Top 7 Best Lactation Consultants in Scranton, PA (2026)

Finding the best lactation consultants in Scranton usually starts at 2am, mid cluster feed, with a latch that hurts and a baby who will not settle. Whether you delivered at Geisinger Community Medical Center or Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, or at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, the first weeks of feeding a newborn can feel like a lot. This guide covers lactation help for families in Scranton, Dunmore, Clarks Summit, Dickson City, Pittston, Kingston and Wilkes-Barre. The good news is that Scranton has real feeding support at every price point, including options that cost nothing at all. Below are the picks we would send a friend to first in 2026, plus the free routes worth knowing about.

How Feeding Is Really Going for Scranton Parents in 2026

Before the list, some context for why good feeding support matters so much. Most families start out breastfeeding, and most run into trouble faster than anyone warned them. National data shows about 83 percent of babies start out receiving breast milk, yet roughly 60 percent of mothers stop breastfeeding earlier than they intended, most often citing pain, latch trouble, or worries about supply.¹² Those are exactly the problems skilled lactation support is built to solve, and research links early professional support with families meeting their own feeding goals.³ For Scranton parents, feeding struggles also spill straight into sleep, something we see clearly in our State of Baby Sleep report.

The Best Lactation Consultants in Scranton at a Glance

• NEPA Breastfeeding Center: families who want a pediatrician who is also an IBCLC to see parent and baby in the same visit.
• Kimble Lactation Support: parents who want a nurse IBCLC to come to the house, with clear self-pay prices.
• Moses Taylor Hospital: parents who plan to deliver at Moses Taylor and want a class before the birth.
• Lingua Speech, Swallow, and Voice Services: babies with feeding problems that go past latch, such as bottle refusal, swallowing concerns or tube feeding.
• Pennsylvania Department of Health Healthy Baby Line: any parent who wants a no-cost first call to find out where breastfeeding help is nearby.
• Maternal and Family Health Services: families who qualify for WIC and want breastfeeding help built into their visits.
• Betteroo: Best for the sleep side of feeding. Personalized baby-sleep support for when the latch is fixed but the nights still are not.

How We Picked the Best Lactation Consultants in Scranton

We started with a pool of more than 20 Scranton-area lactation consultants, feeding clinics, and community programs surfaced from professional directories, hospital systems, and local parent recommendations. From there we narrowed to providers that met four criteria: they hold a clinical lactation credential (IBCLC wherever possible, the highest certification in the field), they have an active Scranton practice in 2026, they are transparent about pricing and what is publicly funded before you book, and they have a track record of families vouching for them. We were not paid to include anyone on this list, and there are no affiliate arrangements.

1. NEPA Breastfeeding Center: Best overall

NEPA Breastfeeding Center is the lactation clinic of PAK Pediatrics, with offices in Kingston and Clarks Summit that are open to any family, not just PAK patients. Its site lists Elizabeth Kosmetatos, MD, IBCLC, and Rebecca Sitar, CLC, as the lactation team. PAK Pediatrics says Dr. Kosmetatos manages common medical problems for both parent and baby. The center lists help with sore nipples, latch trouble, low or high milk supply, plugged ducts and mastitis, pumping, return to work and weaning, plus premature babies, twins and babies with special needs. It also lists tongue tie, which is a debated area, so ask questions and get a second opinion if you want one.

Call 570-718-MOMS (6667) or use the appointment request form on the site. Both offices list hours of Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the site also links to a telemedicine visit. Fees are not posted. The center says it accepts most insurance carriers, but coverage varies, so confirm with your plan before you go. One tip: the site says visits can last up to an hour, so try to book a time when your baby will be ready to eat and bring any pump parts, shields or bottles you use.

Best for: families who want a pediatrician who is also an IBCLC to see parent and baby in the same visit.

2. Kimble Lactation Support: Best for home visits

Kimble Lactation Support is the home visit practice of Brittany Kimble, RN, BSN, IBCLC, who sees families across Northeastern Pennsylvania. Her site says she has more than 10 years of experience as a nurse. She lists help with breastfeeding and latch, pumping and flange fitting, prenatal consults and back-to-work planning. Her contact page lists Honesdale as her base, and her service list includes Scranton, Clarks Summit, Dalton, Olyphant, Pittston and Wilkes-Barre. Her services page also asks about tongue and lip ties, which is a debated area, so ask about all of your options.

There is no online booking tool, so call 570-647-5819, email brittany@kimblelactation.com or use the inquiry form on her contact page. If she is out of network with your plan, an in-home visit is $200 and a virtual visit is $100. She lists Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, United Healthcare and Geisinger as in network, and she can give you a superbill to send to your plan. Coverage varies, so confirm with your plan first. One tip: she is based in Honesdale, so ask if a travel fee applies to your town before you book.

Best for: parents who want a nurse IBCLC to come to the house, with clear self-pay prices.

3. Moses Taylor Hospital: Best hospital option

Moses Taylor Hospital is a Commonwealth Health hospital in Scranton with family birthing suites and a Level III NICU. Commonwealth Health lists breastfeeding education and lactation support as part of its maternity care there. It also runs an online Breastfeeding Basics class that it says is taught by a lactation consultant. The class covers how to start, how to latch and how to handle common problems. Staff names and credential letters are not listed.

Register for the Breastfeeding Basics class through the Commonwealth Health events page, which links to Eventbrite. The class is listed with no charge, runs two hours on Microsoft Teams and is only for parents having their babies at Moses Taylor Hospital. For questions about lactation help after you go home, call the hospital at (570) 770-5000 and ask for the maternity unit. The pages do not say whether families who delivered elsewhere can book; ask when you call. One tip: the class listing says to finish classes between 35 and 38 weeks of pregnancy, so sign up early.

Best for: parents who plan to deliver at Moses Taylor and want a class before the birth.

4. Lingua Speech, Swallow, and Voice Services: Best for feeding therapy

Lingua Speech, Swallow, and Voice Services is a private feeding and speech therapy clinic in Pittston whose infant feeding team includes an IBCLC who is also a speech-language pathologist. The site lists Megan Oswald, M.S., CCC-SLP, IBCLC, and owner Chelsea Zimmerman, M.S., CCC-SLP, CLC. The team helps with breastfeeding, pumping, bottle refusal, reflux, starting solids and babies on tube feeds or with complex swallowing needs. The clinic also focuses on tongue and lip ties and says it works with chiropractors and bodyworkers. Tongue tie is a debated area and the evidence for bodywork in babies is limited, so ask about all of your options.

Book online through the booking page, or text or call 570-413-0851 if you are not sure which visit to pick. An initial evaluation is $175 and follow-up sessions are $100 at the Pittston office. Home visits in Luzerne or Lackawanna County are listed at $175/$150 per 60 minutes, and only when a therapist is free, so confirm the price when you book. The clinic does not bill insurance, but it can give you a superbill and it takes HSA and FSA cards; reimbursement varies, so confirm with your plan. One tip: the clinic hosts an open play hour every other Friday at 9:45 a.m. where its IBCLC answers casual feeding questions, and the event page shows an RSVP button with no price.

Best for: babies with feeding problems that go past latch, such as bottle refusal, swallowing concerns or tube feeding.

5. Pennsylvania Department of Health Healthy Baby Line: Best free option

The Healthy Baby Line is the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s toll-free helpline, and the state lists it as the number to call for more information about breastfeeding help. The department’s breastfeeding page also names it as the contact for its Breastfeeding Awareness and Support Program. This is an information and referral line, not a clinic, so it will not replace a visit with a lactation consultant. The department also publishes the Pennsylvania Breastfeeding Referral Guide, which lists hospital lactation lines, community lactation consultants, WIC contacts and support groups county by county. La Leche League of Eastern Pennsylvania does not list a group in Lackawanna or Luzerne County, so this line is the open-to-all place to start.

Call 1-800-986-BABY (2229). The state’s referral guide lists the line as open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The page does not list any enrollment or eligibility rule for callers. Ask for the breastfeeding contacts for Lackawanna or Luzerne County, or open the referral guide from the department’s breastfeeding page and look up your county. One tip: the guide was last revised in April 2024, so check that a listing is still current before you drive anywhere.

Best for: any parent who wants a no-cost first call to find out where breastfeeding help is nearby.

6. Maternal and Family Health Services: Best for WIC families

Maternal and Family Health Services (MFHS) runs the WIC nutrition centers in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre and offers breastfeeding support through its WIC, Nurse-Family Partnership and maternity programs. Its site says these programs are staffed by nutritionists, nurses, Certified Lactation Counselors and peer educators. Staff are not named, and the page does not list IBCLC letters. The team covers how to breastfeed, problem solving and referrals for more help. The Wilkes-Barre WIC Center also has breastfeeding peer counselors, who are WIC mothers who have breastfed their own babies for at least six months.

To apply for WIC, call the MFHS call center at 1-866-WIC-TIME (942-8463) or fill out the pre-application on the site. You can also call Circle of Care Scranton at 570-595-4496 or the Wilkes-Barre WIC Center at 570-249-6484. For questions about breastfeeding support in MFHS programs, the site lists (570) 273-1288. There is no charge once you are enrolled, and the site says many working families qualify. One tip: MFHS also holds classes for new and expecting parents at Circle of Care in Scranton, including a Mornings with Moms group for moms with babies up to 24 months old.

Best for: families who qualify for WIC and want breastfeeding help built into their visits.

7. Betteroo: Best for the Sleep Side of Feeding

A quick note of transparency: Betteroo is us. We are including ourselves last and clearly labeled, because a lactation consultant and a sleep plan solve two different halves of the same exhausting problem. The feeding half belongs to the experts above. The half that keeps going after the latch is fixed, the night wakings, the feed-to-sleep habit, the schedule that never settles, is the part we built Betteroo for.

Feeding and sleep are tangled together in the first year. Cluster feeds shift bedtime, night feeds shape night wakings, and weaning changes everything again. Betteroo gives you a personalized, gentle baby-sleep plan that adapts to your child and your situation, including how you feed. For Scranton parents driving Interstate 81 between Scranton and Wilkes-Barre with a newborn who feeds every two hours, it factors in the realities of your week, not a one-size-fits-all schedule. Many families pair the two: book NEPA Breastfeeding Center or Kimble Lactation Support to sort out feeding, and use Betteroo to finally get everyone sleeping. You can learn more in our guide to the best sleep training apps.

What to know: Betteroo is not a lactation service and does not replace an IBCLC. If feeding itself is the problem, start with one of the consultants above.

Best for: Tired parents whose feeding questions are answered but whose nights still need work.

Where Lactation Consultants in Scranton See Families

Lactation support comes in three formats: home visits (the consultant comes to you, usually within a set radius), office or clinic visits, and telehealth. Here is roughly how the options above cluster across Scranton.

Scranton, Dunmore and the Mid Valley

Moses Taylor Hospital is at 700 Quincy Avenue in Scranton, and its free online breastfeeding class is only for parents having their babies there. Maternal and Family Health Services runs WIC at its Circle of Care center at 820 South Washington Ave in Scranton. Kimble Lactation Support lists Scranton, Olyphant, Peckville, Jermyn and Archbald for home visits, though a travel fee may apply. The closest NEPA Breastfeeding Center office is in Clarks Summit, and Lingua Speech, Swallow, and Voice Services says it can try to send a therapist to homes in Lackawanna County. The Pennsylvania Department of Health Healthy Baby Line is a phone call from anywhere.

Clarks Summit and the Abingtons

NEPA Breastfeeding Center has an office at 1212 S Abington Blvd in Clarks Summit, open Monday to Friday. Kimble Lactation Support lists Clarks Summit and Dalton for home visits. For WIC, the nearest Maternal and Family Health Services center is Circle of Care in Scranton. Moses Taylor Hospital, the one hospital on this list, is in Scranton. Lingua Speech, Swallow, and Voice Services has its office in Pittston and offers virtual visits, and the Pennsylvania Department of Health Healthy Baby Line works by phone.

Wilkes-Barre and Kingston

NEPA Breastfeeding Center lists its Kingston office at 451 3rd Ave, Suite 1, a short drive across the river from Wilkes-Barre. The Maternal and Family Health Services Wilkes-Barre WIC Center is at 250 Old River Road, Suite D, and it is one of the centers with a breastfeeding peer counselor program. Lingua Speech, Swallow, and Voice Services is up the road in Pittston and says it can try to visit homes in Luzerne County. Kimble Lactation Support lists Wilkes-Barre for home visits, with a possible travel fee. Moses Taylor Hospital is in Scranton, so its class will not fit most families on this side, and the Pennsylvania Department of Health Healthy Baby Line is open to callers from any county.

Pittston, Old Forge and Moosic

Lingua Speech, Swallow, and Voice Services has its clinic at Unit 106, 457 N Main Street in Pittston, between Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. Kimble Lactation Support lists Pittston for home visits. NEPA Breastfeeding Center has offices on either side, in Kingston and in Clarks Summit. Maternal and Family Health Services has WIC centers in both Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, so pick the one closer to you. Moses Taylor Hospital is in Scranton, and the Pennsylvania Department of Health Healthy Baby Line can be reached by phone from home.

How Much Do Lactation Consultants in Scranton Cost?

The takeaway: check what is already covered before assuming you have to pay out of pocket. Many Scranton families get skilled IBCLC support at little or no cost, and the free community options are genuinely good for everyday questions. Pay privately when you need speed, a home visit, or a specific specialist.

What to Expect at Your First Lactation Consult

If you have never seen a lactation consultant, it helps to know what a good first visit looks like, and what to sort out before you book.

What actually happens during the visit?

A thorough first consult runs 60 to 90 minutes. Expect a full history, a weighted feed (baby is weighed before and after nursing to measure intake), a hands-on latch and positioning assessment, and a written care plan you can actually follow. You should leave with specific next steps, not general encouragement.

Should I check my insurance first?

Yes. Ask the consultant whether they bill your plan directly, work through a coverage network, or provide a superbill you can submit for reimbursement. A two-minute call to your insurer before booking can turn a 300 dollar visit into a covered one.

What should I have ready?

Your pump and its parts if pumping is part of the picture, a rough log of recent feeds and diapers, and your questions written down. If it is a home visit, nothing needs to be tidy. Consultants have seen it all, and they would rather see your real setup.

What does follow up look like?

Ask before you book, because this is where a lot of the value sits. Some consultants include a week or two of text and email support, others charge per follow up visit. In the first days after a plan changes, being able to send a quick question matters more than almost anything else.

What happens if things are not better in a week?

A good consultant has a clear answer: a follow up visit, a revised plan, or a referral on to your pediatrician or healthcare provider, an ENT or dentist for a suspected tie, or a feeding therapist. If the answer is vague, or if you are told to simply keep going, treat that as a signal to get a second opinion.

How to Choose the Right Lactation Consultant in Scranton

Check the credential first

IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant) is the gold standard: it requires clinical hours and a board exam. Other trained supporters do real, useful work too and are great for common questions, but for medical complexity, significant pain, or weight-gain concerns, look for the IBCLC letters and loop in your pediatrician or healthcare provider.

Match the format to the problem

A painful latch is much easier to fix when someone can see and adjust positioning in person, so home and office visits win for hands-on problems. Telehealth works well for supply questions, pumping plans, and follow-ups, and it is often the fastest appointment to get.

Ask about your specific situation

Tongue-tie assessments, NICU graduates, multiples, exclusive pumping, returning to work, weaning: consultants have different depths in each. Ask directly how often they see your situation. A good consultant will tell you honestly and refer you if someone else is a better fit.

When Free Support Might Be Enough

Not every feeding question needs a private consult. If feeding is basically working and you want reassurance, technique tweaks, or company, the free layer is genuinely strong: WIC breastfeeding support if you qualify, hospital breastfeeding classes, and the county listings in the state Breastfeeding Referral Guide. Book a private IBCLC when there is pain that is not improving, weight-gain concerns your pediatrician or healthcare provider has flagged, a suspected tongue-tie, or when you have tried the free routes for a week or two and things are not getting better. And if feeding is fine but nobody is sleeping, that is a different problem: start with our guides to baby sleep schedules by age and common sleep training methods, or read whether sleep training apps actually work before you pay for anything.

This guide is for general information only and is not medical advice. For concerns about your baby’s weight, feeding, or health, or your own, talk to your pediatrician or healthcare provider.

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