12/31/2025
In November of 2015 I took my first private practice home visit lactation consult as "Late Night Latch" and had one visit that month.
10 years later I still have the same private practice, but did 31 consults this month! ♥️
I can never say that it was on my own. One of the reasons I have had success with my venture is that I had a strong charting app that has kept me completely paperless this whole time. From the very first consult I used the HIPAA compliant Mobile Lactation Consultant. I chart and send my client a care plan before I even leave the consult. I send a superbill at the consult and then walk the family through submitting it successfully online in their insurance portal. I can fax other health care providers in my app at the consult too!
My app, a box of nitrile gloves, and a good scale are my 3 main consult necessities!
So I would feel very remiss if I didn't say a public thank you and Goodbye to Michael Daly- the creator of Mobile Lactation Consultant- the app I have helped every single one of my private practice clients with.
Michael passed away this year in a plane crash.
There is no way I would have stayed organized and prompt if I wasn't using his app from the very first consult in November of 2010 until now. His app, his customer service, and my ability to run my business from an Ipad mini have been a huge foundation of everything I have built.
Before I posted this thank you, I asked his wife Kim if it was Ok. Because grief is very personal and not something I want to post lightly.
I want to have an ongoing thank you to Michael and Kim (a midwife) and their kids by donating a few home visits each month to low income Mass Health Moms who are currently not covered for IBCLC home visits in Massachusetts. I am in the works of connecting with home visiting programs that want further lactation support for their at risk population. I will keep an update on this exciting "thank you" to the Daly's as I move forward with this.
Today I'm thinking about a way I can be connected with how transient good fortune is- and would like to have a way to pass some on while I have it. Because it is so very transient, for all of us.
That's my wish for 2026!
