Making Milk & Accessing Human Milk

Caring for an infant can be stressful at times, but the recent formula shortage has really amplified all the normal infant feeding stressors. We see you all struggling with the extra pressure to make milk or know where you’ll find the formula your baby tolerates best.

Here are some tips for making milk and accessing human milk:

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Welcome, Lisa!

Nurture is excited to grow our team by bringing on Lisa Sheer as a contractor! Lisa is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). She has a background working with WIC and private practice as the owner of Latching On. She serves Coshocton, Muskingum, Licking, Knox, Guernsey, Holmes, and Tuscarawas Counties. We are excited to bring Lisa’s expertise to Nurture and expand insurance coverage by bringing affordable lactation care to more Ohio Counties. To schedule with Lisa,

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Breastfeeding is Confidence!

Allyson Wessells, PT, MPT, IBCLC

Breastfeeding is visual, breastfeeding is movement, but probably more than anything, breastfeeding is confidence! We see it daily in the families that call on us as lactation consultants to help them through basic to complex challenges. The look on a parent’s face is confidence as they discover how to hold their baby, help their baby move, know that their baby is getting enough, and learn about the biology that has propelled us through time.

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Finding the Perfect Pump Flange Fit

Let’s chat about pump flanges. You have likely heard that it is possible your pump flange is either too large or too small. If you did a quick internet search, you soon realized there are endless possibilities for sizes and shapes of flanges. And, well, it is quite overwhelming. Your Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) can help you navigate the perfect flange fit and find the right pump setting for you.

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Nurture Travel Area

Thank you for considering Nurture to support your family! Nurture serves Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield (Northwest), Franklin, Guernsey, Hancock, Hardin, Holmes, Knox, Licking, Logan, Madison, Marion, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Muskingum, Putnam, Tuscarawas, Union, Van Wert Counties with in-home lactation, accepting both self pay and insurance. Currently, Physical Therapy is available for Franklin County.

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