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Dr. Ann Kellams
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia

Dr. Ann Lenox Kellams, assistant professor of clinical pediatrics in the Division of General Pediatrics and medical director of the newborn nursery at the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital, is an expert in newborn care and breastfeeding. Kellams teaches pediatric clinical skills to students and residents and authored the Newborn Nursery Resident and Student Curriculum and Orientation Manual for UVA Children’s Hospital. Kellams serves her surrounding community by being a mentor for the African American Student Mentorship Program, by serving on the Virginia Breastfeeding Advisory Committee and by hosting various community education workshops on newborn and infant care. She received the Outstanding Graduate Designation from her alma mater, the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.

How often should I breastfeed?

In this video Dr. Ann Kellams discuss the many issues surrounding how to properly care for a newborn baby.

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Host: How often should I breastfeed?

Dr. Ann Kellams: Once the baby is born we recommend getting him on the breast in that first hour of life and then somewhere on the order of at least every two to three hours. If the baby is awake and actively interested in sucking and it has been one hour, go ahead and put him back on, but you don't want to have more than two or three hour gaps in that entire first 48 hour period.

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