Lactation Essentials for Birth Professionals
An 8-week interdisciplinary lactation course and clinical mentorship experience for doulas, midwives, and other birthworkers supporting breastfeeding, pumping, and bottle feeding families.
Modern families deserve more thoughtful feeding support.
Lactation Essentials for Birth Professionals (LEBP) is an 8-week educational and mentorship experience designed for birth and perinatal professionals who want a deeper understanding of infant feeding, pumping, lactation, mental health, and nervous system regulation.
LEBP combines high-quality recorded education with live mentorship and case discussions to help professionals support families with greater confidence and compassion.
This experience may be a good fit if you are:
A birth doula or postpartum doula
A therapist or mental health professional working with parents
An infant sleep coach or other provider supporting families with new babies
A bodyworker, chiropractor, PT, OT, SLP supporting infants and feeding
A healthcare or perinatal professional wanting a stronger foundation in lactation and infant feeding
A student IBCLC wanting more real-world clinical discussion
A professional looking for a more nuanced, interdisciplinary approach to lactation education
What’s Included in the 8-Week Experience:
Move beyond theory with expert-led teaching, live mentorship calls, and practical case discussions designed for real-world feeding support.
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In-depth recorded educational modules
Downloadable resources
Clinical case studies
8 weeks of live mentorship calls
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Two live call opportunities each week
Collaborative case discussions
Mentorship and Q&A
Practical application of course concepts
Ongoing community and support throughout the experience
Most participants can expect to spend approximately 1–2 hours per week moving through recorded material, attending calls, and engaging with case discussions and course concepts.
All live calls will be recorded and shared with participants.
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Prenatal feeding preparation and education
Lactation physiology and milk production
Hand expression and prenatal colostrum collection
The first month postpartum
Infant weight gain and feeding assessment
Latch, positioning, and feeding mechanics
Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders
Neurodiversity, sensory processing, and nervous system regulation
Low milk production and nipple pain
Tongue ties, torticollis, and infant tension
Pumping, bottle feeding, flange fitting, and formula choices
LEBP was designed to help professionals think critically, collaborate responsibly, and better support the complexity of feeding in real life.
Through recorded education, live mentorship, and case-based discussion, participants learn how lactation intersects with mental health, nervous system regulation, infant development, bodywork, relationships, identity, and the realities of modern parenthood.
This is more than just a lactation course.
Continue Learning Beyond the 8 Weeks
LEBP graduates will also have access to ongoing mentorship opportunities through the Lactation Expert Clinical Mentorship for continued case discussions, interdisciplinary collaboration, and professional growth after the experience ends.
This creates space for ongoing learning, community, and support long after the initial 8-week experience.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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No. Lactation Essentials for Birth Professionals was intentionally designed for a wide range of birth and perinatal professionals, including doulas, therapists, bodyworkers, nurses, student IBCLCs, and others supporting postpartum families.
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LEBP includes both recorded educational content and live mentorship components. Participants can move through recorded modules on their own schedule while also attending live mentorship and case discussion calls throughout the 8-week experience.
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Most participants spend approximately 1–2 hours per week engaging with recorded modules, attending live calls, and reflecting on course concepts and case discussions. The experience is designed to feel manageable for busy professionals while still offering meaningful depth and practical application.
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Yes. All live mentorship and case discussion calls will be recorded and shared with participants.
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Lactation Essentials for Birth Professionals takes an interdisciplinary, neurodiversity-affirming, and clinically thoughtful approach to lactation education.
In addition to foundational feeding education, the experience explores how infant feeding intersects with mental health, sensory processing, nervous system regulation, infant tension, identity shifts, pumping, bottle feeding, and the emotional realities of early parenthood.
LEBP also emphasizes collaborative clinical reasoning, ethical referrals, and supporting families in a compassionate, sustainable, real-world way.
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No prior lactation certification is required. LEBP was designed to support a wide range of professionals working with pregnant, postpartum, and infant-feeding families.
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Absolutely. LEBP was intentionally designed with neurodivergent learners in mind and takes a neurodiversity-affirming approach to both education and family support.
As a neurodivergent educator myself, I understand how overwhelming rigid educational structures, information overload, perfectionism, and sensory demands can feel. The experience combines recorded material, flexible learning opportunities, live discussion, and collaborative mentorship to support different learning and processing styles.
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Yes. LEBP integrates current lactation research, clinical best practices, interdisciplinary perspectives, and real-world application while also acknowledging the emotional, relational, and nervous-system components of infant feeding support.
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LEBP is not a CLC certification program. However, some professionals pursuing the IBCLC pathway independently may choose to use coursework like LEBP toward portions of their lactation-specific education requirements rather than purchasing a bundled 95-hour program.
Because IBCLC requirements can change and vary by pathway, participants are encouraged to verify current eligibility requirements directly through the IBLCE.