BASKING BABIES, LLC, BREASTFEEDING INFORMATION
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    • Engorgement
    • Low Milk Supply
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    • Oversupply
    • Plugged Ducts
    • Sore Nipple Care
    • Vasospasm
    • Yeast
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​SUPPORTING
​YOU ON YOUR BREASTFEEDING JOURNEY​

Offering personalized, compassionate care
to families in Central Iowa.

HOW IT WORKS

When it comes to your breastfeeding journey, you want the very best.
Basking Babies offers decades of experience to help you along the way. 
Basking Babies offers in-home, in-office
​and virtual breastfeeding consultations as well as invaluable breastfeeding bundles to meet your needs.

    Step 1: Fill out our Contact Form

    Please include city and zip
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Step 2: Check your insurance coverage with TLN

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The Lactation Network (TLN) is a national network of IBCLC's. They work with insurance providers to connect practices like Basking Babies with families like yours. They help us handle the paperwork so we can focus on what matters most: you and your baby.
Check my coverage with TLN

Step 3: You'll Hear from Us

Melissa will contact you as soon as she can upon receipt of both forms. Expect a call from a 515 area code.

Meet Melissa Davis

​RN, IBCLC, Owner
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Basking Babies, LLC
Over 30 years of award- winning care
for moms, babies, and families


Beginning her career as a labor and delivery nurse in 1992, Melissa has dedicated her life to helping families bring happy, healthy babies into the world.

Now, after nearly 30 years in the Iowa hospital
system, Melissa’s dream for Basking Babies is to bring her extensive training, thoughtful insight, and sisterly care directly into the homes of all who wish to empower themselves on their breastfeeding journey.



​Melissa is continuing the work of Angela Swieter,
​the Award-Winning Lactation Consultant.

Angela Swieter, RN, BSN, IBCLC
The former owner of Basking Babies, Angela continues to offer support for moms and families ​in Northern Iowa through Applaud Breastfeeding Services.
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    HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

    Send Melissa a quick message!
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 EXPLORE FREE RESOURCES

Birth, Breastfeeding, Baby, and Beyond. Basking Babies, LLC will help you every step of the way!
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Browse our library of remedies for common breastfeeding issues
(originally Cupboard Cures authored by Angela Swieter)
Find simple and delicious recipes to support your
​milk supply

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We're Here to Help. Reach Out.​

We serve families all over Central Iowa, including: Des Moines, Ames, Ankeny, Altoona, West Des Moines, Ames and more.
​Also now serving North Central Iowa with offices in both Iowa Falls and Hampton.

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  • HOME
  • About
    • Meet Melissa
    • IBCLC - What it means
  • Services
  • Remedies
    • Blebs
    • Engorgement
    • Low Milk Supply
    • Mastitis
    • Oversupply
    • Plugged Ducts
    • Sore Nipple Care
    • Vasospasm
    • Yeast
  • Recipies
  • Other Resources
  • Contact