From Pregnancy to weaning
One team for your whole breastfeeding journey
Start wherever you are. We’ll meet you there.
1
Before baby
Breastfeeding education
Choose between in-person and online courses, or a free prep series.
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2
First weeks & beyond
Breastfeeding help
1:1 with an IBCLC at home or on video. Many consults are covered by insurance.
3
When it’s medical
Breastfeeding medicine
Anna, our CNM and WHNP, treats mastitis, thrush, and other issues.
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Board-certified IBCLCs
In-home across Utah or virtual
Over 600 families served
Explore The Lactation Collection
Published pages from The Lactation Collection, grouped for browsing. Snapshot from 2026-10-23.
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In-person and virtual consults
Check your insurance
Coverage pages by insurer
- Aetna Lactation Coverage
- Anthem BCBS Lactation Coverage
- Cigna Lactation Coverage
- Claritev Lactation Coverage
- DMBA Lactation Coverage
- First Choice Health Lactation Coverage
- Imagine Health Lactation Coverage
- Optum Lactation Coverage
- PHCS Lactation Coverage
- PNOA Lactation Coverage
- Sutter Health Lactation Coverage
- United Healthcare Lactation Coverage
- ValuePoint Lactation Coverage
- VNPN Lactation Coverage
Help topics
Common problems, one page each
Blog
Stories and practical posts
- How to Breastfeed with Flat or Inverted Nipples: 10 Tricks to Make It Work
- What are Plugged Milk Ducts and How do You Prevent Them while Breastfeeding?
- Road Trip with a 12 Month Old: Ideas and Personal Experiences
- 7 Breastfeeding Pumping Tips to Get More Breastmilk
- Breastfeeding and Pacifiers: What You Need to Know
- What, Why, and How to Hand Express Breastmilk
- Pumping: Are You Using the Right Flange Size?
- Finding the Right Bottle & Nipple for Your Breastfeeding Baby
- How Often to Replace Pump Parts
- Best Pacifiers for Breastfed Babies
- What An IBCLC Can Do for You
- How to Use a Nipple Shield for Flat or Inverted Nipples: An IBCLC Guide
- Announcing Our New Guide, Managing Breast Engorgement: A Practical Guide
- Announcing Our New Guide: Position and Latch Checklist
- Breastfeeding and Returning to Work or School
- Breastfeeding in Public: Is it Legal?
- Newborn Hunger Cues–Learn Which Are Early, Mid, and Late-stage
- How to Fix a Shallow Latch & Get Baby to Latch Deeper
- Infant or Baby Massage: What is it, and why should I do it?
- Will I produce enough breastmilk for my baby?
- Breastmilk Supply: Signs of Low Breastmilk Supply
- Breastfeeding Twins: Anna’s Experience
- How to Start Relactation
- 15 Things Your Nursing Station Needs
- How to Increase Milk Supply with Hypothyroidism
- What I Learned from the 2018 Thriving Mom Conference
- Breastmilk Storage Guidelines: How to Safely Store Breastmilk at Room Temperature, in the Fridge, and the Freezer
- 6 Ways to Increase Your Breastmilk Supply
- 6 Ways to Prepare for Breastfeeding Before Having Your Baby
- 10 Ways for Partners to Support Breastfeeding
- Mama & Baby: Breastfeeding While Sick
- How Much Milk Should My Baby Drink?
- How to Prepare to Breastfeed Twins: A Guide for Soon-to-be Mamas
- How to Get a Breastpump from Insurance
- Pumping and Breastfeeding: Why, When, & How Often
- Guide to Power Pumping
- Breastfeeding Latch: The First Fundamental of Breastfeeding
- Newborn Weight Loss: What to Expect
- Understanding Your Baby's Weight Gain in the First Year
- Postpartum Exercise: Will it Affect My Milk Supply?
- Understanding Responsive or On-Demand Feeding
- The Golden Hour After Birth: What is it and why is it so important?
- Relactation: Everything You Need to Know to Succeed
- 5 Common Breastfeeding Concerns
- The Benefits of Breastfeeding for Baby
- Breastmilk Composition: What Is It Made Of?
- Understanding Your Baby’s Stomach Size and How Much Milk They Need
- Less-common Breastmilk Uses
- Is your baby getting enough breastmilk?
- Is Your Baby Ready to Eat Solid Foods? A Mama's Guide to Starting Right
- Breastfed Baby Weight Gain and Growth Charts
- Preparing for a C-section: What you need to know
- Jen Kane's First Delivery
- Survival Guide: Baby's First Two Weeks
- C-Section Recovery Tips
- 10 Steps Closer to Pregnancy
- Ask for Help
- Notes from a Twin Mama & Twin Breastfeeding Positions
- 5 Most Common Breastfeeding Positions
- Announcing The Free Breastfeeding Support Group
- Navigating Newborn Jaundice: A Guide for Breastfeeding Parents
- The Relaxation Hormone: Discovering the Wonders of Oxytocin in Breastfeeding
- Embracing a New Chapter: Prenatal Insights is Now The Lactation Collection
- Let’s Talk Birth Control Methods
- Skin-to-Skin Contact with your Baby
- Your Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy
- My Infertility Story
- Tavin’s Birth Story
- 9 Postpartum Thoughts
- The Day I Had to Say “Goodbye” to Breastfeeding my Little Lady
- AdriAnne’s Breastfeeding Story: Try as I Might, I Still Didn’t Like It
- The Importance of Skin-to-Skin Contact with your Newborn: Benefits, Breastfeeding, and Beyond
- What Is Engorgement? And How Do I Manage It?
- The Benefits of Breastfeeding for Mom
- Breastfeeding Feeding Lengths: What’s Normal?
- Should I wake a Sleeping Baby?
- Mama Nutrition & Breastfeeding: What to Do & What Not to Do
- PMADs: Evi’s Story
- Breastfeeding Tips for Taking Care of a Toddler & a Newborn
- Waiting and Ready for PPD: Anna’s Story
- How to Help and Support a New Mom
- How to Help and Support a Mom of Multiples
- How to Help a Mom with Postpartum Depression
- 11 Questions to Ask Your Pediatrician Regarding Breastfeeding
- Bottle-Feeding a Breastfed Baby: How to do Paced Bottle-Feeding
- Formula Shortage: What You Need to Know
- Breastfeeding Success After a Cesarean Delivery
- Understanding Breastmilk Let-Down
- Managing and Preventing Mastitis
- Nipple shields: All You Need to Know
- Understanding Postpartum Depression (PPD)
- How to Stop Breastmilk Production
Breastfeeding with
Health conditions and body differences
- Breastfeeding with Addison’s Disease - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with bifurcated nipples - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with COVID-19 - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with Crohn's Disease - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with Hepatitis C - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with HSV-1 - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with HSV-2 - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with Hypothyroidism - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with Implants - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with Infantile Colic - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with inverted nipples - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with Mono - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with MRSA - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with Myasthenia Gravis - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with One Breast - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with PCOS - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with Piercings - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with Rheumatoid Arthritis - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with Sjögren's Syndrome - Get Help Now
- Breastfeeding with Type 1 Diabetes - Get Help Now
Quick answers
Short answers to common questions
- How do you fix sore nipples from breastfeeding?
- Do I have to pump at night?
- Can I go 8 hours without pumping at night?
- Do breastfed babies have a higher IQ?
- What can make my breastfed baby gassy?
- How do you heal cracked nipples?
- How long does it take to heal cracked nipples?
- How many times should I pump at night?
- What foods make breast milk gassy?
- What is the best time to pump at night?
Guides
Checklists and longer guides
Classes and webinars
In-person, on-demand, and webinars
Meet the team
IBCLCs and staff
- Anna Burch - Lactation Medicine Provider and Founder of TLC
- Ashley Lee - Orem, Utah Lactation Consultant with TLC
- Cambria Garrett - Mapleton, Utah Lactation Consultant with TLC
- Haylee Goldhardt - Kaysville, Utah Lactation Consultant with TLC
- Megan Dishman - Taylorsville, Utah Lactation Consultant with TLC
- Angie Rosier - West Valley City, Utah Lactation Consultant with TLC
- Meet The Lactation Collection Team
- Meet Our IBCLC Mentees
Upcoming events
Support groups and classes still ahead
Product reviews
Pumps, pillows, creams, and more
- Ninni Co. Pacifier Review
- Avent Soothie Pacifier Review
- MediHoney Gel Review
- Earth Mama Nipple Butter Review
- Bamboobies Reusable Nursing Pads Review
- Boppy Nursing Pillow Review
- Twin Z Nursing Pillow Review
- Absorbase Cream Review
- Anita Fleur Nursing Bra Review
- Blackout Paper Shades Review
- Bravado Designs Hands-Free Pumping Accessory Review
- Cake Maternity Rock Candy Nursing Bra Review
- Hotmilk Temptation Nursing Bra Review
- Cake Maternity Zest Nursing Bra Review
- Baby Monitor Review
- Car Mirror Review
- ChooMee Food Pouch Tops Review
- Haakaa Breast Pump Review
- Felina Cotton Stretch Camisole Review
- Link Toys Review
- Marpac Dohn White Noise Machine Review
- Marpac Rohm Sound Machine Review
- Exhausted Mama, No More! Newborn Sleep Class Review
- Simple Wishes Supermom Bra Review
- Sleep Sacks Review
- The Ollie Swaddle Review
- Travel Blackout Curtain Shade Review
- Undercover Mama Nursing Tanks Review
- Wet and Dry Bags Review
- Yelete High Waist Compression Leggings Review
- Bissell Spot Bot Review
Glossary
Short definitions
- abscess
- all-purpose nipple ointment
- antibodies
- areola
- Australian hold
- avoiding tight clothing
- baby blues
- blessed thistle
- breast
- breast alveoli
- breast compression
- breast massage
- breast pump
- breastfeeding support group
- breastmilk storage bags
- brewer's yeast
- burping
- carbohydrates
- cluster feeding
- colic
- colostrum
- colostrum harvesting
- cooper's ligament
- cradle hold
- cross-cradle hold
- delayed cord clamping
- double electric breast pump
- double football hold
- dry heat
- dysphoric milk ejection reflex
- electric breast pump
- engorgement
- exclusive pumping
- expressed breastmilk
- family doctor
- fats
- feeding cues
- feeding on demand
- Fennel
- Fenugreek
- flanged lips
- football hold
- foremilk
- Goat's Rue
- growth spurts
- hand expression
- hands-on pumping
- hindmilk
- hormones
- hydrogel pads
- IBCLC
- Immunoglobulin A
- Immunoglobulin D
- Immunoglobulin E
- Immunoglobulin G
- Immunoglobulin M
- inframammary fold
- inverted nipple
- inverted side-lying hold
- jaundice
- lactation
- lactogenesis
- laid-back breastfeeding
- latch
- let down reflex
- lip tie
- lipstick nipple latch
- lobes
- lobules
- mammary glands
- manual breast pump
- mastitis
- maternal illness
- mature milk
- Metoclopramide
- milk bleb
- milk duct
- milk supply
- minerals
- mixed feeding
- moist heat
- montgomery glands
- night feed
- nipple
- nipple cream
- nipple pain
- nipple shield
- nipple stimulation
- nipple vasospasm
- nurse practitioner
- nursing bra
- nursing frequency
- nursing pads
- nursing pillow
- obstetrician
- Omega-3 fatty acids
- oversupply
- oxytocin
- paced bottle feeding
- pediatrician
- peer counselor
- plugged milk ducts
- postnatal support group
- postpartum anxiety
- postpartum depression
- postpartum doula
- power pumping
- pumping
- reflux
- relaxation techniques
- responsive feeding
- reverse-cycling
- reverse pressure softening
- rooting
- secretory activation
- side-lying position
- skin-to-skin contact
- spit-up
- subareolar abscess
- supplemental nursing system
- tandem breastfeeding
- thoracic wall
- tongue tie
- torticollis
- transitional milk
- twin football & cradle hold
- twin front cross hold
- twin upright hold
- umbilical cord
- vernix caseosa
- warm showers
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