Welcome to Nature's Nutrition

Nature's Nutrition specializes in home consultations. We will come into your environment to assess and address any breastfeeding needs and concerns that you may have.

Breastfeeding is natural, but not instinctive. Breastfeeding must be learned. Sometimes that learning process is interrupted. Sometimes parents are not given good information. When those things happen, problems develop.

A Certified Lactation Consultant is a specialist in breastfeeding with skills necessary to help families from birth through weaning. A lactation consultant works with your family and your baby's doctor to develop an effective feeding plan tailored to your baby.

Some common questions we can answer are:

• How do I help my baby latch onto my breast?
• Why does my baby fall asleep at my breast and then cry when I put him/her down?
• How can I prevent or cure painful nipples?
• How can I reduce breast engorgement?
• How can my baby gain more weight while breastfeeding?
• How do I know when my baby is hungry?
• How can I increase my milk supply?
• How do I know if my baby is getting enough milk?
• What should I do if my baby sleeps too much?
• When should I introduce a bottle of breast milk?
• How do I express milk by hand?
• Should I use a breast pump?

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Affiliations

Western Wake Medical Center (Primary contractor)
SAS Institute
Kaiser Permanente of Raleigh
Wake Forest Pediatrics
Capital Pediatrics
Raleigh Pediatrics
Garner Pediatrics
Blue Cross, Cigna and other insurers (patient reimbursement)
Healthsource (out of network patient reimbursement)

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Breastfeeding Links and Useful Information

International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) [ website ]

American Academy of Pediatrics [ website ]

Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk [ AAP Policy Statement ]

CDC's Breastfeeding Resources [ website ]

La Leche League International [ website ]

Breastfeeding Basics [ website ]

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Testimonials

"Being able to nurse my daughter was important to me. Thanks to Kim's skill, understanding and incredible devotion, patience and sacrifice, we were able to teach our baby to nurse. Kim was persistent, but never pushy.

She listened and respected my feelings. She came into our home and brought hope and warmth and a smile to use during a very trying few days!" - S.M. Wake Forest

"We were given much needed emotional and practical support during a very critical time. If not for this help, we would have gave up on the hope of my wife breastfeeding our baby.

With Kim's help, my daughter learned to nurse and nursed all the way to her first birthday." - M.M.

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