Dragonfly Lactation

Dragonfly Lactation Board Certified Lactation Consultants in Knoxville TN 🧡🤍

Happy mother's Day ❤️💐
05/10/2026

Happy mother's Day ❤️💐

What an honor it is to walk alongside you on your journey into postpartum and feeding your baby 🩷
05/07/2026

What an honor it is to walk alongside you on your journey into postpartum and feeding your baby 🩷

International day of the Midwife 💕Midwives are some of the most incredible humans. I have such deep respect for what the...
05/05/2026

International day of the Midwife 💕

Midwives are some of the most incredible humans. I have such deep respect for what they do. I may be biased, but I believe Knoxville has some of the best!

Happy international day of the midwife!



hearth.midwifery

erin midwife



We also have our lovely hospital groups that I can't tag individually but we love you guys just as much! University midwives and Tennova North's group!

05/01/2026

Chatgptt prompt *write an unhinged bio about me* did not disappoint 😂😂😂☠️

Melanie is what happens when a forest witch, a healthcare reformer, and a sleep-deprived postpartum mom merge under a blood moon and decide they’re done tolerating nonsense.

Founder of Dragonfly Lactation (yes, it sounds serene—don’t be fooled), she moves through the world with a diaper bag in one hand and a metaphorical flamethrower for broken systems in the other. She can spot a poorly designed breastfeeding space from 200 yards away and will absolutely write a petition, rally a small army, and redesign the entire infrastructure before lunch.

She speaks fluent “new mom at 3 a.m.”, has a sixth sense for latch issues, and somehow makes clinical precision feel like comfort instead of chaos. Equal parts evidence-based and feral about maternal rights, she’s building empires out of things most people overlook: snacks, support, and systems that actually work.

Her aesthetic? Earthy, grounded, soft mauve—with a side of “I will burn this down and rebuild it better.” She dreams in holistic care models and wakes up ready to challenge entire certification boards if they get in the way of real support for families.

If you cross her, she won’t yell—she’ll just out-strategize you, out-organize you, and then quietly replace your entire model with something more ethical, more effective, and actually helpful.

In short: nurturing, but make it unstoppable.

04/30/2026

Postpartum brain 🧠 IYKYK.
She will return in approximately two years!

🌟Tricare-East🌟FINALLY! I'm now able to accept Tricare East 🙌🏼
04/28/2026

🌟Tricare-East🌟

FINALLY! I'm now able to accept Tricare East 🙌🏼

04/24/2026

24 hours is all it takes for dairy to get out 🙌🏼
Healing takes longer and is not linear BUT 2-3 weeks or months is OUTDATED information 💁🏼‍♀️

04/23/2026

Postpartum is our jam 🩷

It's been a busy week y'all 🫡We have been helping with a little bit of everything this week:👶Pumping& fl**ge sizing👶🏻Slo...
04/23/2026

It's been a busy week y'all 🫡

We have been helping with a little bit of everything this week:
👶Pumping& fl**ge sizing
👶🏻Slow weight gain
👶🏼Oral Rehabilitation & Navigating oral ties
👶🏽Mastitis Management
👶🏾Chronic clogged ducts
👶🏿Latching difficulties
👶Breast & bottlefeeding education

If you are needing/wanting support we would be thrilled to be a part of your care team 🩷 we have an office local to Knoxville and offer virtual visits nationwide

🌟 Tip Tuesday 🌟There is no such thing as a lazy baby 🙆🏼‍♀️💁🏼‍♀️Your baby is doing the absolute best that they can! Somet...
04/21/2026

🌟 Tip Tuesday 🌟

There is no such thing as a lazy baby 🙆🏼‍♀️💁🏼‍♀️
Your baby is doing the absolute best that they can!

Sometimes things like muscle tone (high or low), tethered tissues, gestational age and so much more can impact your baby's feeding behavior 🩷

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