Lactation Consults

 You will be sent a questionnaire prior to meeting so that our time together is spent collaborating and assessing, rather than filling out paperwork.  A comprehensive care plan will be sent after the consult. Topics may include but are not limited to: 

• Achieving a  Comfortable Latch
• Positioning Guidance
• Understanding Baby Cues
• Normal Newborn Behavior
• Feeding Assessment
• Creating an Effective Gameplan
• Building and/or Maintaining a Milk Supply 
• Insuring Adequate Weight Gain
• Encouragement for Parent
• Transitioning from Bottle to Breast
• Breast and Nipple Care and Comfort

These appointments are designed for follow up care with an existing client. 

You will receive a questionnaire to complete prior to our appointment so that our time together is focused on creating an effective, efficient and sustainable pumping plan.  Topics may include:

• Anatomy of Your Pump
• The How Tos of Exclusive Pumping
• Creating a Customized Pumping Schedule
• Preparing to Return to Work 
• How to Bottle Feed a Breastfed Baby
• Ways to Collaborate with Your Child's Care Provider

A comprehensive questionnaire will be sent prior to class so that Karissa can be better tailor the appointment to your needs and interests. Topics may include:

• The How: Anatomy and Physiology of the Lactating Breast
• The What: A Baby's Ability to Nurse
• The When: Expectations in First Minutes, Days, Weeks, and Months 
• "This Isnt Ballet" : Positioning for Optimal Transfer and Comfort
• The Partner's Role: Empowering the Partner to Support the Mom
• Preparation for Baby and the Fourth Trimester

Lactation consultations are customized to meet a client's needs. It is your time to discuss the topics you want to address. There are hundreds of reasons to see Karissa, here are a few: 

• Assessment for painful latching 
• Engorgement 
• Infant weight checks  
• Identifying the Partner's role in lactation 
• A prenatal meeting to set yourself up for success 
• Breast or bottle refusal 
• Preparing for lactation after breast surgery 
• Inducing lactation without pregnancy 
• Creating a pumping schedule for returning to work or for non- chest feeding 
• Lactation after trauma 
• Transitioning from the NICU 
• General Reassurance