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Hello! I am Tara Daystar, IBCLC. I have over a decade of experience supporting families as a midwife, doula and lactation consultant.

As an IBCLC I can provide high quality holistic lactation and infant feeding care, and support parents in their journey. Tara Daystar is a Board Certified Lactation consultant offering in-person as well as virtual lactation consultations in Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Roanoke and Floyd. Services are often covered by insurance and all billing is taken care of by New River Lactation. Out of pocket o

ptions also available. Consultations can help you meet your breastfeeding goals, overcome difficulties, ensure adequate intake at breast, provide support when interventions are needed and supply and breastfeeding wish to be preserved, and can help a lactating parent make a smoother transition back to work.

25/11/2025

12/08/2025

New River Lactation has moved to Canada! Thank you NRV for many great years.

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21/02/2025

It feels amazing to know this work I love can have a positive impact on others. I’m so grateful for the clients I’ve had the opportunity to serve.

17/02/2025

Remembering the incredible TLN conference last year, all the IBCLC's I met, and how inspired I felt. With the ACA in question, I hope that whatever path we have moving forward, it includes amazing support for parents wishing to breastfeed and care for their babies. And honestly, whatever their feeding choices, parents deserve maternity/paternity leave, access to resources and better follow up in the postpartum. IBCLC's try to fill those gaps: we screen for PMADS, connect babies with medical care when needed, connect parents with support groups, etc, in addition to lactation and when desired bottle feeding support! It's my dream that the US can lead the world with coherent, humane infant-child-parent and birth policies. Long term goals! Meanwhile I will keep doing my part one family at a time. Grateful of the IBCLC tribe!

14/02/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/16JdSM1mMV/?mibextid=wwXIfr

If Breastfeeding Babies Made Candy Hearts...

They’d say things like:

💖 "Latch Love"
🥰 "More B**b Pls"
🌙 "Midnight Snack"
💞 "Mama = Home"
✨ "Best. Milk. Ever."
😍 "Snuggles First"

Because nothing says love like warm cuddles, milky smiles, and the sweetest bond! 💕✨

What would your baby’s candy heart say? Drop it in the comments! ⬇️

08/02/2025

Almost V-time making time at The Book House! 6-8pm❤️❤️❤️

09/12/2024

So true

✨ “We would all love the instant and magical, but there is no switch to flip that brings this experience on, and it does not always happen instantly. It can take some time for a mother and her baby to emotionally cozy up with each other.” — Ayo Ayeni – Founder, Haven Advocacy. ✨

“Sometimes it’s love at first sight; other times, it’s a process or transition into something amazing, and we need a minute.”

Tips that may help you bond with your baby ⤵️⤵️
💙 Be patient with yourself and your baby
💙 Focus on the positive interactions with your baby
💙 Talk to your baby or read to them. Even though they can’t understand you yet, talking to them can help them feel connected to you
💙 Recall how much you love your baby and all you’re doing for the baby’s well-being
💙 Skin-to-skin contact, as it helps regulate the baby’s heart rate and breathing and releases oxytocin in the mother’s brain

➡️ Read full blog: https://loom.ly/r-znivw

29/09/2024

Lactation Conference in Chicago! So grateful to meet my tribe and grow, restore, connect and refresh.

27/06/2024

Chernichky Family Chiropractic - Botetourt Chiropractor thank you so much for generously creating this community gathering for all of us to enjoy! A great time was had and I loved getting to speak with and learn from you regarding bodywork for babies! So grateful for the amazing folks we have in our region helping families!

Thank you for hosting a meetup for birth and baby professionals! It was great to connect to better serve growing families.

Tag yourself in the comments below if I missed you or if you’d like to join us next time.

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Got Doula?

You don’t have to do this alone. As your doula I offer affordable, tailored care, advocacy and support, so you can stay focused on birthing.

Birth is beautiful. And rocky and hard. And exhilarating. Sometimes slow, sometimes fast and sometimes even or****ic. It can take many paths and no two journeys will look or feel quite the same. Having trained and served as a midwife and now doula, my heart has lead me to look beyond the ‘appearance’ of birth, to the deeper currents. I recognize that more important than having a home vs. hospital birth, a birth with epidural or without, a vaginal birth or cesarean birth, is the reality of how a mother felt cared for during her birthing experience.

Leaving the medical care of midwifery behind me, as a doula I am able to deeply focus on the forming family, the new mother and father and child-to-be.