Lactation Services
Breastfeeding is one of the healthiest ways to feed your baby and recommended
by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The AAP recommends exclusive
breastfeeding for the first six months and continued breastfeeding for at least a
year, providing it is beneficial to the child. However, breastfeeding does not always
come naturally to all mothers. Many women give up on breastfeeding in the first
few weeks to months because of a number of reasons. Here you can find the
support, education and empowerment you need to start or continue your
breastfeeding journey for as long as you and your baby would like.
Our Lactation Specialist
Meet Sheera Thomas an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC)! An IBCLC is a professional who is certified and specializes in the clinical management of breastfeeding.This is the highest accreditation in lactation. Sheera has over 20 years of labor and delivery, postpartum, and breastfeeding experience. She has worked in the hospital setting and private practice. She currently runs a breastfeeding support group at the hospital, the breastfeeding information hotline, and teaches childbirth education classes to new parents. Her wealth of knowledge, kind and caring approach to education and care makes her unique.
What Is A Lactation Coach?
A Lactation coach or consultant is a professional who has certifications and extra training in nursing/lactation. They help mother learn to or continue to breastfeed their baby/children. They can also provide prenatal education and preparation for expecting parents.
See below the challenges we can help you navigate:
- Poor or low milk supply
- Trouble with weight milestones
- Assisting with finding the right nursing position, especially after a C-section
- Keeping the baby awake at the breast
- Baby refusing to breastfeed
- Cluster feeding training
- Marathon breastfeeding sessions that leave you feeling drained
- Emotional and physical barriers to breastfeeding, including postpartum depression
- Pain while breastfeeding
- Cracked or bleeding nipples
- Teaching premature baby to breastfeed
- D-MAR (Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex)
Packages
Quick Question and Answer Call
30 Minute call to answer lactation questions.
1-Hour Zoom Consultation*
A one-on-one 1 hour zoom consultation to answer, assist, educated and asses all your lactation needs.
PRICE: $85
In-person 1-hour Consultation*
(Sarasota, Manatee County Only)
One hour in-home consultation. Hands on approach
PRICE: $159
*May Require a 15 minutes FREE discovery call about your needs.
Let's chat! Set up a free 15-minute consultation with me to see what we can accomplish together.
Click the SCHEDULE A CONSULTATION Tab above.
