Website: https://lavenderlactation.com/
Lavender Lactation is a lactation consulting practice serving the Nashville, Tennessee area and the broader Middle Tennessee region. The practice provides breastfeeding and infant feeding support delivered by International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs). Services include personalized breastfeeding help, bottle feeding assistance, support for infant feeding challenges, and prenatal one-on-one consultations. The practice is based in Goodlettsville and offers care in-office, virtually, and through in-home visits, with a stated service area that includes Nashville, Hendersonville, Goodlettsville, and surrounding Middle Tennessee communities.
Services
Consultations are offered in three main formats: in-office visits at the Goodlettsville location, home visits, and virtual sessions, along with prenatal one-on-one consultations. Each session lasts approximately 90 minutes and includes a comprehensive assessment that, according to the site, covers checking for plugged ducts, assessing oral function, and assisting with latch and positioning.
The practice lists support for a wide range of feeding topics and conditions. These include latch assessment and latching difficulties, painful or damaged nipples and shallow latch, milk transfer and supply concerns, engorgement, clogged ducts, and mastitis. It also covers tongue, lip, and buccal tie support, bottle refusal and bottle optimization, oversupply and undersupply management, reflux, oral motor exercises, re-lactation and induced lactation, weaning support, back-to-work support, starting solids guidance, and combination feeding and formula support. The practice describes its care as LGBTQIA+ affirming. The site also references CPR classes and a starting-solids offering.
About
Lavender Lactation was founded by Dawnalea Robinson Kneese, RN, BSN, IBCLC, who is described as a board-certified lactation consultant, a registered nurse with a bachelor’s degree in nursing, and a mother of three. According to the site, she founded the practice after her own challenging breastfeeding experience, motivated by a desire for guidance and reassurance during that time. The practice operates from the belief that, in its words, feeding is a vital sign, and it frames nursing support as encompassing bonding, healing, and emotional connection in addition to nutrition. It describes itself as a space where a client’s story matters, questions are welcome, and the feeding journey is honored.
Location & Contact
Address: 300 Frances Street, Goodlettsville, TN 37072. Email: [email protected]. Hours: Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm, with Saturday and Sunday available by appointment. The Goodlettsville office is associated with a location the site refers to as Roots Collab.
Additional Information
Payment is self-pay and due at the time of service, and a $35 travel fee applies to home visits. The practice provides a superbill so clients can seek insurance reimbursement, and the site indicates it works with a number of insurers, including United Healthcare, UMR, Aetna, Cigna, Anthem BCBS, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Meritain, Humana, Multiplan, Parkview, and PHP. Additional sections on the website include testimonials, a lactation talk and FAQ area, an accessibility statement, website terms and conditions, and privacy practices. Lavender Lactation is presented as a registered trademark.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (lavenderlactation.com).