At Luna Lactation & Wellness, we provide comprehensive, individualized support for families navigating infant feeding, lactation, and wellness concerns. As a micro-practice, we intentionally maintain a smaller client base, allowing us to offer thoughtful, relationship-centered care tailored to the unique needs, circumstances, and goals of each family. We recognize that feeding challenges often involve both physical and emotional complexities, and that no two journeys are exactly alike. Our approach combines evidence-informed care, compassionate guidance, and thorough assessment to help families feel supported, empowered, and confident in their decisions. We are honored to provide inclusive care for all feeding journeys while also offering integrative herbal wellness support for individuals across the lifespan.

Luna Lactation & Wellness is committed to providing personalized, comprehensive care so that each family can define their own feeding and wellness goals.

Melissa Cole, MS, IBCLC, PMH-C, is an internationally recognized lactation consultant, educator, author, researcher, and clinical herbalist with a passion for helping families feel supported, informed, and empowered throughout their feeding journey. As the founder of Luna Lactation & Wellness, she provides comprehensive, individualized care that considers the whole picture—from infant feeding and oral function to parental wellbeing and family goals. Drawing from decades of experience in maternal-child health, lactation, herbalism, infant feeding, and perinatal wellness, Melissa is known for blending evidence-informed practice, clinical expertise, and compassionate guidance to help families navigate challenges with clarity and confidence.

Read more about Melissa Cole, founder of Luna Lactation.

Melissa Curry, IBCLC, CPM is a board certified lactation consultant. She has been providing comprehensive, individualized care to families in their childbearing years since 2004, first as a midwife and then as a lactation consultant and postpartum doula. She had the opportunity to learn under the tutelage of Melissa Cole and other highly regarded lactation consultants. She earned a bachelor of art in psychology at Indiana University and a bachelor of science in midwifery from Birthingway College. Melissa is a warm, intuitive, and compassionate care provider who knows that skillful support can have a profound ripple effect in each client’s immediate and long-term parenting journey. She works with families in need of comprehensive lactation support as well as those experiencing more complex issues. In her free time, Melissa enjoys exploring new places with her family, traveling, reading, and growing food and flowers. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband Eric and her two children.

Katie Carriker, Administrative Assistant, is a Portland native and has lived in or around Portland most of her life. She received a bachelor’s degree in Physics and Music from Pacific University, has worked on a cruise boat, in a book store, in a restaurant, taught at an outdoor school, and then for 10 years she worked at OMSI in sales and registration. She loves to be able to use her skills to support Melissa and Melissa as they support new babies and new parents. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her son, baking pies, singing in a choir, cooking, gardening, reading, hiking, and visiting farmer’s markets.