As part of our services we offer breastfeeding and lactation consultant visits. Your personal visit can be scheduled in your home, our local office, or through our HIPPA compliant virtual platform.

Find out more about the benefits breastfeeding can have for you and your baby!

What to expect at your first breastfeeding and lactation visit:

• Your consultant will take a complete health, prenatal, birth and feeding history.
• An Assessment of the breast that includes milk expression, appearance of the mother and her breast before and after feeding, and any other pertinent issues.
• Observation of the feeding in which the consultant watches the baby for pre-feeding behaviors, response to the feeding, assessment of the latch, and ability to transfer milk.
• A pre- and post-feeding weight will be taken to measure the volume of the intake at the breast. (Home or Office only)
• Help with positioning and latching.
• An oral assessment of baby’s mouth to check for any pertinent issues. (Home or office only)
• If you are pumping, we will help with pumping techniques, pumping schedules, and checking that flanges are the correct fit and your pump is in good working order.
• Answer any questions that the breastfeeding family may have.
• As time permits, pumping questions may be addressed; including brief measurement for proper flange fit.
• A written care plan will be developed by the consultant with the breastfeeding families’ input to help reach breastfeeding goals and resolve any issues.
• Documentation of the visit including the assessment(s) and care plan will be provided to the family and  shared with the families’ other health-care providers.

What to expect at a prenatal breastfeeding and lactation consult:

Schedule a visit before the arrival of your baby for one-on-one instruction covering Breastfeeding 101.

• A complete health history of the mother.
• An assessment of the breast.
• The golden hour and recommendations to get the best start to breastfeeding.
• Get help with your birth plan as it relates to breastfeeding.
• What to expect the early days home with a baby.
• Knowing baby is getting enough milk.
• Getting a good latch.
• Get assisted practice using a demo doll for comfortable positioning.
• Hand expression.
• What to do if the plans change.

Benefits of a home breastfeeding and lactation visit:

There are many benefits to having a breastfeeding and lactation visit in your home.

You are not required to leave your house with a new baby, and we bring everything to you. We can also work with you in your preferred nursing nook teaching you how to get the best experience in your personal space. Rest assured our office is your “home away from home” and we will do our best to make you comfortable. We have a reclining chair and even a futon to help parents achieve their best breastfeeding position.

The Cost of your lactation consult:

*A credit card is required on file for ALL of our patients utilizing our personal breastfeeding and lactation services.*

We are in network with Aetna, United Healthcare, UMR and Tricare East

You will have little to no out-of-pocket cost for our services if the mother is covered under the policy. If only the baby is covered we can still see you as an in-network provider but you can expect some out of pocket cost. Tricare only covers the lactating mother for in-network services. 

It is your responsibility to check with your insurance company to ensure that you are covered for lactation services. Disclaimer: Even if your insurance company tells you that you are covered at 100 percent, it is possible that some plans may assign you a patient responsibility of co-insurance, co-pay, or applying towards your deductible. There will be additional fees for weekends, after-hours, and home visit fees that insurance does not cover. Please see our Insurance FAQ page for more information.

Please be aware that with Aetna in-network coverage excludes plans through Allied Health. If you have Aetna and it is an Allied Health plan, we are not in-network and you will be self pay.

Even though we are in-network with your plan, telehealth may not be covered by some plans, and the full amount of the consult or co-payments/co-insurance/deductible may apply.

Any home services will be charged a home-visit convenience fee, this is a separate service and not billable through insurance. Cost details listed below. You can save on the cost if you choose to have an in-office visit. If you have questions, please email ibclc@breastfeedingatlanta.com or use the contact us form. 

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For more information on insurance.

If you or baby have Cigna insurance, please use the link below to verify your coverage. Once approved, your lactation visits will be covered at one hundred percent; there are additional fees for home visits, weekends and holidays, and same day visits, see price list below. 

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Out of Network:

If you are not covered with any of our in-network billing options, we will provide you with a Superbill. The Superbill can be submitted to your insurance to request reimbursement for lactation services.

We do recommend calling your insurance company and asking for a GAP exception before your visit. Under the affordable health care act, lactation is a covered service. (Read more here)

How to apply for a GAP exception from your insurance provider, read more here.

The Out-of-pocket Cost for services:

• A credit card is required on file for ALL of our patients and will be charged at the time of your visit for all out of pocket fees.
• Office Consult: $150*
• Follow-up Office: $125*
• Home Consult Visit: $250* within a 15 mile radius
• Follow-up Home Visit: $225* within a 15 mile radius
• Urgent/Same day visits: $100 surcharge (when available)
• Tricare home visit fee: $105 within a 15 mile radius
• Home visit fee: $65 within a 15 mile radius
• Home visit fee outside the 15 mile radius:
  • 15.1- 20.0 miles – additional $35
  • 20.1-24.9 miles – additional $70
  • 25+ miles- Call to discuss before scheduling
• Initial Virtual Consultation (90 – 120 MINS): $150*
• Follow-up Virtual Consultation (45-90 MINS): $125*
• Additional fee for afterhours visits (5 PM and beyond)/weekends/holidays: $50
• Additional fee for twins or multiples: $50
• Visits cancelled less than 24 hours: 50% of the cost of the visit total**
• Visits rescheduled less than 24 hours: $50 reschedule fee**
• Failure to return intake forms at least 6-hours before your visit will result in cancellation of your appointment and a fee of 50% of the cost of the visit total**

**Please be aware that when scheduling these appointments, we are blocking off up to two hours of a consultants time, if your appointment is cancelled last minute, it is difficult to fill that opening, resulting in missed work and pay for our consultants.**

Please reach out below if you don’t find an appointment time that works for you, in some cases we offer same day appointments for our breastfeeding services.