Hailey was born on 4/15/2020 at 39 weeks. The delivery went very smooth and with all the COVID precautions we were able to leave the hospital after 24 hours. Unfortunately, Hailey's weight had already dropped by 9%. Hailey was very fussy and acting hungry and my milk still had not come in. We both were frustrated and really discouraged. As a NICU nurse and a new mom, I was nervous about her weight loss and that it seemed she wasn’t getting much milk. I immediately contacted Stacy because she came highly recommended from all of my coworkers that had used her in the past. We were able to do a virtual visit and she got me started on a pumping schedule while we began supplementing with a combination of breastmilk and formula until my milk starting increasing. By day 5 my milk was finally where it should be and after 2 weeks Hailey was almost back to birth weight! She will be 6 weeks old tomorrow and even though it was a rough start, I am happy to say that breastfeeding is really going great now!

When we welcomed our son into the world in the middle of a pandemic, we never had a chance to attend birthing classes or get any of our answers to important questions like “How do you pump properly? What is a good latch? What is a tongue tie? How do I know if he’s eating enough?”.
Then, two weeks after he was born, both of us had thrush. He wouldn’t eat, wouldn’t nurse and wow did my breasts hurt. That set the pace for his first few months! There was reflux and medications, bottle refusal, clogged ducts—then at about 5 months I had to start supplementing with formula and switching largely to pumping and serving.
That’s when I met Stacy! I could not keep up my milk supply no matter how hard I tried. Meeting with her was one the best decision because after watching me pump she explained that I wasn’t using the proper flange size. I was using the pump correctly but needed a better size. She also made some suggestions about how to increase my milk supply. Guess what…it all worked! After our session and following all of her recommendations, I was able to pump almost 3 weeks of feedings for our freezer and keep up with his daily intake. Here we are 9 months later!”

When I was pregnant I remember getting the question “Are you going to breastfeed?” Often. I always answered, that I’d planned to if I was able but didn’t want to put added stress on an already life changing time. Then the time came and it was harder in different ways than I expected.

I called Stacy within the first week and was able to set up a consultation quickly. Stacy also noticed his tongue was restricted right away. She showed us what she was talking about, explained how it effects feeding and more and referred us to an awesome ENT. Within the week our pediatrician also saw and evaluated the tongue tie and gave the referral and recommendation to have it fixed. We had the procedure done week 2 and noticed an improvement in his latch very quickly. Though I still had quite a bit of pain, the ENT and Stacy assured us it’s take some time but he would learn to use his tongue more effectively. We had a follow up with Stacy a week later and she showed us some more tongue exercises. Every time she came I felt more and more confident.