Can I Help You?

Breastfeeding and lactation are not "natural" like breathing - they're natural like walking: most of us need some help and even someone to hold our hand while we learn.  And for some parents, it takes something more than or different from pregnancy to nurse their baby.

In our medical system, we have physicians who treat the mother or gestational parent and others who treat the baby.  Each can help with breastfeeding to some degree, but their training is not in lactation and they generally are not treating the nursing relationship itself. They do not look to the nursing pair (we call it the "dyad") for answers, but rather treat their patient.

In the case of the IBCLC, we evaluate all three:  at some point in our consultation, you will be my primary client.  At another point, I'll focus on your baby.  I will also watch you and your baby nurse and focus on everything going on before, during, and after a feeding.