01/14/2026
January is one of the busiest months of the year for lactation emergencies. Being 5 years in private practice, it's been pretty consistent...
Every year, I see the same pattern: exhausted new Mamas reaching out in those early weeks of the new year-worried about milk supply, struggling with pain, feeling overwhelmed, and wishing they had known where to turn sooner.
This is why IBCLCs belong on the prenatal care team.
Meeting with an IBCLC during pregnancy allows us to:
• create a feeding plan
• discuss common early challenges
• address medical or birth-related risk factors
• prepare for pumping and return-to-work needs
• build confidence before those tender first days arrive
Prenatal lactation education doesn’t just reduce crisis — it creates calm, clarity, and connection.
To the OBs, midwives, doulas, maternal chiropractors and everyone working with pregnant Mamas: please continue directing families to their local lactation resources.
Ask your patients:
“Have you taken a breastfeeding class yet?”
“Have you connected with an IBCLC?”
Those simple questions can change the entire postpartum experience.
If you’re expecting, the best time to build your feeding support system is now, not in the middle of a 2 a.m. Google spiral.
You deserve steady support from the very beginning.
And I would be honored to be part of your care 💜
This is me when I was housing Luke at 4 months pregnant 🥰 the following month I would connect with an amazing doula who taught a 12 week long birthing course. Every Monday we would travel to Cazenovia and meet with other Mamas and their partners. I would then connect with IBCLCs at St Joseph’s hospital and take their breastfeeding class. All of this helped me greatly with birth and breastfeeding!
