Lactation Support & Resources
Every journey involving breast and/or chest feeding is unique. Support is available and here are some resources to connect with around varying lactation needs. Hospitals, birthing centers and home birth practices can often point you toward their own in house referrals within this area.
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From their website:
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Northwest Mothers Milk Bank is a nonprofit donor milk bank established in 2008. Our mission is to improve the health and survival of the Pacific Northwest’s most vulnerable infants. We believe that every baby deserves access to human milk. We carry out our mission through the safe collection and distribution of human donor milk, education, advocacy, and research.
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Hello! Thank you for visiting Portland Lactation. We are Melissa Curry, IBCLC and Rosemary Ragusa, IBCLC formerly of Natural Latch, a lactation practice founded by Meg Stalnaker, IBCLC.
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We offer many types of appointments to meet your needs. Our passion is providing in-home care but we can also meet virtually for telehealth appointments, if needed.
We serve all of greater Portland as well as Gresham, Happy Valley, Oregon City, Gladstone, Milwaukie, Clackamas, and Vancouver. If you live outside of a 10 mile radius of SE Portland, there may be a travel fee which will be assessed based on your location.
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Luna Lactation & Wellness provides comprehensive support to families and individuals coping with feeding concerns. Our practice is a micro-practice, which is a healthcare model in which providers focus on individualized, client-centered care since they keep their practice small. Our practice focuses on individualized care with your feeding and goals being our top priority. We understand that feeding, lactation, and wellness issues can be a physical and emotional roller coaster ride. Luna is honored to provide nurturing, comprehensive care. We provide inclusive support for all aspects of infant feeding and lactation. We also offer therapeutic herbal care for all ages.
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Luna Lactation & Wellness is committed to providing personalized, comprehensive care so that each family can define their own feeding and wellness goals.
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Droplet’s mission is to encourage parents to take advantage of this critical window with the most effective breastfeeding techniques in order to prevent common challenges. What happens (or doesn’t happen) in the earliest hours matters the most.
The cornerstone of successful breastfeeding is a plentiful milk supply. We will help mothers go into delivery understanding that milk removal in the first few hours, either by the baby, herself or her partner, is the key for future milk production. Simply put, it’s early milk out, later milk in.​
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