Lactation Education & Support

As a Certified Lactation Educator Counselor I am here to provide feeding education and the emotional support needed to establish a healthy breastfeeding relationship. I myself have breastfed two children and navigated my own challenges such as ineffective latch, low supply, tongue & lip ties, supplementation as well as postpartum depression and anxiety. I will share the knowledge and the tools to help you and your family achieve your goals.

Topics covered include:

Birth & breastfeeding
Breastfeeding in the first 2 weeks
Milk production
Anatomy & physiology of breastfeeding
Benefits of breastfeeding
Nutrition and nutrition
Breastfeeding positions and "tips" to get you off to a good start or back on track
Latch assessment & overcoming obstacles
Signs of milk transfer
Milk production education.
Expression of milk, safe handling & storage, bottle feeding
Preparing for back-to-work
Partner/family support
Breastfeeding resources

"To the world you are a mother, but to your child you are the world."