Los Angeles + Costa Mesa
Lactation Consultant and Postpartum Doula
Lactation Offerings
I Accept Most Major Insurance Plans!
Lactation Consultants provide guidance from pregnancy through the postpartum period. Whatever a family's feeding journey entails, an IBCLC is there to support and hold space by troubleshooting and pivoting feeding and lactation challenges during this transitional time.
If Clarissa feels an additional visit is necessary for follow-ups or to provide sufficient support for that individual family, she will notify the patient to ultimately decide if they would like future support. Additionally, referrals will be made on an as-needed basis dependent on infant assessments, lactating parent assessments, perinatal mental health, or overall safety.
Note: Lactation Consultants are mandated reporters.
Private in home, in office, or virtual visit for personalized education and preparation for expectant parents that include comprehensive evidence-based lactation and feeding education centered around that family's goals and knowledge base.
Private in home Lactation and Feeding support during a family's feeding journey. Services include: oral assessment, flange fitting, feeding/pump schedule, weight checks, latch troubleshooting, supply maintenance, & guiding families in goal setting.
Offering Office Visits Starting April 13 in Costa Mesa!
Schedule via booking page or contact me!
Private in office Lactation and Feeding support during a family's feeding journey. Services include: oral assessment, flange fitting, feeding/pump schedule, weight checks, latch troubleshooting, supply maintenance, & guiding families in goal setting.
Nursing Nest Feeding Support Group
Optional Donation $20
In Person support around feeding and lactation in Costa Mesa, CA.
Come for: community with fellow parents, ask basic feeding questions, weighted feeds, & latch, pumping, and bottle support.
​​
​
Note: If I feel an in individual visit is necessary to answer your specific questions and provide more complex support, that may be recommended.
Virtual
Lactation Consult
$150 Video, 60 minutes
$100 Phone Call, 30 minutes
Private Video Consult to provide Lactation and Feeding support during a family's feeding journey.
Private Phone Call to provide brief general Lactation and Feeding support during a family's feeding journey.
​
Services include: talking through general lactation and feeding challenges, check-ins after virtual or in-person consults,
​​
​
Note: If I feel an in-person visit is necessary, that may be recommended.
Prenatal Newborn Care Class
$200 in home, 75 minutes
This in home class is for individual expectant families wanting prenatal education around newborn care.
​
Note: This is not an in depth feeding class. Feeding prenatals are separate.
Group Virtual
Lactation Basics Class for Birth Workers
$125 Virtual, 3 hours
This is an interactive group class for birth workers (doula, NCS, or any other caregiver who is curious to learn about feeding and supporting clients) held over Zoom scheduled ~ quarterly.
It covers the basics of lactation and how to best support our lactating clients by encouraging parents to make individual feeding goals, referring out to an IBCLC or other professional as needed, and simply being a nonjudgmental listening ear.
Lactation Offerings
Lactation Consultants provide guidance from pregnancy through the postpartum period. Whatever a family's feeding journey entails, an IBCLC is there to support and hold space by troubleshooting and pivoting feeding and lactation challenges during this transitional time.
If Clarissa feels an additional visit is necessary for follow-ups or to provide sufficient support for that individual family, she will notify the patient to ultimately decide if they would like future support. Additionally, referrals will be made on an as-needed basis dependent on infant assessments, lactating parent assessments, perinatal mental health, or overall safety.
Note: Lactation Consultants are mandated reporters.
Nighttime Postpartum Doula Support
$75/hour
8-9 hour shifts
The Fourth Trimester (the first 3 months after birth) is one of the most special yet transitional times in a birthing person's life, and a Postpartum Doula is there to help create a safe, non-biased, and accepting environment for everyone, while providing newborn education and practical relief to sleepy parents. Doulas do not take over childcare, but rather provide newborn care during parents' self care: eating, sleeping, showering, etc.
Although Postpartum Doulas do not provide the same level of lactation education that IBCLC's do, I am happy to provide lactation services for my doula clients. However, I must differentiate between the scopes of practice at the time I am providing services to families in order to remain in the scope of whatever role I am in at that time.
If you have questions about my support, contact me!
