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What to Expect During
Your Feeding Visit

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Prenatal Visit

(Available exclusively to Packaged Care clients)

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Prenatal care with Crystel Corbin, RN, IBCLC is designed to prevent feeding challenges before they begin. These visits are educational, strategic, and individualized to your medical history, anatomy, and birth plan.

 

During Your Prenatal Visit We May Address:

  • Breast and nipple assessment

  • Colostrum expression education (when appropriate)

  • Individualized feeding plan based on your history

  • Previous breastfeeding challenges

  • Low milk supply risk factors

  • Thyroid, anemia, PCOS, insulin resistance considerations

  • C-section and induction planning

  • Golden Hour planning, skin to skin

  • How often to feed your newborn

  • Hospital pumping strategies

  • Flange sizing and pump education

  • Return-to-work planning

  • Bottle introduction strategy

  • Oral restriction prevention awareness

  • How to identify a functional latch

  • Preventing mastitis and plugged ducts

  • Partner education and role support

  • Review pump and set up pump

  • Bottles and pacis for jaw and palate formation

  • Creating a postpartum feeding rhythm

  • Supplementation planning if medically indicated

  • Milk storage and freezer planning

  • Setting realistic expectations for the first 6 weeks

 

Prenatal clients consistently report lower stress, higher confidence, and stronger milk supply outcomes.

Postpartum Visit

Postpartum visits are tailored to meet you exactly where you are — whether that’s day 1, week 6, or month 10.

 

These Visits Support Families With:

 

Latch & Feeding Mechanics

  • Shallow latch

  • Painful breastfeeding

  • Lipstick-shaped nipples

  • Clicking during feeds

  • Nipple damage or trauma

  • Baby popping on and off

  • Fast letdown management

  • Slow milk transfer

  • Weighted feeds

 

Oral Function & Tension

  • Suspected tongue tie or lip tie

  • Pre- and post-frenotomy support

  • Oral motor dysfunction

  • Disorganized suck-swallow-breathe

  • High palate

  • Torticollis and body tension patterns

  • Referral coordination (PT/OT/CST/Chiro/ENT/Dentistry)

 

Milk Supply

  • Low milk supply

  • Oversupply

  • Relactation

  • Pumping optimization

  • Flange sizing

  • Hands-free pump troubleshooting

  • Increasing output

  • Milk storage plans

 

Breast Health

  • Plugged ducts

  • Mastitis prevention & management

  • Recurrent mastitis

  • Oversupply

  • Vasospasm

  • Engorgement

  • Inflammation support

 

Bottle & Combination Feeding

  • Bottle refusal

  • Paced feeding

  • Formula integration

  • Fortifying breast milk

  • Pumping & supplementing

  • Transitioning from triple feeding

  • Weaning plans

 

Special Situations

  • NICU babies

  • Premature infants

  • C-section recovery

  • Reflux symptoms

  • Food sensitivities

  • Dairy elimination guidance

  • Return-to-work pumping plans

  • Weaning (gentle or structured)

LatchIA.com Est.2020

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