NEW! Members of most BCBS & Cigna Plans may be covered @ 100% for initial and follow-up visits!
Please click on logos below PRIOR TO SCHEDULING to verify your coverage with our 3rd-party insurance facilitator, then RETURN TO OUR WEBSITE TO SCHEDULE.*
*IMPORTANT: Most coverage is authorized by the link above quickly, but sometimes there are delays in approval that extend past your need. BCBS & Cigna members are able to private-pay for services if they have not yet requested insurance coverage via link above. We do not guarantee reimbursement of services from your insurance providers, should a member of either insurance company prefer to private-pay us. After approval request is submitted by you, however, we must use your insurance and cannot accept private-pay. Please carefully consider the time-sensitivity of your request and time it could potentially take for insurance to approve your consults.
Please only schedule if you have already received approval from your insurance company for covered consults, or if you plan on private-paying without issue. Please do not schedule an appt for the sake of holding it until you’ve been approved by insurance.
Cancelled appointments will be charged.
Cancelled appointments will be charged.
Aetna members very often get reimbursed for services. If reimbursement is important, please call Aetna and set that up prior to booking.
Members of other insurance companies: You may be eligible for reimbursement for our services. Please call and ask your insurer, and we will provide a superbill for reimbursement after you pay us for our services. Past creating super bills, we do not deal directly with insurance companies on client behalf.
Virtual Lactation Consulting
for families everywhere
Offered in Central Standard Time
Same and next-day consults
Hablamos español
Payment accepted via:
Venmo & Zelle
Breastfeeding issues are
time-sensitive…
…which is why Breastfeeding Housecalls provides exceptional and timely support via video-consult.
Via a lactation-consult from Breastfeeding Housecalls, clients receive actual coaching on latch and pumping techniques unique to them, as well as guidance for planning and maintaining breastfeeding as long as possible.
Virtual-consults offer this in the comfort of a client’s own space, without needing masks, without the risk of germ-sharing, and at a discounted rate (compared to most in-person support).
What’s needed for a video-consult?
All that is needed is a hungry-ish baby or milk that’s ready to be expressed, a mobile phone (preferred) with a camera, an Internet/Wifi connection, and ideally (though not necessary) an extra set of hands to hold the phone.
If your baby takes a bottle, have one prepared to feed in case it’s needed, or for bottle-feeding teaching. If we’ll be pumping together, make sure your pump parts are ready prior to the consult start.
What happens after I schedule a consult?
After booking your appointment, you’ll receive client portal access to
complete pre-appointment intake
e-forms via email, and a confirmation text prior to your consult start time. Your consult will be performed on doxy.me/breastfeedinghousecalls (no app download is necessary), or via FaceTime or GoogleMeet, if our original connection is glitchy.
Who will you be working with?
All consults are offered in the CST time-zone by Laura María Gruber, IBCLC, an experienced lactation consultant with over 10 years of supporting families in person, and 5+ years of virtual breastfeeding technique coaching.
Laura has worked in San Antonio’s major birthing hospitals and NICUs, and has worked families who birth at home or at birth centers. She has supported infants with differences achieve breastfeeding, and when she identifies the need for developmental support, she makes the proper referrals to helpful programs.
In addition, Laura supports babies with oral restrictions, and understands the importance of oral-motor optimization at the breast. She is very familiar with how birth impacts breastfeeding, and is able to help babies born via all types of scenarios (who may be sore or tight from birth) learn to latch effectively. In addition, when Laura sees that breastfeeding is being impacted by oral restrictions, she refers to licensed providers who can assess, diagnose, and treat when indicated (while lactation consultants can identify features for oral tethers, they cannot diagnose) and provides exceptional pre and post-frenectomy lactation-specific follow-up care to ensure breastfeeding goals are met.
You can get to know Laura better by watching the helpful videos below, or by scheduling her next available appointment.
Ready to fix your breastfeeding issues?
Scroll for pricing and scheduling!
time-sensitive…
…which is why Breastfeeding Housecalls provides exceptional and timely support via video-consult.
Via a lactation-consult from Breastfeeding Housecalls, clients receive actual coaching on latch and pumping techniques unique to them, as well as guidance for planning and maintaining breastfeeding as long as possible.
Virtual-consults offer this in the comfort of a client’s own space, without needing masks, without the risk of germ-sharing, and at a discounted rate (compared to most in-person support).
What’s needed for a video-consult?
All that is needed is a hungry-ish baby or milk that’s ready to be expressed, a mobile phone (preferred) with a camera, an Internet/Wifi connection, and ideally (though not necessary) an extra set of hands to hold the phone.
If your baby takes a bottle, have one prepared to feed in case it’s needed, or for bottle-feeding teaching. If we’ll be pumping together, make sure your pump parts are ready prior to the consult start.
What happens after I schedule a consult?
After booking your appointment, you’ll receive client portal access to
complete pre-appointment intake
e-forms via email, and a confirmation text prior to your consult start time. Your consult will be performed on doxy.me/breastfeedinghousecalls (no app download is necessary), or via FaceTime or GoogleMeet, if our original connection is glitchy.
Who will you be working with?
All consults are offered in the CST time-zone by Laura María Gruber, IBCLC, an experienced lactation consultant with over 10 years of supporting families in person, and 5+ years of virtual breastfeeding technique coaching.
Laura has worked in San Antonio’s major birthing hospitals and NICUs, and has worked families who birth at home or at birth centers. She has supported infants with differences achieve breastfeeding, and when she identifies the need for developmental support, she makes the proper referrals to helpful programs.
In addition, Laura supports babies with oral restrictions, and understands the importance of oral-motor optimization at the breast. She is very familiar with how birth impacts breastfeeding, and is able to help babies born via all types of scenarios (who may be sore or tight from birth) learn to latch effectively. In addition, when Laura sees that breastfeeding is being impacted by oral restrictions, she refers to licensed providers who can assess, diagnose, and treat when indicated (while lactation consultants can identify features for oral tethers, they cannot diagnose) and provides exceptional pre and post-frenectomy lactation-specific follow-up care to ensure breastfeeding goals are met.
You can get to know Laura better by watching the helpful videos below, or by scheduling her next available appointment.
Ready to fix your breastfeeding issues?
Scroll for pricing and scheduling!
Same/Next Day
Video-Consult Support
Services provided in
English & Spanish in CST Time Zone.
$100 USD Basic VIDEO-Consult
Up to 1 hr
This appointment gives time to thoroughly troubleshoot 1-2 issues (i.e. preserving milk supply while healing nipples); can be extended to 1.5-2 hrs if more support is needed for $50 more.
$150 USD-Comprehensive VIDEO-Consult
Up to 1.5 hrs
for thoroughly troubleshooting multiple issues like infant weight, latch, tongue-tie, milk transfer, painful nipples, suck-issues, low milk transfer, etc.
DONT SEE AVAILABILTIY WHEN YOU NEED IT?
Unpublished spots are held open daily between 1-4 pm CST (and, rarely, during early evenings) for very time-sensitive issues to be seen. If you need to be seen ASAP, please text 210-209-1002 to be accomodated. Please do not use this number for basic scheduling questions. All appointment requests are to be made online:
Most consults will be confirmed via email, and a text will be received from Laura before the appointment.
READ: 8 Tips to Make the Most of Your Virtual Lactation Consultation
At this time, only virtual consults are being offered.
Get to know Laura!
Our video consultations can help you answer common questions like:
We’re not sure how much our baby is getting.
Is there a way for me to know?*
Holding my baby while nursing feels awkward.
What positions can I use to make nursing comfortable?
My baby may have a tongue-tie.
How can I breastfeed successfully in our case?
We’re concerned with my baby’s weight.
How can I preserve our breastfeeding relationship while helping my baby gain weight?
I need to rest.
How (and when) can my baby feed in other ways that don’t impact breastfeeding?
My breasts are different (bigger, smaller, have scar tissue, etc.).
Can you help me understand my unique situation?
I’m making too much milk.
Whats the healthiest way for me to reduce my milk production?
...and so many more unique questions!
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Why hiring a private practice lactation consultant is worth its weight in liquid gold.
Breastfeeding: What’s normal, what’s not, and when is it time to call your lactation consultant?
What exactly happens during a video-lactation consultation?
Breastfeeding: What’s normal, what’s not, and when is it time to call your lactation consultant?
What exactly happens during a video-lactation consultation?
Greater San Antonio service area
Alamo Heights, Alamo Ranch / Westover Hills, Stone Oak, Kirby, Brooks City, Medical Center, Castle Hills, Downtown, Southtown, East Side, Inner West, etc.
Immediately surrounding suburbs:
Bulverde • Schertz • Converse • Elmendorf • Helotes • Leon Springs
Surrounding small towns:
Bandera • New Braunfels • Seguin • Floresville • Castroville • Spring Branch
Out of Town Housecalls
San Marcus • Pleasanton • Hondo • Uvalde • Kerrville •
Fredericksburg, and up to 3 hrs from San Antonio
Other areas: We travel up to 3 hrs outside of San Antonio. Please call us to schedule our next fully opens day of availability.
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Hello new parents!
If you're on this website, you likely have more breastfeeding questions than answers. If that's the case, you're in the right place to get help making sense of everything you've read, been told and wonder!
Feel welcome to spend time looking around the website, getting to know us, visiting our Breastfeeding Blog, or learning what we think about tongue ties, pumping, or even taking our free online prenatal breastfeeding class!
Of course, the moment you feel you need extra in-person help, we’re easy to schedule for in-person or online support!
We're excited to meet you!
If you're on this website, you likely have more breastfeeding questions than answers. If that's the case, you're in the right place to get help making sense of everything you've read, been told and wonder!
Feel welcome to spend time looking around the website, getting to know us, visiting our Breastfeeding Blog, or learning what we think about tongue ties, pumping, or even taking our free online prenatal breastfeeding class!
Of course, the moment you feel you need extra in-person help, we’re easy to schedule for in-person or online support!
We're excited to meet you!
BH is an inclusive practice!
Because BH is committed to being a loving heart and having hands in our community we offer the same embracing support families of all races, ethnicities, faiths, partnership status, intellectual or physical ability, neuro-differences, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, or political afilliation.
Receive @-home or in-office expert breastfeeding support ASAP with:
For basic questions about medications and breastfeeding, please call the sweet people of infantrisk.com. IBCLCs cannot give out advice about medication safety.
- Engorgement Relief
- Sore Nipple Relief
- Tongue/Lip Tie Screening, Referral & Aftercare
- Milk Transfer Assessment
- Poistioning/Latch
- Mastitis & Thrush Care
- Infant Weight Issues
- Low Milk Supply
- Over-Supply
- Confidence Counseling
- Adoptive Nursing
- Surrogacy & Nursing
- Breastfeeding After Breast Surgery
For basic questions about medications and breastfeeding, please call the sweet people of infantrisk.com. IBCLCs cannot give out advice about medication safety.
In English:
En español:
Be advised that Breastfeeding Housecalls will take legal action against any person, company or organization who/that takes or uses as theirs any content, language or original concept from this website.
Please reach out if you would like to network or be mentored, Laura is very approachable and is happy to answer questions.
Please reach out if you would like to network or be mentored, Laura is very approachable and is happy to answer questions.
