Lactation Consultants that Accept Cigna in South Carolina

I am a Registered Nurse, Board Certified Lactation Consultant and Postpartum Doula who educates and supports women and families throughout the perinatal period.

Hi there, I'm Melyssa Miller! As a mother of three and a local to Lake Wylie, South Carolina, I understand first hand the joys and challenges that come with breastfeeding. I'm a certified International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) dedicated to supporting families in York County, SC, Charlotte, NC, and surrounding areas. I offer Telehealth lactation consults nationwide. Whether you're navigating newborn latching, supply concerns, pumping, or anything in between, Im here to provide expert, compassionate care tailored to your unique journey. I believe every parent deserves a calm, encouraging, and nonjudgmental space to meet their feeding goals-whatever those may look like for you and your little one. I proudly welcome all individuals and families, and I accept a wide variety of insurance plans to help make lactation care more accessible. Let's work together to create a positive and empowering breastfeeding experience for you and your baby.

Hope became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) in 2017, completed her PhD in nutritional biochemistry in May 2018, and became a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) in September 2020. In addition to owning and operating Hope Feeds Families, Hope is employed full time at Winthrop University in the Department of Human Nutrition running a research lab that focuses on helping mothers to reach their infant feeding goals, improving access to human milk, and analyzing the nutritional content of human milk. As an IBCLC, Hope has a passion for connecting with mothers to help them to reach their individual feeding goals and advocacy for maternal health. As an RDN, Hope loves to support parents in feeding their children, whether that is traditional solids, baby-led weaning, or blenderized tube feeds.

Holistic, functional and integrative care for you and your baby. We are experts in infant feeding and support families with breastfeeding, bottle feeding, pumping and holistic wellness. Our goals is to help you meet yours!

I am a Family Nurse Practitioner/IBCLC with over 25 years of maternal-child and family healthcare experience. I specialize in Low Milk Supply Consultations via telehealth with services available nationwide. As an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse with multi-state licensure and prescriptive authority, I offer advanced care via telehealth including lab workups for low supply and Lactation Medicine visits. I have full Nurse Practitioner licensure in: Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Nebraska, New Mexico, Vermont and West Virginia. Advanced consulting services and self-ordered labs are available in South Carolina and Texas.