LACTATION SERVICES
In 2018, I became a Certified Lactation Educator. At the time, I was working for WIC and helped dozens of moms navigate the hills and valleys of breastfeeding their babies. Then, it came my turn to breastfeed. This should be no problem, right? I know the “answers”. But...it WAS a struggle. To keep the long story short, I experienced everything from latch difficulties, nursing strikes, nipple shield use, supply problems and weight gain issues all the way to exclusively pumping and eventually formula feeding before finding out it was all related to tongue ties. I know what it’s like to cry over my baby, wondering why this “natural” thing isn’t coming naturally to me. I know what it’s like to not have my breastfeeding journey look the way I wanted it to.