Lactation & Infant Feeding
Feeding support for every method, and no pressure to choose one.
Counseling when feeding is not going the way you hoped, and education before it starts.
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Lactation Counseling
Feeding support centered on your goals.
There is no single right way to feed a baby.
Mycelia Birth Co. offers individualized lactation and infant-feeding counseling for families navigating breastfeeding/chestfeeding, pumping, bottle feeding, combination feeding, relactation, prenatal feeding preparation, and other feeding concerns within the scope of lactation counseling support.
Care should feel collaborative, inclusive, individualized, and centered around the client’s own feeding goals.
Launching Soon. Lactation counseling isn’t taking bookings yet. It opens once my credentialing is confirmed. Join the list and I’ll email you when it does.
Lactation counseling training completed through the Healthy Children Project, with CLC credentialing in progress through the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice. I am not yet a CLC, and I am not an IBCLC.
What’s Included
Good to know
Mycelia Birth Co. is based in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. In-person sessions cover Philadelphia, Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks and Chester Counties, plus Dauphin County (the Harrisburg area), Pennsylvania, and its surrounding counties, including Cumberland. Virtual sessions are available more broadly. The full service area is on the Contact page.
Lactation counseling is non-clinical support. When something needs a clinical eye I will say so, and help you get to an IBCLC or your own provider — that is a handoff, not a dead end.
Lactation Support Package
Includes:
- 1 initial 90-minute counseling session
- 2 follow-up counseling sessions, 45 minutes each
- 4 weeks brief text/email follow-up
- Educational resources
- Written recommendations
- Issue-specific handouts
- Lactation Educational Packet
- Mycelia Community Resource Guide
Scope & Collaborative Care
Lactation counseling is one part of a bigger circle of care. When something falls outside the scope of lactation counseling support, that’s not a dead end — it’s a handoff. Mycelia Birth Co. may refer to, or work alongside, an IBCLC or another appropriate healthcare provider so you get exactly the level of support your situation calls for, without losing the relationship you’ve already built.
Breastfeeding & Chestfeeding Prep
Learn how lactation works before you’re learning it on no sleep.
A more in-depth prenatal class focused specifically on lactation and human-milk feeding — so the basics feel familiar before your baby arrives, not brand-new at 3 a.m.
Lactation counseling training completed through the Healthy Children Project, with CLC credentialing in progress through the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice.
Topics
- Lactation physiology
- Colostrum
- Milk changes
- First hour/day/week
- Latch
- Positioning
- Hand expression
- Pumping
- Feeding frequency
- Cluster feeding
- Signs feeding is going well
- Common concerns
- When to seek help
- Hospital feeding practices
- Questions to ask
- Partner/support-person education
- Returning to work/school
- Building a lactation support plan
Launching Soon
Breastfeeding & Chestfeeding Prep isn’t bookable yet. I’m finalizing the details and pricing. Join the interest list and I’ll email you when it opens.
This class is non-clinical. When something needs hands-on or clinical attention, I’ll say so and help you find the right provider — that’s a handoff, not a dead end.
Infant Feeding Basics
Prepare to feed your baby — without pressure to choose one “right” way.
An inclusive feeding class for any family, however you plan to feed your baby — bottle, formula, combination feeding, or breast and chest feeding — or if you’re still deciding.
This is general feeding education, not lactation counseling. One-on-one feeding support is a separate service, Lactation Counseling.
Lactation counseling training completed through the Healthy Children Project, with CLC credentialing in progress through the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice. I am not yet a CLC, and I am not an IBCLC.
Topics
- Feeding in the first hours/days
- Feeding cues
- Feeding frequency
- Breastfeeding/chestfeeding basics
- Bottle feeding
- Formula feeding
- Paced bottle feeding
- Combination feeding
- Colostrum
- Early milk production
- Positioning
- Latch basics
- Pumping
- Milk expression
- Common early challenges
- Partner/support-person role
- When to seek additional support
- Realistic feeding-support planning
Format & Investment
Other classes
Two of the offerings above are classes. These are the rest.
Related Resources
Curated reading, handouts, and community resources for this service.
Resources chosen for Birth Doula Support are being added here. In the meantime, the full list of checked organizations is on the Resources page.
However you plan to feed, you can prepare.
Book a free Introductory Call and we’ll talk through where you are and what the class would cover for your family.
A free 15-minute call, by phone or video. Bring whatever you are least sure about.