Flyer for North Carolina Birth Center's lactation and pumping class, featuring an illustration of a woman breastfeeding her baby, with virtual support details and a gift of love postpartum care logo.

Join Andrea, a Certified Lactation Counselor and postpartum doula, to learn how lactation works, best practices for pumping and introducing bottles and how to resolve common difficulties.

This 4 hour personalized class is designed for pregnant parents and their support partner to learn everything you need to know to reach your individual lactation goals while supporting the physical and emotional wellbeing of your entire family! Handouts will be provided to refer to after baby is born.

Each family will receive a FREE 45 minute virtual consultation to answer all your questions about postpartum recovery, lactation, pumping and infant feeding after baby is born and a week of FREE email/text support!

Each family will receive 50 milk storage bags just for signing up!

Families who sign up for the Newborn Care & Infant Sleep class on the same day with Kelly at KelSet Newborn Care will receive $25 off each class.

Topics Covered in Lactation & Pumping Class Include:

  • What to expect in the first week of welcoming your child home

  • How to achieve a comfortable latch for effective milk transfer

  • Basics of maintaining milk supply and successfully removing milk

  • How to identify and resolve common challenges

  • Pump types, parts, flange fit and cleaning

  • Handling, storage and bottle feeding of human milk

  • Ways partners can support the lactating parent

  • How to create a network of support for your postpartum recovery

  • Addressing your individual experiences, goals and concerns

Registration is for 2 people

Cost: $275

Location: Class 1 and 6 at NCBC’s Gather 104 Classroom
930 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Suite 104; Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Lactation & Pumping 

Class with Virtual Support

One-Day Class

with Virtual Support

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