Great Lakes Doulas is dedicated to helping families achieve their breastfeeding goals. We provide the education, guidance, and support you need for positive experiences. We offer a range of services to meet different needs. It’s important to choose your lactation support person before your baby arrives to ensure you have the right help when needed. Take a moment to learn about Emily and J0, our lactation specialists, in the bio section below.
Lactation Support
Our Services
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Moms desiring to breastfeed baby are at the greatest risk of giving up within the first 10 days after birth. This package was developed to help mamas with breastfeeding before problems arise, before pain, before worry, and to revise on-call support if an issue should arise.
Package includes:
- 1 prenatal educational visit
- 3 in-person visits; one within 24 hours of birth
- unlimited on-call support for the first 10 days ption text goes here
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Still securing the on-call support from a certified lactation counselor in a smaller package.
Package includes:
- 1 prenatal educational visit (45-60 min)
- 1 in-person visits in postpartum (90 min)
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An in-home visit with a certified lactation counselor to discuss your journey, your goals, and current concerns. Together we will observe a full feeding and discuss strategy to meet your goals and move forward.
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An in-office appointment with Occupational Therapist, Emily, to address oral motor concerns as it relates to infant feeding. In this appointment we can address issues such as tongue and lip mobility and jaw stability or torticollis while also considering the whole body and supporting with a holistic approach by addressing contributing factors.
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A two hour one-time class offered in our office. In this interactive experience you and your partner will understand the story of milk supply, infant behavior and instinctual drive to nurse, quality latch technique, milk management, troubleshooting strategies, and tools (including pumps and bottles). Class details and registration can be found in our classes page.
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Come hang out with us every Thursday at 11:00am in our community room with other women in their early motherhood. Get a small group lesson on latch, discuss a common nursing hot topic, and receive one-on-one support with one of our Lactation Counselors! All are welcome, no need to sign up or RSVP
Meet our lactation OTs!
Emily Beeman
Johannah Vande Linde
We are so fortunate to have not just one but TWO lactation OTs on our team to support our families in their lactation journey. As OTs and certified lactation counselors, Emily and Jo are extremely equipped to walk along side of you and your family to support you in your lactation goals. Emily loves working with moms in their lactation experience because she has walked that journey four times with her own children and knows with personal experience the variety of challenges that nursing can bring. Jo has found a passion for supporting babies with high needs and coaching in oral motor challenges. They both are also employed in the Corewell NICU and are confidant in supporting families through challenging situations by blending their OT skill with their comprehensive lactation wisdom. Their passion is in being able to see mothers achieve their nursing goals and will not hold back their many different skill sets in order to help you thrive!