LACTATION APPOINTMENTS:
My aim as a midwife and lactation consultant is to provide a safe and nurturing environment which offers support, information, kindness, reassurance in your own abilities, and above all leaves you feeling more confident in how you choose to feed your baby/ies.
ONE-ON-ONE PRIVATE PREPARATION SESSION
(up to 2.5 hours)
Consult in my clinic room in Lucerne, Switzerland or online.
A chance to discuss during pregnancy your biggest questions about breastfeeding - the session can be completely guided by your needs or we can navigate through the fundamentals and develop the session specific to you.
Examples of topics we can cover:
- How to navigate the first days in the hospital and/or at home.
- The importance of establishing a good milk supply.
- What to do if things don't go to plan during birth and at the beginning of feeding.
- How to achieve comfortable breastfeeding.
- Signs to look for to know your baby is feeding well.
- Discussion about previous experiences observing breastfeeding or unwanted scary stories from others around you.
- Needing to go back to work soon after birth and how to navigate continued breast and breast milk feeding.
- Inverted nipples or shapes and sizes of breasts/areola/nipples which you feel worried about and would like to discuss in more depth with a lactation consultant.
- Mental health support to find a method of feeding you baby which suits you.
- And together we can create your own personalised feeding plan for the arrival of your new baby.
Clinic room visit: 260CHF
Online appointment: 225CHF (Swiss Francs)
*(All email follow-up charged at standard Swiss medical rate of 20CHF per 15 min)
PRENATAL DEBRIEF AND PLANNING CONSULTATION
(up to 90 mins)
Consult in my clinic room in Lucerne, Switzerland or online.
A chance to discuss previous experiences and make a feeding plan for the arrival of your new baby.
- We can discuss what happened with previous pregnancy, birth and feeding experience/s
- Look at why certain outcomes occurred
- Give you a deeper understanding of how to approach this feeding experience to make it an enjoyable one for you and your baby
- Time to reflect and pause on what happened last time
- Discuss what you feel you need this time and how to best create the environment for this
You will leave with a plan, which we will make together to help you in the first few days and weeks on your next feeding journey.
Clinic room visit: 210CHF
Online appointment: 160CHF (Swiss Francs)
*(All email follow-up charged at standard Swiss rate of 20CHF per 15 min)