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