Your Lactation Career A-Z Guide
This is your jumping-off point!
Your Lactation Career A-Z Guide
Welcome to your jumping-off point. You can always start here🥰
This is the place to find what you’re looking for when you need some inspiration in your lactation career!
I’ll keep it up-to-date so you can read the latest whenever you’re here.
Hi, I’m Christine, an IBCLC and Lactation Career Mentor.
You are an aspiring or current lactation care provider striving to be Exceptional.
You have strengths and preferences, you have areas of opportunity, and you have hope.
You’re in the right place.
We come together to share the good and the bad of the work we collectively do; what we need and what we have found or created in this world; to celebrate what we have accomplished and set our sights even higher for the future.
You can Read here, Listen Here, and Chat Here.
About
Baby Café
Breast Health Over the Lifetime
A Revolution in Breast Health & Breastfeeding Knowledge
Even as an IBCLC lactation consultant (the healthcare professional with the most didactic and clinical training in human lactation), the concept of how breastfeeding and milk production are tied to lifelong breast health has always been rather abstract in my education.
Breastfeeding Narratives
Bring the Baby to the Breast
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Maybe this baby only needs more time
Thinking this evening about a new sweet baby whose birth was not what her parents and grandparents pictured or planned for, whose initial breastfeeding experiences have been somewhat challenging despite excellent, round the clock lactation care.
Clinical Mentoring
Making the most of your lactation-specific clinical experience
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Peer Breastfeeding Support Groups Are Essential In Your Lactation Training
Hi friend, I’m Christine, an IBCLC in California. Here, on my Substack, I share what I’ve picked up over my 23+ years working and volunteering in lactation care & support. I write and record a podcast about my personal stories of motherhood, my professional insights from teaching and coaching hundreds of aspiring and current lactation care providers, an…
The Power of the IBCLC in Multiple Practice Settings with Adrienne Guirguis, IBCLC, CSOM
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Career Coaching
Education
Your Updated First 100 Hours Course Is Here!
I am so pleased to be able to say…The First 100 Hours Masterclass course is now available!
A Revolution in Breast Health & Breastfeeding Knowledge
Even as an IBCLC lactation consultant (the healthcare professional with the most didactic and clinical training in human lactation), the concept of how breastfeeding and milk production are tied to lifelong breast health has always been rather abstract in my education.
Ethics
Who controls the narrative about how American babies are fed?
The one message I hope to leave behind when my career is over is that breastfeeding is not separate from other conversations about health.
Formula Companies Don't Need Help Advertising
That’s why I’ve been working with a group called Radical Moms Union (they’re also here on Substack) on a strategic plan to stop predatory formula marketing.Thanks for reading Evolve Lactation- This post is REALLY IMPORTANT, so please share it with EVERYONE you know!
First 100 Hours
Borrow My List: The 3 Best Questions to Ask in the First 100 Hours of Breastfeeding
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Global Perspective in Lactation
Health Narratives
Quality Early Lactation Care Is Critical for Newborn & Maternal Health
This question from a mother who reached out to our local breastfeeding helpline really had me thinking.
Inspiration
Leadership
Marketing Your Lactation Practice
Your Expertise is Worth More Than You Think
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Building A Lactation & Birth Business Requires Change
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Messaging & Mindset
Hidden Truths of Prenatal Breastfeeding...
I spent some time over the weekend re-reading Simon Sinek's "The Infinite Game" and considering my own mission and purpose.
The Incomplete Picture of Breastfeeding
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Integrating Breastfeeding into Health Conversations: A Journey of Advocacy and Education
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Breast Health Over A Lifetime
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Pathways to IBCLC©
Podcasts
Trailer for The Lactation Consultant's Inbox
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Practice Philosophy
Part 2 - Your Lactation Training Philosophy
This week we will define your philosophy on lactation training and create a plan for the education you intend to pursue.
Predatory Formula Marketing
Who controls the narrative about how American babies are fed?
The one message I hope to leave behind when my career is over is that breastfeeding is not separate from other conversations about health.
Formula Companies Don't Need Help Advertising
That’s why I’ve been working with a group called Radical Moms Union (they’re also here on Substack) on a strategic plan to stop predatory formula marketing.Thanks for reading Evolve Lactation- This post is REALLY IMPORTANT, so please share it with EVERYONE you know!
Research & References
Breast Health Resources
Comprehensive List of Resources for Breast Information and Study / Further Reading
Skills for Supporting Breastfeeding & Lactation
Teaching About Breastfeeding & Lactation
Restoring Faith in Breastfeeding: Overcoming Resistance from Your Fellow Healthcare Providers
I wrote a book about early lactation care, but not everyone is going to like it.
It's hard to talk about formula
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