Services Overview
Flow Lactation offers a variety of ways that you and your family can connect with an IBCLC as you work towards your breastfeeding goals.
What Is an IBCLC?
Professional lactation support generally comes from three different types of providers: IBCLCs, Counselors/Educators, and Peer Support. You may encounter a variety of titles and roles as you navigate pregnancy and beyond. The chart below can help to identify which type of care is best for you and your baby. Many insurance plans only cover lactation care provided by an IBCLC. Flow Lactation is proud to offer care from IBCLCs.
| IBCLC Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant |
CLC/CLE/CBS
Certified Lactation Counselor Certified Lactation Educator Certified Breastfeeding Specialist |
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Types of Appointments Available
In-Home Consults
Ideal for families in Charlottesville & Crozet
There is no match for the convenience. When a lactation consultant comes to you (view our in-home service area), you have the opportunity to practice feeding on your own couch, with your own pillows, like you do every day.
Learn to nurse baby in your own bed or upright in your carrier, strategize how to streamline night feeds, and review pumping or bottles with your own equipment.
Office Consults
Ideal for all clients
Flow Lactation’s office includes free parking and an easy ground-floor entrance, expanding access to care for families throughout central Virginia. Here you can explore over 15 pumps, and stock up on helpful breastfeeding supplies. All prenatal consults take place in the office.
Located within Kindred Cville at 501 Faulconer Drive, Suite 1A, Charlottesville, VA 22903
Virtual Consults
Ideal for busy families or for those outside of Central Virginia
Achieve the convenience of a home visit regardless of where you are. This is a great way to touch base with an IBCLC, especially for strategizing issues like introducing solids, navigating teething, or weaning. If this consultation involves checking flange fit or latching, you may need to email a few short videos before your consultation, which you can review with the IBCLC during your appointment.
As of 2024, we are unable to offer virtual care to Aetna clients. We apologize for any inconvenience.
All Services We Offer
Prenatal Consult
Get ahead before baby arrives — plan your feeding goals, discuss latch prep, and get all of your questions answered. Go over registry items, setting up feeding stations at home, and get priority scheduling for your first postpartum consult.
Starting Solids Class
Begin solids with confidence. Learn signs of readiness, safe food size and texture for each stage, how to approach allergens, and strategies to continue breastfeeding in this exciting new phase. We will review high chairs and positioning, water cups, and more!
Pump Donation Program
Ready to send your gently used pump on to its next adventure? Could having an extra pump make life easier? You’ve come to the right place.
Newborn Consult
In-home, office, or virtual — get hands-on support for latch, supply, and early feeding. Ensure baby is getting enough to eat, keep feedings comfortable, and protect your milk supply in the critical early weeks.
Prenatal Breastfeeding Basics Class
Learn to latch baby comfortably, navigate cluster feeds and engorgement, establish milk supply, and ensure baby will grow well. So many changes happen in the early weeks with baby, which is a critical time to establish your milk supply; this class is all about getting you and your baby the best start possible.
Newborn Scale Rental
Rent a pediatric scale to weigh before and after feeds from the comfort of home. Choose from standard scales or professional-grade, depending on your needs.
Follow-Up or Older Baby Consult
Babies keep growing and new issues always come up. Whether it’s your first or your third, each breastfeeding experience can come with questions along the way. Get personalized care throughout your breastfeeding experience, even as you wean.
Pumps & Bottles Class
Overwhelmed with options? Explore over 14 pumps (including wearables) to see what might be best for you. Learn about flange fitting, how to store milk safely, and convenient ways to get your pumped milk home to baby. Gain a better understanding of bottle types, including paced bottle feeding. You’ll be a pumping pro by the end!
Milk Meet Ups
Borrow a baby carrier, or check out the Donation Dresser next time you're at the office. You might just snag freebies of the things you had added to cart during that 2am feeding session.