Services
At Lake Lactation, the mission is to offer the support to families that makes them feel guided through their lactation journey, while still feeling like it is theirs to own. By offering judgement free education and trauma informed care, it empowers you to make the best decisions for you and your baby. Breastfeeding/chestfeeding is natural to babies, and provides countless benefits, some that will last a lifetime. As natural as breastfeeding is, it’s often a skill that needs to be developed or simply fine tuned. Reaching out for support when needed is the best gift to give yourself, so that you may not only make it through, but truly enjoy your lactation journey.
Since we know well that babies do not only eat during business hours, Tana is happy to try to accommodate flexible scheduling, including same day visits and non-traditional hours. Please reach out if you need an appointment time that is not available on the scheduler below.
Prenatal Consult $150
Prenatal Consult
Discuss your feeding plans and any special circumstances that may require specific planning. These may include first time breastfeeding, past feeding difficulty, history of breast surgery, maternal or infant health complexities, or simply to set you up for the best start possible for your lactation experience.
This visit may be available virtually in some cases.
During this 60 minute in-home visit, we will…
- Discuss your goals regarding breast/chest feeding, and/or breastmilk feeding
- Review your and your baby’s medical history and your breast assessment..
- Discuss tools to prepare your family for breastfeeding success.
- Address priority questions and concerns that you or your family may have about feeding.
- Provide anticipatory guidance for newborn breast/chest feeding.
- Identify any special circumstances that may require further planning for lactation success.
- Build a plan for feeding your newborn in early postpartum days, as well as how to schedule an in-home visit soon after delivery.
Initial In-Home Visit $220
This visit establishes your care with a thorough history and assessment of your breastfeeding, chestfeeding, or breastmilk feeding needs. This is intended to address current difficulties and collaboratively establish a plan for feeding.
During this 90-120 minute visit, we will…
- Obtain a detailed history if not previously obtained in prenatal consult
- Discuss details of birth that may have an impact on lactation.
- Assess your goals
- Perform infant oral assessment
- Perform assessment of breast, nipples, and surrounding tissue.
- Assess pre and post-feed weight to determine volume of milk transfer if necessary
- Visually assess infant feeding while educating family on signs of effective latch and milk transfer
- Provide breast/chest feeding education and discuss feeding plan based on needs of and skills of baby at breast
- Address your priority questions concern
- Schedule follow up or refer to other specialty providers if necessary
- Tana will follow up by phone 3-5 days after visit. Visit will include access to secure messaging for questions that do not require a scheduled consult to answer.
Follow-Up Lactation Visit $175
Many lactation visits may require follow up care to work through multiple issues and make adjustments to the plan when necessary.
This visit may also be used later in your journey to prepare for changes in your schedule, such as return to work.
Initial in-home visit is needed to establish care if not previously established.
During this 60 minute visit, we will…
- Evaluate status of goals regarding breast/chest feeding as well as effectiveness of plan from prior consults or discussions.
- Educate family on next phases of breast/chest feeding plan, and adjusting if required based on evaluation.
- Obtain pre and post-feed infant weights, if necessary.
- Observe feed to evaluate progress and address any concerns.
- Perform breast assessment if necessary.
- Address priority questions and concerns that you or your family or support person may have.
- Discuss milk expression and storing guidelines for future plans.
SCHEDULING NOTE
If you need to schedule a visit as soon as possible, and do not see a time slot available that meets your needs, Don’t hesitate to call or send a message. Tana may be able to accommodate flexible scheduling of your visit, and would love the opportunity to help.
Insurance and Payment Information
If your insurance is not approved, or you do not have insurance, you will be considered SELF PAY. In these situations, payment will be required at the beginning of each scheduled visit. Lactation care may be still be covered by many insurances. A superbill will be provided to you after each visit. This can be used to request reimbursement from your insurance company. Clients are encouraged to reach out to their insurance company prior to scheduling their visit to see what services can be covered and how to request reimbursement.
Lake Lactation can accept cash payment or payment by all major credit cards, HSA/FSA, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay, using Clover payment processing systems. The client is responsible for determining what is eligible for HSA/FSA use.
*Travel Fee
*There will be an additional $40 travel fee if your visit location is more than 30 minutes outside of western Lakewood. Locations beyond 45 minutes from Lakewood are usually possible, but can not be guaranteed.
Cancellation Information
It is reasonable and understandable that there will be times that you need to cancel or reschedule your appointment. Please Notify Tana at least 12 hours prior to your scheduled time, so that time can be offered to other clients in need. If appropriate notice isn’t provided, you may be subject to a $50 cancellation fee.
