A Centered Approach for You And Your Child
Important Notice Regarding COVID-19
As you may be aware, the WHO has declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. As advised by our provincial government to help prevent exposure and transmission of this virus In-home Visits and consults are not being offered at this time. New Telehealth / Virtual Consults are now being offered.
Now Offering Virtual / Telehealth Appointments
Private Lactation Support Services
Support and guidance around various breastfeeding challenges include but are not limited to the following:
- Latch difficulties
- Milk supply
- Sore, damaged nipples
- Plugged ducts
- Engorgement
- Mastitis
- Breast surgery
- Premature infants
- Multiples ex. Twins, triplets
- Tongue ties – assessment only; referral for frenotomy if needed
- Lip ties – assessment only; referral for lip release if needed
- Milk Expression – hand expression and breast pumping
Prenatal Breastfeeding Support:
Please contact me to discuss your personalized needs and/or concerns, so we may make a plan suited to your needs.
Price List
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Virtual / Telehealth – Lactation Support
Initial Consult – Virtual/Telehealth: up to 60 mins
Includes a personalized feeding plan & 1 week of follow-up support via phone/email.
$125
Follow Up Consultation – Virtual/Telehealth: up to 45 mins
Includes a personalized feeding plan.
$75
Home Visit – Lactation Support
Home visit payments must be made by Interac e-transfer or cheque. If paying by cheque, please make cheque out to “Calgary Breastfeeding Centre Inc.”
Initial Consult: up to 120 mins
Includes a personalized feeding plan & 1 week of follow-up support via phone/email
$245
Follow-up Consult: up to 60 mins
Includes a personalized feeding plan & 1 week of follow-up support via phone/email
$150
My Story
“Oh you’re an L.C.? That’s great; you will be a pro with your own babies.”
I’ve repeatedly received common remarks like that but the truth is those comments are far from the truth. Even though I may be a maternity nurse and L.C., being a mother and parent is completely different. First of all there are situations that can happen that are completely out of your control, like my daughter having a difficult birth resulting in her being in the NICU and me having a low milk supply, or my son having a thick posterior tongue tie resulting in him feeding for an hour or longer and not being satisfied (even though I had lots of milk this time). I didn’t even notice my son’s tongue-tie until another friend of mine (also an L.C.) advised me to take a closer look (after more than 8 weeks of torture – yup, that’s what it felt like).
With my daughter now 8 years old, I had a feeding plan that resulted in my daughter being supplemented with formula throughout her entire breastfeeding journey. This feeding included pumping every 3 hours around the clock for 4 months straight. So I would breastfeed, pump, supplement, and repeat 3 hours later. I was physically and emotionally drained and I promised myself that if I had another child I would not go through that again. I was also on so many medications to help boost my milk supply. Fast forward: 7 years later I have another child (a son) and wow he was able to latch on right away and I had milk already expressed prenatally, so that was a bonus! But the long feedings were so exhausting that I felt “suffocated” in a weird type of way. But, with help from friends who work in the same area, a great physician (& L.C.), and my family those long feeds eventually subsided and here I am almost a year later still breastfeeding and exclusively.
Breastfeeding is not all glamorous – maybe for some, but not for the majority – especially at the beginning, no matter who you are or what education you may have. To have access to proper and ongoing support from family, friends, and professionals is what can make all the difference in the world! My goal and promise to my clients is to not pressure them into breastfeeding but educate them and to help them find their own breastfeeding goals with their baby, whether it is to exclusively breastfeed or partially breastfeed; because any amount of breastfeeding is better then none at all! My philosophy is about being there for the mother/parent and family and working with them, not for them. A happy mother/parent brings a happy baby.
One Love,
Nicole