Our Portland Lactation Support Services
Wildwood Birth's lactation support services are in-home visits by an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and might be fully covered by your health insurance plan.
“Zoë was amazing! I was so concerned that I was doing it wrong and my baby wasn’t getting enough to eat. Zoë helped us with different positions and making sure by baby was latching on right, and he very quickly began to gain weight! It was a huge relief.””
Meet Zoë (she/her)
Zoë Berliner has been working intimately with new and growing families since 2010. She brings a uniquely comprehensive, flexible, and joyful approach to supporting early feeding.
Zoë focuses on adapting her clinical training and approach to provide practical, honest, and creative support to every family she meets. With experience ranging from in-patient NICU lactation support, to outpatient consults at a small community hospital, she has learned to nurture infant feeding in many different ways.
Zoë has a dual public health degree in clinical studies and community health and sits on the advisory board for the lactation program at PSU. Zoë is a passionate advocate for lactation care as a tool of health equity and huge nerd dedicated to expanding access to postpartum care. She embraces opportunities to integrate emerging research into patient practice and to learn from others in perinatal care.
Zoë has a rich history of supporting first-time parents, lactation after infertility, parents with mental health history or heightened anxiety, and feeding after higher-risk pregnancy or birth. She is proud to support queer and trans parents and non-dominant family formations as part of her community and feels honored to be an adoring auntie to the hundreds of families she has cared for.
Pricing & Insurance Info
Insurance plans are required to cover up to 6 lactation visits, and more might be approved depending on your situation. Zoë is able to bill several insurance plans directly. Please follow this link to fill out a short form on The Lactation Network, to confirm whether your plan qualifies.
Pricing for out-of-pocket lactation support visits (and approximate length of visit):
Initial visit $275 (1.5 hrs)
Follow-up visit $225 (1 hr)
(3) visit package $660 (3-5 hrs)
prenatal education visit $225 (1 hrs)
add-on to postpartum doula visit $125 (1 hr)
(3) visit postpartum doula + lactation visit $900 (12 hrs)
Telehealth visit $125 (varies)
Saturday or Sunday visits +$20
Multiples +$50
Lactation Support Frequently Asked Questions
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Latching positions
How often to feed baby
How to know if the baby is feeding well
Building a good milk supply
Milk storage and formula safety
When and how to introduce pumping and bottles
Challenges and other common issues and how to solve them
Tips for returning to work or school
Nutrition while nursing
and LOTS more!
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Ideally, Zoë likes to visit people on days 3, 7 and 14 of their bodyfeeding journey. Depending on your circumstances, Zoë may want to visit you and your baby at different times, and sometimes having a prenatal visit is warranted.
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