Find a Lactation Consultant Near Me in Lexington, KY

Over 10 years ago, I answered the call to be with women in the childbearing year. Becoming a doula was my 1st baby step on this most rewarding journey! I advanced through nursing school and gained critical medical knowledge and insight working within the industrial-medical-pharmaceutical-complex, all the while retaining my grounding in the natural power of beautifully supported women. I started attending homebirths as the primary assistant to the midwife in 2014. Between home, hospital, and free-standing birth center settings, I have been honored to attend around 300-400 births as a nurse so far. In my journey, I have worked closely with midwives, learning the art of breastfeeding and participating in passing along this skill from woman to woman, even in the case of serious difficulty. I've coached hundreds of clients from all around the United States on topics ranging from navigating the health care system while pregnant, preventing cesarean section, reducing their risk, and so much more! My saga is only just beginning, and I want to bring as many women and families along this path as I can. Health is freedom. Material knowledge is the currency of our times, but wisdom and intuition are what give knowledge power. I hope to impart my wisdom gained through experience to you, so you can apply this to your life, and do what you know is right in your heart and mind. I want to hold your hand as you take a quantum leap of faith… Faith in yourself, in your body’s design and designer…

I have been serving families as a lactation consultant and nurse (Registered Nurse, Texas Woman's University 1995) for over 20 years and as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) for the last 10 years. I love helping families transition into parenthood with a holistic view of breastfeeding as a piece of parenting. My goal is to help families meet their goals for feeding, whatever that may look like, and to bring healing and wholeness into that process. I have advanced training in tethered oral tissues and oral motor function. I help, not only with positioning and latch, but optimal feeding at breast and bottle, including bottle refusal, pumping and flange fitting, and supporting weaning or long term breastfeeding. I am working on becoming certified in cranial sacral therapy and Mindful Breastfeeding. When I am not loving on babies their families, I enjoy reading, hiking, gardening, and spending time with my family. My husband and I have two adult sons, one daughter-in-love, and a teenage daughter.

I am a lactation consultant in Lexington, KY, offering judgement-free infant feeding support and helping you meet your feeding goals, no matter what they may be!

It takes a village. It takes a village to support a breastfeeding family. Breastfeeding/Chest-feeding/lactation matters as soon as you know you have a little one on the way. How you feed your child matters. It is important to be supported and cared for through the entire feeding journey. Are you pregnant and desire to breastfeed? I got you! Are you adopting and desire to breastfeed? I got you! Are you involved in surrogacy? I got you! Are you wanting to lactate and never have before? I got you. Are you struggling with breastfeeding and having difficulty? I got you! Are you questioning your breastfeeding experience? I got you! Have you stopped breastfeeding/lactating and want to try again? I got you! I care about my clients and strive to build a relationship and rapport with you. I care that you meet your breastfeeding/chest-feeding/lactation goals I use current evidence, current research, and integrative medicine to best help our clients. I believe in collaboration with pediatricians, OBs, and other healthcare providers to best support your journey. We are better together and prevail when together. I got you!