing facilities
- has access to a breast pump and breastmilk storage facilities
- receives appropriate meals, snacks and drinks
- has protected breastfeeding time
- can ‘room in’ with the baby*; an additional cot will be provided for a sibling if needed
Note: during Covid-19, in line with WHO, we will endeavour to keep mother and baby together where possible.
- has access to breastfeeding support
If the baby’s treatment requires breastfeeding to be held temporarily, the breastfeeding mother will be supported to express breastmilk in order to maintain your supply.
General breastfeeding information
Link to https://www2.hse.ie/babies-and-toddlers/breastfeeding/
