Milk Early Parenting Support

Milk Early Parenting Support

Maternal & Infant Feeding, Sleep & Wellness

I am an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and with over 20 years experience providing Holistic care for families as a former Nurse & Midwife who worked within tertiary maternity hospitals in Melbourne. 

I ceased working within the mainstream healthcare system in 2014 as I was dissatisfied with the level of care that I was able to provide families and am now able to meet the gaps that are unable to be provided elsewhere.

I have a lot of experience caring for families from diverse sociocultural backgrounds of varying levels of wellness & accessibility to healthcare.

My primary focus is in providing high quality gentle, supportive & non-judgemental care that meets the needs of the family, whilst providing non-traditional medicalised options for stress, sleep & depletion support. 

I honor the natural capabiity of restoration in wellness that our bodies have & know the power of empowering ... Read more

I am an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and with over 20 years experience providing Holistic care for families as a former Nurse & Midwife who worked within tertiary maternity hospitals in Melbourne. 

I ceased working within the mainstream healthcare system in 2014 as I was dissatisfied with the level of care that I was able to provide families and am now able to meet the gaps that are unable to be provided elsewhere.

I have a lot of experience caring for families from diverse sociocultural backgrounds of varying levels of wellness & accessibility to healthcare.

My primary focus is in providing high quality gentle, supportive & non-judgemental care that meets the needs of the family, whilst providing non-traditional medicalised options for stress, sleep & depletion support. 

I honor the natural capabiity of restoration in wellness that our bodies have & know the power of empowering mothers to support their own health & wellness in motherhood.

I have been working in private practice since 2012 and since upskilled in the areas of:

  • Infant Bodywork - gentle myofascial release & play therapy
  • Paediatric Oral Myofunctional Therapy - therapy for infant suck dysfunction 
  • Infant and Maternal Mental Health
  • Family & Child Health

I provide in home consultation to families with Under 1's from Melbourne's Northern Suburbs & Telehealth Consultations from elsewhere. 

I provide the following support to families:

PRENATAL SUPPORT

  • Prenatal breastfeeding consultation
  • Prenatal parent preparation
  • Lactation Induction

BREASTFEEDING & LACTATION SUPPORT

  • Breastfeeding establishment support
  • Lactation Induction
  • Re-establishing lactation &/or breastfeeding
  • Exclusive pumping
  • Insufficient lactation
  • Nipple/Breast pain 
  • Latch pain
  • Latch difficulties
  • Feeding aids - at breast supplementation, cup feeding, fingerfeeding, bottle feeding
  • Breastfeeding & returning to work
  • Weaning
  • Transitioning from breast to bottle feeding/introducing a bottle
  • Breastfeeding & return to work
  • Solids support 

INFANT FEEDING

  • Breast & bottle feeding support
  • Latch difficulty
  • Painful latch
  • Breast/nipple pain
  • Settling difficulties
  • colic
  • Gastro-oesophageal Reflux
  • Food intolerances
  • Lip/tongue tie
  • Babies with upset tummies/excess wind
  • Babies having difficulty with sucking/gagging/milk spillage
  • Poor weight gains

SLEEP SUPPORT

NB. My sleep support appoach is one whereby I holistically assess and address the cause of the family's sleep concerns rather than instituting standard mainstream strategies.  

The following is commonly used:

  • Earthing
  • Parent baby interaction/play therapies during awake windows
  • Neuroregulatory strategies such as gentle therapeutic rhythmic rocking
  • Parental presence
  • Baby Solfeggio frequencies
  • Mindfulness
  • Supplementation to support Maternal Depletion & Stress support
  • Ensuring optimal parent self care & nutrition
  • Parent coaching, empowerment & support

I address common concerns such as:

  • Feeding issues (eg. infant lip, tongue & cheek ties & other oral motor/suck dysfunction isssues postural dysfunction, neuro-behavioural dysfunction)
  • Lack of restorative sleep
  • Unsettled babies
  • Gastro-oesophageal Reflux
  • Birth injuries
  • Birth Trauma
  • Co-sleeping
  • Transitioning baby out of parents into own room
  • Transitioning baby into own bed

Practitioners

Contact & clinic information

Doreen, 3754 AU
6142 205 2975
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