Patricia A. Berg, IBCLC, CST-D

Cransiosacral Therapist | Lactation Consultant

Located in Connecticut
Serving the Tri-State area

Lactation Consultation Services

Lactation Consultation Services

The gift of breastfeeding … for the parents and the baby

For new clients Lactation Home Visits are arranged within 24 hours of your calling to make an appointment. Visits last approximately 90 minutes. A home visit includes the following:

  • Complete prenatal and birth history. Discuss your thoughts and concerns
  • Assist with feeding
  • Weight check. A pre and post-feeding weighing to evaluate breast milk transfer
  • Together we will write a comprehensive plan so that you can continue to work on the techniques that we have worked on
  • Discuss breastfeeding management so that you can better understand your baby
  • Provide on-going support by phone or e-mail until breastfeeding is going smoothly

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Lactation consultation by telephone or e-mail

Most problems are best handled in person but some questions can be answered on the phone or through e-mail and I will be happy to do so. If it is more complicated I will tell you. For established patients (those who have had a home session with this baby) there is no charge for follow-up phone calls. For Non-Established Clients the charge for telephone assistance is $15.00 for up to 10 minutes and $1.00 for each minute there after. E-mail assistance will be charged at $10.00 per e-mail. Payment can be made by credit card over the phone.

Online Consultations

It is of paramount importance that we protect ourselves and our families from the spread of the COVID-19 virus. It is equally important that breastfeeding families receive the support and assistance they want and need.

In order to do so, I am offering online consultations. Please contact me for an appointment 1 847-512-7187 or at 800-LACTATE or e-mail me at patricia@800lactate.com.

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Breastfeeding Education

My role is to help parents sort through the information they have been given and that which has been passed on to them. It is essential to sort out the facts from the myths so that parents can make informed decisions for themselves. You can read some common breastfeeding myths here, more myths here, still more myths here, and more and more myths here. Return to top

Postpartum Support

I am available to all the families in my practice on an on-going basis to help them with breastfeeding and parenting issues. I am happy to provide book and resource information so that the family can get the information they need to make the decisions that will work best for them. Return to top

Newborn Assessment

While I am not a physician or a nurse, my years of working with babies allows me to assess:

  • their color
  • their nutritional status
  • their hydration
  • their neurologic and respiratory status
  • their oral anatomy
  • structural assessment

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CranioSacral Therapy

CranioSacral therapy is a light touch therapy that releases tensions in the body to relieve pain and dysfunction and improve whole body health.

Call me at 1 847-512-7187
E-mail me

What our clients say …

Thank you so much for your caring calls

Thank you so much for your caring calls and kind supportive information. It really means a lot (as you already know) when you are at your “wits end.” Johnny is thriving, sucking & doing exceptionally well. Thanks again.
Patricia A. Berg, IBCLC, CST-D
2018-10-29T13:46:07+00:00
Thank you so much for your caring calls and kind supportive information. It really means a lot (as you already know) when you are at your “wits end.” Johnny is thriving, sucking & doing exceptionally well. Thanks again.

The Breastfeeding Goddess

Thanks so much for all your support throughout my pregnancy and especially for going above and beyond during our hospitalization! K, D, and I appreciate all your hard work in helping us breastfeed. You are wonderful!
Patricia A. Berg, IBCLC, CST-D
2018-10-29T19:12:41+00:00
Thanks so much for all your support throughout my pregnancy and especially for going above and beyond during our hospitalization! K, D, and I appreciate all your hard work in helping us breastfeed. You are wonderful!

Everything’s going great!

Just wanted to say thanks for your help and encouragement. Everything’s going great!
Patricia A. Berg, IBCLC, CST-D
2018-10-29T19:13:19+00:00
Just wanted to say thanks for your help and encouragement. Everything’s going great!

I am a new mother of a baby boy delivered on September the 30th. I am writing this letter to describe to you the experience I had and to thank you for making it possible.

When my son was born I was told by the pediatrician on call that due to the breast surgery I would absolutely NOT be able to breastfeed my baby and will HAVE to give him formula. Needless to say I was devastated by such a definite verdict. Fortunately I had the opportunity to meet with Patricia Drazin, the lactation consultant before I delivered and she came to visit me at the hospital. She gave me much needed support, advice and encouragement to try despite the opinion of the doctor, keeping of course the well-being of the baby the absolute priority. Through the ongoing support she gave me over numerous telephone conversations and personal meetings at the hospital in the days following my delivery I was able to establish a successful breastfeeding, providing both my son and myself with all the health and emotional benefits it warrants. My son is fed exclusively by breast milk; he is gaining weight and is otherwise a healthy child.

I would like to stress that this would be impossible without Patricia’s help, not only in the initial stages at the hospital but later by working out many problems and obstacles encountered in the first few weeks.
Thank you.
Patricia A. Berg, IBCLC, CST-D
2018-10-29T19:15:30+00:00
I am a new mother of a baby boy delivered on September the 30th. I am writing this letter to describe to you the experience I had and to thank you for making it possible. When my son was born I was told by the pediatrician on call that due to the breast surgery I would absolutely NOT be able to breastfeed my baby and will HAVE to give him formula. Needless to say I was devastated by such a definite verdict. Fortunately I had the opportunity to meet with Patricia Drazin, the lactation consultant before I delivered and she came to visit me at the hospital. She gave me much needed support, advice and encouragement to try despite the opinion of the doctor, keeping of course the well-being of the baby the absolute priority. Through the ongoing support she gave me over numerous telephone conversations and personal meetings at the hospital in the days following my delivery I was able to establish a successful breastfeeding, providing both my son and myself with all the health and emotional benefits it warrants. My son is fed exclusively by breast milk; he is gaining weight and is otherwise a healthy child. I would like to stress that this would be impossible without Patricia’s help, not only in the initial stages at the hospital but later by working out many problems and obstacles encountered in the first few weeks. Thank you.
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