Services

Emma offers In-Home and virtual lactation consultations. Below are descriptions of the various types of consultations and what to expect during the visit. Emma works with most PPO insurances through The Lactation Network (TLN) to provide 100% covered consultations.


The below descriptions are generalized to capture the wide range of consultations. However, each consultation is very individualized for the mom and baby! If you feel like you would benefit from any of these services, please contact Emma today!

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Prenatal Education

A Prenatal lactation consultation is highly recommended no matter how you plan to feed your baby! Get to know your lactation consultant before your baby arrives and set yourself up for success. Typically this occurs in the third trimester Some of the topics covered in a prenatal visit include: 

 

  • Mother’s medical history to determine if you have any pre-existing  health conditions that could effect your milk supply
  • The basics of milk production 
  • The first 2 weeks of your baby’s life, what to expect with your breasts
  • Latch Techniques
  • Hand-Expression 
  • Pain Prevention 
  • When to ask for help
  • Breastfeeding Accessories 

Post Partum

Baby is Here! Yay! Now What?! Quality breastfeeding support in the first few days can really impact your breastfeeding journey. During your postpartum consultations you will experience the following support:

 

  •  Weighted feed (see how much baby is transferring at the breast using a baby scale)
  • Nipple Wound / Engorgement care
  • Latch & positioning education
  • Bottle introduction support
  • Increasing Breastmilk Supply
  • Managing Oversupply
I highly recommend scheduling a new born lactation consultation in the first week of your baby’s life to get started on right track!

Additional Consult Types

In addition to the typical prenatal and newly postpartum visits, below are other ways a lactation consultation can be helpful for you

  • Bottle and/or Breast Refusal
  • Return to Work Support
  • Re-lactation (for surrogacy or adoption)
  • Late pregnancy loss / Managing your supply
  • Weaning 
  • Teething & Breastfeeding
  • Solid food introduction

HIPPA Notice of Privacy Practices

THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a federal law designed to protect your privacy whenever your health care providers, like the International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), have to discuss your case, or send information about you to different offices. All About Breastfeeding is required to keep a file to record our consult, but the private, protected health information (PHI) in it will be kept confidential. IBCLCs within the All About Breastfeeding can freely share all the details of your personal health information for purposes of “treatment, payment and health care operations.” That means the IBCLC can talk to you about your situation and discuss it with your other health care providers. If you are referred to other specialists, the IBCLC can send the information on to them. The IBCLC can also share information with your health insurance company if they need it. The law also requires All About Breastfeeding to share your information under other, very precise situations: for example, if a subpoena has been served on this office to turn over medical records or a federal agency is investigating a complaint that we have not been protecting your privacy. Any other time the IBCLC or All About Breastfeeding shares your personal health information must be with your specific, written authorization first. For example, you may want All About Breastfeeding to send information about your consultation to the Human Resources Dept. at your place of employ so they can pay you back under their corporate lactation support program. When you give All About Breastfeeding permission to turn over information about you, we can give out only the minimum amount of information needed to get the job done.

In the event that there are other instances where the IBCLC may wish to share your information, you will be asked to consent to each instance separately, and you may choose not to consent to any or all of this additional sharing. Under HIPAA, the IBCLC can call or write you to remind you to come back for an appointment or to tell you how you can get a product or service that might interest you and your family.

You have four rights under HIPAA:

1. Access: you can ask the IBCLC to see all of your protected health information (PHI) on file

2. Amendment: you can ask the IBCLC to change her files to amend inaccurate PHI

3. Disclosure Accounting: you can ask to whom the IBCLC has given your PHI

4. Restriction Request: you can put limits on the IBCLCʼs use and sharing of your PHI.

All About Breastfeeding’s duty under HIPAA is to give you this notice, so you understand that we have promised to keep your private health information confidential.

If this notice is amended in the future, we will make a new copy available.Lori J Isenstadt is the owner and Privacy Officer in this business and will answer your questions or concerns about how your privacy is protected. Her phone number is 623-362-2511.

You can complain if you think your privacy hasn’t been protected, and we have a duty to attempt to address the situation. If the Privacy Officer does not address your complaint adequately, you can go to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the federal Health and Human Services Dept., to ask that a formal investigation be made. You cannot be penalized for making a complaint. You can get all the details from them by calling (toll free) 1- 800-368-1019 or file a complaint at: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/index.html