Thank you so much for your support! I'm happily nursing my almost 5 month old (longer than my other two children) thanks to your support through challenges that I couldn't resolve on my own! I only wish I had your support in the past so I could have reached my nursing goals then. Thank you SO MUCH!

What is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant? 

An International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) is a health care professional who specializes in the clinical management of breastfeeding. IBCLCs are certified by the International Board of Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLE)

IBCLC's are:

• Recognized the world over as possessing the only standardized, board-certified lactation credential available
• Knowledgeable about up-to-date evidence-based practices in lactation as demonstrated through a rigorous exam process
• Experienced in a wide variety of complex breastfeeding situations
• Competent to assist mothers with establishing and sustaining breastfeeding, even in the midst of difficulties and high-risk situations that can arise
• Sensitive to the needs of both mothers and children as they work to help mothers meet their breastfeeding goals
• Ethical in their practice, abiding by Standards of Practice and a Code of Ethics and working within a defined Scope of Practice

IBCLC's help mothers and families with:

• Prenatal breastfeeding assessment and counselling
• Positioning and latch of an infant
• Prevention and management of maternal concerns such as breast pain and engorgement
• Establishing and increasing milk production
• Premature babies
• Infants with neurological deficits or physical disabilities
• Suck difficulties that interfere with breastfeeding
• Confidence to breastfeed for as long as mother and baby want
• Breastfeeding-supportive measures when mother and baby are separated due to work, medical or educational issues

When to book an appointment with the Lactation Consultant? (this list is not inclusive)

• you and/or your baby are having a hard time with breastfeeding
• your breasts or nipples hurt (engorgement, mastitis, thrush, cracks, bleeding, blisters)
• your baby is not gaining weight very well or at all
• your baby is jaundiced
• baby is not having the expected pees and poops
• you are worried about how your baby acts during or after breastfeeding
• you are worried you might have too much or too little milk
• baby is fussy a lot of the time
• baby is sleepy at the breast or challenging to wake up 
• your baby has a tongue tie (even if it has been "clipped")
• your baby has a cleft lip or palate or other medical concerns
• you are on medications or have health concerns you think may impact breastfeeding 

A Lactation Consultant can provide you with information, offer you support and a care plan to address concerns.
We can also:

• explain what may have caused the problems you are experiencing 
• suggest choices to help you correct a problem
• work with you to decide on a care of plan
• suggest supplies or tools you can use
• give you instructions to take home
• tell you how to know signs of improvement or signs that you need to come back
• tell you when and how to follow up or check in  
• send reports to your other care providers as requested ​

As an IBCLC, my practices include evidence-based, current practices and I am always working on continuing education. Anatomical variances such as "tongue ties" and "lip ties" are an area of particular interest with several years of experience. I work closely with other health care professionals and have a good team of other providers that are also beneficial to improving breastfeeding. 

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