Comprehensive Lactation Birth Story Healing Mindfulness Coaching
Book your visit with Lorraine today!
Comprehensive Lactation Birth Story Healing Mindfulness Coaching
Book your visit with Lorraine today!
What I Offer
Lactation Services
Skilled Lactation Service that will help you:
Determine what your baby is getting at the breast/chest.
Get a comfortable latch.
Determine if your baby has a tongue tie (and how to move forward).
How to make more milk.
How to manage your supply.
How to pump (all the things!).
Learn how to manage plugged ducts and resolve mastitis.
How to nurse more than one baby!
Learn how to breastfeed babies that were in the NICU, adopted, or have special needs.
Induce lactation for your baby!
Navigate going back to work.
Learn about your baby's body and reflexes.
Play with and move your baby in a way that helps them meet their milestones!
Support your baby in tummy time!
Learn to soothe your baby.
Help calm your baby's tummy.
Prenatal visits are also available!
Insurance accepted!
Birth Story Healing
Are you struggling to come to terms with your birth story?
You are not alone. Many postpartum people find that their birth experience can be a difficult and even traumatic event. When this happens it can have a lasting impact on their physical and emotional well being.
If you are one of these people, you may be looking for a way to process your experience and move on.
The method I use, Inner Relationship Focusing, is a gentle and effective way to process your birth story. It helps you mindfully connect with your body and emotions and to find a sense of peace and closure.
You will be invited to share your memories, feelings, and sensations. As you do, I will help you to identify and release the stored emotions and hurt.
Birth Story Healing can help you to:
- Reduce anxiety and stress
- Improve sleep
- Increase energy
- Reclaim your body
- Regain a sense of control
- Build trust in your body
- Move on with your life
**This modality and your time with me is not to be seen as a replacement for therapy when it is needed. However, my services can be a supportive adjunct and complementary to the work you may already be doing with your therapist.
All sessions are offered virtually.
All Sessions are one hour: $95
HSA cards accepted
Mindful Coaching and Classes
Are you overwhelmed with the demands of parenthood?
Feel like you are always running on fumes?
Feel more edgy than usual with your loved ones?
If you are trying to find calm amidst the chaos (otherwise known as life with baby/kids) then my mindfulness offerings may be for you.
I offer classes, groups, and 1:1 mindfulness coaching sessions to help you develop resilience to life's ups and downs.
You will find greater calm and patience within yourself that can result in being more present in your life and with your child(ren).
We will practice mindful meditation and self compassion techniques to help grow your awareness which will allow you to live more fully and with more joy!
All sessions offered virtually!
All Sessions are one hour: $95
About Lorraine
Registered Nurse, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Perinatal Mental Health-Certified, Mom of 3
My love of birth and breastfeeding began with my own personal experience with my son. I had many challenges and felt so overwhelmed! The help I received was so compassionate and comprehensive that it inspired me to want to do the same for other mothers.
At that time I was a pediatric bone marrow transplant and oncology nurse at Duke University Hospital. When I returned to work after taking some time off to be home with my children, I was lucky enough to secure a job at the Women’s Birth and Wellness Center as a labor, birth and postpartum nurse in 2008. I have since had nearly two decades of experience assisting with births both in hospitals and in birth centers.
I became a lactation consultant in 2011 and have grown and developed my skills, knowledge, and intuitive know-how over the years. I also have a strong mindfulness meditation practice that I weave into the work that I do. In 2019, I became a certified Inner Relationship Focusing guide. This allowed me to work more deeply with parents that were struggling with difficult births and the challenging emotions that often come along with new parenthood. I am pleased to now offer Birth Story Healing and Mindfulness Coaching virtually - extending my reach beyond Durham, NC.
To better support postpartum people, I became certified in perinatal mental health through Postpartum Support International to help identify mood disorders and to guide families toward finding support.
I am passionate about working with new families in the postpartum period and I am continually humbled and awed by the experience. When I am not hanging out with you and your family, I am hanging out with mine! Usually somewhere local, eating good food!
Community Engagement
