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Welcome to
Balanced Beginnings

At Balanced Beginnings, our approach is to find positive feeding solutions that balance infant nutrition with family mental health.
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Our Services

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​In Home Consultations 

Initial home visit consultations are 1.5 hours and include 2 weeks of follow-up text support 

Visits may include:

  • Weighing baby

  • Observing a feeding

    • Breast and/or Bottle ​

  • Oral function assessment

  • Help with pumping 

  • Answering questions/concerns 

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Virtual
Consults 

Similar to home visits virtual visits can include observation of a feeding, help with pumping and bottle feeds and talking through questions and concerns.  

Support Group

Classes and Support Groups 

Finding a support and community postpartum is so important!  See our events for current offerings both in-person and virtual.  

Want to schedule?

How Can We Help

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Prenatal Consult 

Knowing what to expect and exploring a variety of possible feeding plans before baby is here can be very helpful. 

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Pumping and Flange Fit 

Finding the right pump for your needs, comfortable flanges and minimizing time pumping while maximizing output.

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Breastfeeding Support 

Trouble latching, pain with latching, fast letdown, infant not transferring well, weaning from the nipple shield and many others.

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Oral Function Assessment

We are both trained in functional oral assessments and can help evaluate infants sucking patterns. We can help asses for tongue ties and identify possible other causes of oral function concerns.

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Milk Supply and 
Breast Concerns

Low supply, oversupply, engorgement, chronic plugged ducts or mastitis, milk blebs or blisters

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Combination Feeding

Feeing with a combination of both breastmilk and formula is valid choice either by choice or by necessity. Understanding the mechanics of milk supply can help you to make more educated decisions in making a plan for combination feeding.

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Information and Resources 

Insurance Coverage

Direct Pay Pricing

In-Home Initial Consult

Up to 1.5 hour visit at your home within our travel area.

 

$200

Virtual Visit 

1 hour Telehealth visit using the HIPPA compliant platform Doxy.

$125

Follow-up Visit 

Follow-up appointments are available for a reduced cost to be determined based on needs, length of visits and frequency.

One scholarship visit is offered per quarter reach out if you would like to be considered. 

Home Visit Travel Area 

Emily travels within 35 miles of Lawrence.  She can often travel outside of this area for a small fee, reach out for details.

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About Emily 

Emily Winters, owner and lactation consultant in Lawrence, KS.

Emily Winters, RN, MSN, IBCLC

Emily Winters started her nursing career as a bedside nurse in a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for over 10 years. After a personal experience with breastfeeding struggles and postpartum anxiety she was drawn towards lactation as a way to help other women balance their desire to breastfeed with maternal mental health. As a NICU lactation consultant Emily has years of experience helping mothers adjust their breastfeeding experience to fit current family needs. She has extensive experience with exclusive pumping, low milk supply counseling, breastfeeding after breast surgery, tethered oral tissues and helping infants with medical complications learn to breastfeed.

 

She has been an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant since 2017 and holds a Masters of Science in Public Health Nursing from the University of Kansas School of Nursing.

Client Testimonials

Demi's Experience

Emily had a calm and knowledgable presence. She listened to me intently and took in all that I had to say. She taught me that breastfeeding can look lots of different ways, which was really helpful for me to hear. She had lots of suggestions and helped me create a plan which is what I needed. I would ten out of ten recommend her services. 

Ariel's Feedback

I am so grateful to Emily for her knowledge and for her compassion during my feeding journey with my son. I exclusively pumped breastmilk, and I was surprised at how few lactation specialists had any expertise with breast pumps. Finding Emily was such a relief, because she worked with lots of pumping clients and she knew so much! She was able to troubleshoot issues with me over Zoom, over text, and over the phone. She also recommended different pumping supplies to help me customize my pump to suit my specific needs. I was able to pump for 13 months thanks to Emily's guidance and support.

Kelsey's Story

I can’t recommend Emily enough! She was recommended to us because a different health provider said our daughter might have a tongue tie. Emily has special training to assess for infant oral function and was able to meet with us at home to diagnose her tie. She was thorough and careful with her assessment and did not push getting it revised overly hard. She helped us through the process of getting our baby’s tie revised at 5 wks old and about 1 month later, she was nursing like a champ. Emily is non judgmental, very responsive to answer questions in between visits, and encouraging yet realistic with your goals. My husband and I were hesitant initially to invest in her services because it felt out of budget, but the time, stress, and health of our baby that she helped us save made the cost well worth it. Not to mention the money we’ve been able to save not paying for formula, since we would have had to opt for that without her help! Thank you Emily for all your support!

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785-251-3312

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