UR Medicine Breastfeeding & Lactation Services

11/14/2025

Our team attending a Watch Party today for Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine!

11/14/2025

Please notify your pediatrician if you have any concerns.

*Updated*
⚠️ Baby Formula Recall Alert: The FDA and CDC are investigating a multistate outbreak of infant botulism linked to recalled infant formula. They are recommending that parents discontinue the use of any ByHeart Infant Formula products, as all ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula products have been recalled. This includes all unexpired lots of formula cans and single-serve “anywhere” sticks.

The advisory will be updated as information becomes available: https://bit.ly/3WOAP6w

11/07/2025

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11/01/2025

Our Disney princess crew on Halloween! 🎃 👑

10/29/2025

Some of our team presenting recently at conferences! Dr. Ly-Mapes and Michele Burtner

10/28/2025

10/24/2025

We have known this for a long time but separation still happens…this study helps show how important it is to do skin to skin after birth!

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 By Mia Parkinson Image Immediate skin-to-skin contact between newborns and their mothers offers a better start in life, improving a number of key health metrics, according to a newly-updated Cochrane review.The review found that babies who have skin-to-skin contact with t...

10/23/2025

Such a wonderful article - read about our amazing Dr. Ruth Lawrence - she was phenomenal!

As a pediatrician, she helped elevate breastfeeding from a medical afterthought to a specialty of its own. As a mother of nine, she practiced what she preached.

10/20/2025

Important fact!

Breastfeeding protects more than just babies

10/16/2025

See below for information on services for Dr. Lawrence. We will certainly miss her and are so grateful for all the work she did for families over the years and for our profession as we continue to help those in need of our services. 💕

Ruth Anderson Lawrence, MD renowned physician and long-time leader in the Rochester community, passed away peacefully on October 12, 2025,...

10/15/2025

10/10/2025

Every October, communities across the nation pause to recognize National Midwifery Week—a time to celebrate the vital role midwives play in improving maternal health, supporting families, and reimagining the way we experience birth.