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The Mother’s Resource Center, located at Community Regional Medical Center, offers a variety of breastfeeding and parent education classes to assist you on your journey through parenthood. 


These resources are available to you, no matter where you deliver your baby.


Prepare for Childbirth with our Free Virtual Education Series

We're pleased to offer expectant parents our virtual education series. Register for the series and we'll send you a link for a video tour of our birthing facilities at Clovis Community and Community Regional, plus classes including:


  • Exploring Registration

  • Identifying Stages of Labor

  • Understanding Cesarean Birth

  • Caring for Yourself Postpartum

  • And more!

Get Breastfeeding Support

After your delivery and during your postpartum hospital stay, you can receive private bedside breastfeeding education and assistance from one of our International Board Certified Lactation Consultants.

Once you leave the hospital, if you find that you'd like assistance with breastfeeding, you can make an appointment with a specially trained lactation consultant at the Mother’s Resource Center for private breastfeeding advice and support.

A $45 fee is due at the time of the first consultation. Follow-up consultations are $15 each. Special consideration will be given for those who can't afford this service.

The Mother’s Resource Center also has a number of breastfeeding products available for purchase. Among them: 

 

  • Breast pumps for rent or purchase
  • Baby weigh scales
  • Pillows and many other supplies

 

Although the Mother’s Resource Center consultations, classes and supplies/equipment are not covered by insurance, the IRS allows for reimbursement through either a flexible spending plan or a health savings account.

Group breastfeeding classes are free, however there is a $25 fee for each private/individual class. Call (559) 459-2423 to register for the following classes:

Breastfeeding ABCs
First-time breastfeeding moms or those looking for a refresher on the basics can find it in this class. Both private (individual) and group classes are available. Para servicio en Español, favor de llamar (559) 459-4377.

Breastfeeding & Going Back to Work
This class is geared for moms who are returning to work. Among other topics, this class covers how to schedule feedings, breast milk storage, and caregiver roles. Private (individual) class only. 

Breastfeeding & Special Circumstances
An individually tailored class for moms who expect to deliver twins, triplets, etc. and/or an infant with special feeding needs. Private (individual) class only. 


Watch: Latching support for new moms

Suzanne Stipe, Mother’s Resource Center supervisor, discusses how new moms can get their baby to latch during breastfeeding.


More Support & Resources

Find information on our antepartum high-risk support program, how to donate to the Milk Bank, suggested apps for tracking pregnancy info and milestones, and more.

The following classes are open to all Community Medical Centers patients. To register, call (559) 459-2423.

 

Inpatient Antepartum High-Risk Support Program  

We provide personalized bedside education specific for a possible pre-term delivery. This education is tailored to a very pre-term infant (before 34 weeks, late pre-term or near-term (between 34 and 36.6 weeks gestation) and full-term babies (38+ weeks).  

 

We visit these moms several times during the weeks following our initial contact to provide caring encouragement and support.


3M Club (Mommies Making Milk)
This free club provides support to the mom with an infant admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), whether mom is pumping her breast milk or feeding at the breast. Support is provided to mom until she and/or baby are discharged and home together.

 

Time: Every Friday from 1 to 3 p.m.
Location: A specialized lactation consultant will come to you as you visit your baby in the NICU. The consultant can assist you with latching your baby and answer any breastfeeding questions.

Find out how you can help save a life by donating extra breast milk to the Mothers' Milk Bank. Call (559) 459-6288.

MyHealthMate

By using MyHealthMate, expectant parents can access a customized pregnancy tracker, weekly facts about baby’s growth, related articles and other tools such as:

 

  • Kick counter
  • Hospital packing list
  • Contraction timer
  • Diaper and feeding log


Yomingo
If you’re already a parent or expecting, get easy access to important educational information and tools right from your computer, tablet or smart phone using the Yomingo app.

Track and share important information like:
 
  • Baby’s feeding times
  • Diaper changes
  • Breast milk pumping amounts
  • Measurements
  • Immunizations


Contact Mother's Resource Center
Interior of the Mother's Resource Center showing a reception desk, informational posters on the wall, and breastfeeding products in a glass case.


Community Medical Plaza
2210 E. Illinois Avenue, Suite 103
Fresno, CA 93701
(559) 459-6288



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