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Motherhood is a journey. Support is available along the way. I provide professional support for labor and breastfeeding to make the journey easier as you begin. You can reach me quickly via text or phone 954-274-5386 Pamela Mazzella DiBosco, BA, IBCLC, RLC
About Me
My name is Pamela Mazzella DiBosco and I am the mother of seven children, all breastfed, including a set of twins. I am the grandmother to a perfect grandson. I have had various birth experiences of my own from hospital to home. I provide personal and professional support and assistance to families welcoming their babies. I am a board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC, RLC) and a professional labor assistant.I enjoy supporting women through childbirth and breastfeeding as they begin their experience of mothering. I have been involved with mothers and babies as a volunteer and a professional for more than twenty years. During those years, I have helped many babies and mothers breastfeed through a variety of challenges. I have had the honor of supporting women through labor and birth for several years. My experience includes my own births in hospitals, at home, cesarean birth, and vaginal births after cesarean. I have supported mothers as they welcomed their babies in their homes, in hospitals, and birth centers. I have been with mothers through water births, cesarean births, twin births and vaginal births after a cesarean. My personal philosophies regarding childbirth are about meeting the needs of the mother and the baby during…
Breastfeeding Help
How do you know you need help with breastfeeding? In the early weeks, breastfeeding is going well if you can answer yes to the following questions: ♥Is your baby breastfeeding at least 8 to 10 times a day or more and resting comfortably between feedings? ♥Does your baby latch easily and you feel comfortable latching your baby? ♥Does breastfeeding feel comfortable? ♥Is your baby content after feedings for about 1 ½ to 2 hours? ♥Do your breasts feel softer after feedings? ♥Is your baby having at least 6 wet diapers with clear urine every day? ♥Is your baby having 3 or more stools that are mustard color every day after day 4? ♥Has your baby regained birth weight by the second week? ♥Do you feel like breastfeeding is going well for you and your baby? If you answer no to any of these questions, please get help. Do not wait to ask for help thinking, “this will get better; everyone said it hurts in the first weeks”. The earlier you get help, the better. If it hurts, your baby is not be latched properly and a proper latch means more milk for your baby with less effort. It is…
How to Prepare for a Home Visit
Please help by scheduling appointments around a feeding time. Allow for flexibility in the baby’s feeding as well as those other babies who may be scheduled before your appointment. I do not have a set time that you must have a hungry baby. Instead I prefer to work my day around the needs of the baby with the ability to change if necessary. Babies do not wait for me, I reschedule as needed within our time slot to allow the baby to fed on cue. When I arrive I will have paperwork that needs to be completed first. You can choose to have the paperwork emailed to you and printed and ready before I arrive if you prefer. Your baby should be in something easy to remove or just in a diaper for weighing and feeding. Have a list of questions you want to make sure are answered to be sure you feel I covered all your concerns.
Pricing For Consultations
Private Lactation Consultant Services: All lactation consultations are in the privacy of your home. The fee ranges from $125.00 to $225.00 depending on travel. I also offer longer consultations for multiples or to assess more than one feeding. Those fees vary. I do not have contracts with insurance companies, nor do I accept insurance third party payment even with prior approval. I will leave a receipt and parents are encouraged to seek reimbursement from the insurance company for lactation services provided. I provide lactation consultations in Broward, as well as parts of Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade counties. All consultations last about two hours and include phone/text/email follow up as needed. Please feel free to contact me regardless of financial ability to pay as I will happily help find you low cost or free help if it is available in your area. Breastfeeding is important for babies and mothers and help is available. Fees for labor doula services are as follows: ** Labor support at hospital only $750.00 Labor support at home and hospital $850.00 Labor support at birth center only $750.00…
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