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Yep, they had them in the hospital on staff full time.

I agree with your OB it's probably a little overkill. For all you know your LO will take to nursing like a pro so there's no need to borrow trouble. I never did any sort of prep before delivery (no classes or consultations or anything). I just worked with the LCs on staff at the hospital while I was in recovery. I never saw anyone else after discharge and my daughter is now 5.5 months old and has never had anything but breast milk.

I am SO glad we knew of one before. We had trouble in the hospital but the lactation consultants there were really not very helpful. We called the LC from our pediatrician's office and she invited us to come over to her house immediately after being discharged from the hospital because I was kind of freaking out, and it was really helpful and sanity-restoring. Then we met with her again about four days later. I'm really, really glad we had her as a resource- I would not have wanted to look for an LC while in a panic on a Friday night as I was being discharged from the hospital.
Just because you know of one doesn't mean you have to use them, but I think it's good to have that info at the ready in case you do need it.

We have a prenatal and postnatal centre where I live that offers a variety of services such as my prenatal yoga class. Last week the lactation consultant offered a free seminar one evening. I'm so glad I went to it, I learned a lot and now I have all her info if I need her when LO arrives. Do you have anything like that where you live? Maybe a library offers an evening class?

They had one on staff at the hospital so I didn't need to find one.

I just used the one that was on staff at the hospital for both babies.

Both- we took a breastfeeding class (yes, I made my husband go! It really helped him see how complicated it is). They have us a list of contacts to have ready soon after birth.

Our pediatrician has a LC on staff, this was one big reason we choose them. She got us scheduled to see her right away since we were having a hard time in the hospital.

The midwives I see are also LC's. So I think that means it's already set up? I should ask for more details at next weeks appt....

I think it's a great idea to set it up ahead of time. And if you've got worries like you mentioned before, the peace of mind of it already being set up, even if you end up not needing it, is worth it imo.