No one feeding care plan is the same, both you and your baby are one of a kind which is to be celebrated.

Before you meet your little one

Preparing for Breastfeeding

  • Up to 1 Hour

  • From 37 weeks gestation 

  • (Please consult with the primary health care provider caring for you in pregnancy prior to attending this appointment).

$115.00 - Home Visit

    • A thorough and confidential health history will be taken - allowing us to identify any concerns or wishes you may have in being able to feed your baby.

    • A personalised plan of care surrounding your feeding preferences - exclusive or mixed feeding - and what that may look like for you once giving birth - in hospital or home.

    • Provision of an antenatal expressing kit (includes x 8 medical grade syringes with caps; freezer labels to apply to each colostrum filled syringe; 3 medicine grade cups; and instruction leaflet).

    • Education and participation in how to collect your colostrum from 37 weeks gestation (Please bring a cooling pack with you to this appointment to transport any colostrum collected). Safe storage guidelines can be found here : www.breastfeeding.asn.au/resources/storing-ebm

    • Correct flange size fitting for your breast pump if choosing to mix feed

Baby is in your arms

Initial Home Visit

  • Up to 2 hours

  • At any point along your breast/chestfeeding journey

$230.00 - Home Visit

    • Birth story debrief - if you would like your birth story heard?

    • Identify any concerns or challenges around feeding that may have arisen since the birth of your baby.

    • Support with breast/chestfeeding - ‘latch’/ ‘fit and hold’ techniques

    • Support and confirmation that you are on the right path with your feeding approach

    • Correct flange size fitting for your breast pump if mixed feeding

    • Support with mixed feeding syringe/cup/supplemental nursing line

    • Document baby’s weight and growth chart (The My Health, Learning and Development - green book - given to you at the birth of baby)

    • Personalised detailed feeding plan, including evidence based resources emailed on day of appointment

    • 7 days of unlimited ongoing support via email, SMS or phone call (your preference) from the day of your appointment.

Yes my baby and I can do this!

Follow-up Home Visit

  • Up to 1 1/2 hours

  • This consultation builds upon the foundations you learnt and are practicing from your initial visit. 

  • (There may be times where more complex or persisting issues may arise, and for this reason more than one consultation may be needed). 

$150.00 - Home visit 

    • Check in from last visit and see what is working for you & baby, your family, & what may need to be revisited, adjusted and/or practised with more guided support.

    • Personalised detailed feeding plan, including evidence based resources emailed on day of appointment

    • 7 days of unlimited ongoing support via email, SMS or phone call (your preference) from the day of your appointment.

Extended Support Package

  • Up to 5 hours

  • The ‘Extended Support Package’: for personal concentrated support over a period of up to 5 hours in one continuous consultation.

$495.00

  • This appointment is very nurturing for the feeding parent, for moments such as:

    • Your partner may not be able to stay home with you to provide the much needed support in the first few days, weeks and months after giving birth.

    • You may feel isolated from family and friends.

    • You are just happy to have additional, concentrated support within your home.

    This appointment offers everything that the initial appointment offers including the opportunity for you to be able to put into practice feeding techniques multiple times - whilst being actively led by your baby’s feeding cues as they arise, in a calm, relaxed and un-rushed environment.

    • Personalised detailed feeding plan, including evidence based resources emailed on day of appointment

    • 7 days of unlimited ongoing support via email, SMS or phone call (your preference) from the day of your appointment.

    When baby is not showing feeding cues this may be a wonderful time for you alone, with or without your partner, to rest/sleep knowing your baby is being cared for until they begin to show early feeding cues again. It is at this time I will follow your baby’s lead and come and gently wake you for the next feed.

Unable to book online, please email or phone 0413 449 737 to book this appointment.

Telehealth Video Support

  • Initial Postnatal Telehealth Lactation Support

    (Up to 1 1/2 hours) - $200.00 

  • Follow-up Postnatal Telehealth Lactation Support

    (Up to 1 hour) - $150.00

  • There may be times in your breast/chestfeeding journey that support needs to come to you and baby via Telehealth appointments with me.

    This is very successful for many parents who are unable to attend in person due to distance, transport issues, medical concerns and also personal preference. I run the Telehealth appointments through the Cliniko practice management software. You will be able to easily access this on any of your devices. An email with the link will be sent prior to your appointment.

    Telehealth appointments including all data collection of confidential information are compliant with data protection regulations of the Australian Privacy Principles, GDPR, PIPEDA AND HIPAA through Cliniko software.

    During the consultation we can assess how baby is attaching and I will guide you with making adjustments as needed to find that sweet spot of “Oh that feels better”. Often I will use visual aids to assist as I do in person home/clinic appointments. We can easily confirm transfer of milk both visually and audibly. I will guide you the whole way and answer all your concerns verbally followed by a personalised written care plan at the completion of the appointment.

    • 7 days of unlimited ongoing support via email, SMS or phone call (your preference) from the day of your appointment.

“Breastmilk is the ideal food for infants. It is safe, clean and contains antibodies which help protect against many common childhood illnesses” 

- WHO, World Health Organisation

I am affiliated with the following Health Care Funds:

Rebate eligibility will depend on your membership level of cover. Please call them directly to discuss.

  • ahm health insurance 

  • Bupa 

  • CBHS Health  

  • Defence Health

  • Emergency Services Health 

  • Health Partners

  • HCF

  • Medibank

  • Nib

  • Peoplecare Health Insurance

  • Police Health

  • Teachers Health 

I can support you with … 

  • Birth debrief and support

  • Recognising newborn feeding cues and behaviours 

  • Attachment & ‘Latch’/‘Fit and hold’ discomfort 

  • Nipple and breast discomfort

  • Engorgement

  • Blocked ducts

  • Mastitis

  • Low supply

  • Slow weight gain

  • Oversupply

  • Gastro-oesophageal reflux support

  • Breast/Bottle refusal  

  • Mixed feeding - syringe/cup/supplemental nursing supply-lines/bottles

  • Correct flange size fitting for breast pumps (from 37 weeks gestation)

  • Nipple vasospasm

  • Weaning from nipple shields

  • Relactation support

  • Gentle weaning at cessation of feeding journey

  • Education & support around normal and healthy sleep patterns

  •  ‘Baby-led weaning’ with introduction of solids 

  • Tongue-tie assessment & referral pathways if needed