Katie The Traveling Lactation Consultant (Katie)

Dr Maggie Davis is a Pediatric dentist and also owns Florida Tongue Tie in Palm Harbor.  Her training and expertise are guided by her personal experience with her own son's tongue ties being missed.  Due to that, Dr Maggie has created the Florida Tongue Tie center in order for multi-discipline specialities to be able to collaborate for best possible outcomes for all TOTs kids.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this update episode Katie Oshita talks through some of the crazy things her clients are told by providers regarding breastfeeding and tongue tie, as well as going over her own tongue tie journey that is starting now for her family.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Dr Baxter is not only an amazing Pediatric dentist, a fantastic release provider, wonderful teacher (creator of Tongue-Tied Academy), he is also the best selling author of "Tongue Tied- How a Tiny String Under the Tongue Impacts Nursing, Speech, Feeding and More".  Katie spent the day watching Richard meet with patients, do a through assessment and then a complete release and can understand why he is so very busy.  Even on his busiest days, Richard takes the time to stop and pray with every patient before the procedure and shows how much he truly cares about each and every family he meets.  Dr Baxter also is doing amazing research to help the field of tongue tie progress with evidence to show how a complete release can impact a persons overall health.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Dr Casey Lynn owns Tampa Tongue Tie Center and SmileLynn Pediatric Dentistry.  He is focused on offering both great pediatric dentistry, being focused on airway and preventative dental care and truly passionate about quality tongue tie treatment.  Listen to hear more about his practice, what he recommends for post-op care, and what he sees in his clients.  Dr Casey treats tongue tie in all ages from birth through the life span.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Dr Yang is a Breast surgeon and IBCLC candidate.  As a Breastfeeding Medicine doctor she seems clients prenatally for education and support, lactating for assistance and also oncology patients as well.  While she is a traditionally trained surgeon, Dr Yang also understands and uses alternative methods when appropriate, such as recommending probiotics instead of antibiotics for mastitis.  Dr Yang is a part of MarinHealth.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Having a baby with multiple food sensitivities is painful and exhausting.   In this episode, Dr Trill discusses her journey from PhD doing ovarian cancer research to allergy mom then breastmilk allergy detector kit developer/CEO of Free to Feed.  Dr Trill is doing the most amazing (and some of the only research in this area) research for allergen detection in breastmilk to help families understand how to help their babies eat without pain.  She also started Free to Feed to be a source of education and support for allergy families.  Follow Dr Trill with Free to Feed on Instagram.


Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode Katie discusses care of TOTs with Autumn R. Henning, MS, CCC-SLP, COM®, IBCLC of Chrysalis Orofacial.  As an IBCLC and COM, Autumn works with clients the entire lifespan.  Tongue tie starts in utero, changing the way baby swallows amniotic fluid and continues throughout life, effecting breastfeeding, speech, sleep and more.  The effects of tongue tie never end, we just learn how to compensate, some better than others.  Autumn works with a team of providers in Greenville South Carolina and has courses for providers.

Katie Oshita RN, BSN, IBCLC is on the road (updating from Tampa Florida) again.  In this episode she covers tongue tie from a mom and provider prospective.  Katie's daughters are 13 and 10, both undergoing tongue 👅 tie releases, functional frenuplasty aka Zaghi Method, and 1 upper lip tie release by Dr Maggie Davis.  Katie talks about Myofunctional therapy, Myofascial release, palate expansion, pain management and how it was to be a mom watching her daughter's releases (spoiler alert: super cool as a provider, terrible as a mom!).  See how tongue tie doesn't go away or stretch, the compensations just get bigger and affect daily life more.

Michelle Emanuel has an impressive resume.  Working with babies for 26 years as a Neonatal/Pediatric Occupational therapist, both in-patient and out-patient, and then starting her own private practice.  Michelle is also an IBCLC, with extensive training in bodywork modalities such as craniosacral therapy, myofascial release and reflexology.  TummyTime!© Method was created by Michelle to address the rising numbers of babies affected by sleeping on their back, developing tension patterns, torticollis and flat spots. She offers the "secret" to helping babies and families have fun and enjoy the tummy time experience. Developed circa 2005, it was the first, and still only, program developed directly addressing the 'tummy time issue' and has been learned by close to 1000 professionals worldwide.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Dr Saleha Mahmud-Ritter started Tongue Tie Center of Baltimore is a was a General Dentist before becoming a parent.  Having her first son she learned all about lactation and tongue ties from the support of her IBCLC.  This led Dr Saleha to "quit" general dentistry, and truly jump into all things Tongue tie. 

In this episode, Dr Saleha and Katie discuss their families tongue tie journeys, hospital lactation care, Baby-Friendly certifications and how it all comes together.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode Katie and Lynn discuss how birth trauma and breastfeeding challenges should be supported by both an IBCLC and chiro/bodyworker team.  They talk through their own journeys, why colic isn't a diagnosis and the best time to start working with an IBCLC and chiropractor.

Podcast guest: Dr Lynn Gerner, DC, FICPA specializes in pre/post-natal maternity care and pediatrics, including advanced cranial adjusting techniques.  Dr Gerner works closely with IBCLC's to support breastfeeding challenges, TOTs, colic, euro-processing challenges and more.  Dr Gerner is the founder of The Good Life Learning, LLC and teaches post-graduate education courses on Advanced Cranial work for breastfeeding infants and chiropractic prenatal care.  Dr Gerner practices at The Good Life Chiropractic in Davis, CA

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

It's been a year on the road, a year of meeting with providers, watching frenectomies, discussing breastfeeding medicine, tethered oral tissues and more.  In this episode Katie reviews both her personal and professional journey on the road so far, and gives some sneak peeks for the upcoming year.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode Katie and Dr Meggie Graham discuss how tongue tie and breastfeeding challenges should be supported by a team for better functional results.  They talk about how to make a team, how this approach supports families better, optimal timing of release and why the Untethered Initiative.

Podcast guest: Dr Meggie Graham graduated from Marquette University School of Dentistry in 2009. Dr. Graham owns Lake Park Dental and Untethered Airway Health & Tongue Tie Center. Both are located on Milwaukee’s Eastside near UWM & serves the entire Milwaukee area. She and her team offer a relaxed atmosphere where comprehensive, holistic health is top priority. She is very involved in continuing education, community outreach, and expanding public awareness of airway health. She is an affiliate of The Breathe Institue, a Liason for AAPMD, and member of the Spear Faculty Club.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode Katie and Dr Justin talk about how Chicago Tongue Tie Center started and why they see a need for a Tongue Tie Center.  Since Chicago Tongue Tie Center is new in early 2022 (though Dr Justin, Dr Bindi and Dr Derik have been preforming frenectomies for years) they discuss building a team, who should be on that team and how the team not only helps the families they serve but the professionals as well.  

Podcast guest: Dr. Justin completed his general dentistry training at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and this was followed by a two-year advanced program focused on pediatric dentistry at the UIC Hospital. In addition to being a board-certified pediatric dentist, he is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, the highest honor a dentist can achieve in this specialty.  On top of being a practicing dentist, Dr. Justin is also a professor. He currently serves as faculty at Midwestern University, teaching pediatric dentistry, and he also lectures at continuing education events across the country.  To stay abreast of the latest advancements in dentistry, he is a member of the American Dental Association, Illinois Dental Society, and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Dr Kotlow started recognizing and treating tongue tie decades before most other providers.  In fact he has been treating tongue tie since 1974!  Dr Kotlow is dedicated to helping patients have full oral function and not letting tongue tie limit their bodies.  Dt Kotlow and Katie discuss the changes in lasers, treatments, new tools and what families need.

Podcast guest:  Lawrence Kotlow DDS: Pediatric Dentistry , Solo Practice Albany NY 1974-Present.  Attended Albany College of Pharmacy 1965-1968.  Graduate of SUNY Buffalo School of Dentistry 1968- 1972.  Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Dental Residency 1972-1974.  Past president of the 3rd District Dental Society 1995.  President’s Award 3rd District Dental Society 1996.  3rd District Dental Society Three Clinician Awards.  A. Feldman-Hunn medal of merit award 1989, B. William B Smith Award 2000,     C. Down’s-Ripp Award 2008.  Board Certified Pediatric Dentistry 1980.  Life member of the American Dental Association, (ADA).  Life Fellow of the American Board of Pediatric dentistry (FABPD).   Life member of the  NYSDA and 3rd District Dental Society of NY.  Member of American Academy of Physiologic Medicine and Dentistry  (AAPMD).  Member of Academy of Laser Dentistry  since 2000.  Mastership Academy of Laser Dentistry (MALD).  ALD : Leon Goldman Award for clinical excellence 2014.   ALD : John Sulewski Distinguished Service award 2022.  ALD :Speaker and Trainer.  Using multiple Laser wavelengths since 1998 for dental procedures.  ALD advanced Laser proficiency in Erbium:YAG, Nd:YAG , CO2 @9300nm  , Standard Proficiency in  Diode 810nm,980 nm and 1064 nm  lasers.  ICAP 2018 Professional Educator Award.  IATP founding member.   Author of over 30 peer reviewed articles,  2 texts : Atlas of TOTS and  SOS 4 TOTS, about lasers, infant frenectomies, and breastfeeding.   Contributed to various chapters in texts on laser  & pediatric dentistry: Dental Clinics of NA,  Principles and Practice of Laser dentistry (Editions 1,2,3),  US dentistry 2006,  Lasers in Endodontics.  NY TopDOCS: Top Dentist 2021,2022.  Today’s Dentistry Recognition 2001,2022 Leader in Education

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this tongue tie world, IBCLC's and Pediatric chiropractors are BFF's!  IBCLC's have clients with tongue tie babies needing bodywork, having knowledge of the best pediatric chiropractors is essential, the opposite being important for chiropractors.  In this episode Dr Rosen and Katie Oshita discuss how to support tongue tie families throughout the process.  As we say, rehabilitating tongue tie is a process not a procedure!  Listen to hear more from Dr Rosen and Katie Oshita.

Podcast Guest: Dr. Martin Rosen is a 1981 summa cum laude graduate of Life Chiropractic College. Over the past 4 decades he has taught pediatrics, craniopathy, primary healthcare management, practice management and chiropractic philosophy nationally and internationally to thousands of chiropractors, chiropractic students, healthcare providers and on public forums.

As parents of two daughters, Drs. Rosen and Watson have been committed to helping other parents learn from both their personal and professional experiences.  Through their combined 80 years of teaching, writing and clinical experience they have brought a unique insight, motivation, and support to thousands of lay and professional individuals in numerous fields.

Contact info:
WellesleyChiro.com
DrMartinRosen.com
PeakPotentialProgram.com
Itsallintheheadbook.com
drmartinrosen@gmail.com

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Joan Comrie is a SLP who has worked closely with IBCLC's to support tongue tie families. In a world where IBCLC's and SLP don't always see eye to eye on how to work with families struggling with infant feeding, Joan was able to work on a "dream team" with an IBCLC in a NICU for many years.  While SLPs are more focused on suck and swallow mechanics, and IBCLCs are more focused on supporting the dyad, they both can educate and support each other as professionals to help families with complex feeding issues.

Podcast guest: Joan Comrie is a speech pathologist that has worked in pediatric dysphagia for over 35 years.  She started in the NICU helping mommies and babies fulfill their breastfeeding goal through creating a “Dream Team” with Lactation.  She transitioned to her own practice in the 90s. Joan has helped over 10 thousand patients many with complex issues related to TOTs, airway and GI issues. Joan is a constant learner earing multiple continuing education award through her national certification (ASHA). She is a teacher at heart.  She always opened her practice to grad students. She has lectured and consulted to organizations internationally and here in the US, lectured at the graduate level and presented at conferences including ASHA, NOMAS, Neonatal Network and ILCA.  There are many parent and professional how-to’s in publication which anyone can download on our website feeding.com, as well as
many parent how-to videos on her youtube channel. In her mission to teach, she provides a course in which LC can learn about the coordination of suck swallow breathe and the sensory motor patterns of feeding to help the LC understand infant feeding and when to engage the help of a SLP on the feeding dream team. You can find her course at feedingacademy/thinkific.com

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Myofascial release therapy is wonderful and not frequently understood or widely available.  Katie and Kendra discuss how myofascial works on the body, what treatments are like and who can benefit from this form of bodywork.  Kendra has also been the bodyworker for Katie's children before and after their releases.  When Katie started her myofascial release therapy with Kendra she experienced a healing crisis, and they discuss how this can happen based on trauma, immune issues, gut dysbosis, and scar tissue.   

Podcast Guest: Kendra LaGrande is passionate about the effectiveness of John Barnes Myofascial Release as it has been immensely beneficial in her healing journey. This holistic form of authentic healing has helped her the most achieve lasting results to alleviate chronic pain. She has been exclusively practicing Myofascial Release for 8 years and using her many years of experience as a PT to assist all ages- infants to the elderly.  She is an expert level Myofascial Release therapist and assistant for John Barnes’ Myofascial Release Seminars. 

Kendra has been a Physical Therapist for 24 years and specialized in the area of pediatrics for over 16 years. She has worked in numerous pediatric settings including outpatient clinics, a preschool, All Children's Hospital, a hippotherapy program, and a center for medically fragile children. She is NDT (Neurodevelopmental Treatment) certified in the Treatment of Children with Cerebral Palsy and other Neuromotor Disorders. She is also trained in Craniosacral Facial Therapy- The Gillespie Approach and has taken numerous courses on Tethered Oral Tissues, including through the Breathe Institute.  Kendra graduated with a Masters in Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University in 2002, and the University of Central Florida with a Bachelors of Science in Physical Therapy in 1998 and a Bachelors of Science in Health Services Administration in 1996.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode, the host Katie Oshita, BSN, RN, IBCLC discusses her tongue tie symptoms and how this is affecting her treatment plan.  Tongue tie symptoms are generally pretty similar in babies and breast/chest feeding parents, but when the tongue tie goes untreated for years, and even decades, there is a wider variety of symptoms that can happen.  Katie also discusses her treatment plan that will include working with previous podcast guests Dr Maggie Davis from Florida Tongue Tie Center and Kendra LaGrande from Thrive Myofascial Release.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

All mammals breathe air, all mammals give live birth.  All mammals breastfeed their young.  Humans are mammals, even tho we tend to forget it.  Breastfeeding should be easy (cats don't worry about breastfeeding).  Katie Oshita and Shaz Tayebi talk about how remembering that we are mammals can deeply change and impact our breastfeeding practices.

Podcast guest: Shaz Tayebi, IBCLC, brings her midwifery experience from Iran to her lactation career in Canada. She noticed there were much more breastfeeding challenges in her practice in Canada compared to rural areas of Iran, where they trust babies more than books, apps, instructions, etc. That’s why she created the documentary “We’re Mammals”!

“We’re Mammals” helps parents and healthcare providers understand newborn’s innate feeding behaviors, acknowledge that the mammalian approach to breastfeeding is a failproof method (the reason we are not extinct) and identify barriers to trusting baby’s instincts.

As a mother of two, one having special needs, she has first hand experience in what a normal breastfeeding journey looks like.  She’s also a craniosacral therapist, a gentle form of body work, which she originally learned for her son and is now corporating  it in helping families too. She mentors doulas and lactation consultants as well.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Philadelphia just got a great new pediatric dental practice, Philadelphia Pediatric Dentistry with Dr Maria Cordero-Ricardo.  As an experienced and patient teacher, Dr Maria spent the last 10 years in academia teaching and guiding dental students in all the ways of infant oral health and tongue tie.  Now that she is in private practice, Dr Maria is passionate about her office being a calm environment for all (low sensory, calm lighting, great spots for parents to sit and very calming presence).  Infant oral health, and habits that parents can adopt before the child turns 3 are rarely discussed, but in her office it's a priority for Dr Maria.  She knows an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, for oral health and tongue tie!  Listen as Katie Oshita and Dr Maria discuss this and more in Ep 35.

Podcast guest: As a mom, pediatric dentist, biomedical engineer, and dental school faculty, Dr. Maria offers families a uniquely tailored approach to children's dental care.  She earned her Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry degree at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine. She went on to complete her specialized Pediatric Dentistry Residency at The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

She is a board-certified pediatric dentist with a deep commitment to promoting children’s oral health through nutrition, wellness, prevention, and a focus that includes lactation and infant oral health support. Dr. Maria has extensive pediatric experience in treating children of all ages and has taught hundreds of dental students and residents over the last decade.

Beyond serving families, Dr. Maria describes herself as “a joyful wife and mother of 2 living in the Art Museum neighborhood of Philadelphia. I feel gratitude for living in Philadelphia today and love exploring the museums and green spaces with my family and neighbors.”

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Katie Oshita and Bryna Hayden discuss how Bryna got started working with infant reflexes, why understanding and working with reflexes is important and how every IBCLC should start learning more and observing babies reflexes.  Bryna has a deep science background, uses that to study neurobehavior and babies.  They discuss how a hyper focus on problems, such as tongue tie and oral function, is clouding the field, covering up what IBCLC's are there to do- help the dyad (or triad) thrive. 

Podcast Guest:  Bryna is a neurodivergent and queer IBCLC, adult educator, birth doula, mentor, and private practice owner. They have also sought additional training and continuing education in the areas of oral function and infant feeding, Rhythmic Movement Training (RMT), primitive reflexes and brain development in infants, cultural congruency, trauma-informed care, harm-reduction approaches to clinical care, and other counseling strategies for client-facing care. Inclusivity and accessibility are central values that Bryna hold as they approach their work. Bryna also recognizes that their background as a white person in the United States places them in a position of privilege, and they work to be cognizant of how that lens impacts their work. When not working, Bryna can be found staring up at huge trees in awe or inhaling the salty air at the coast in the Pacific Northwest where they live with their children, partner, and dogs.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Telehealth is all the rage now since Covid, but there are practitioners who have been using telehealth for much longer.  Jennifer Tow, BFS, MA, IBCLC, LMT, CSOM has been seeing clients across the globe for more than a decade, using video visits as a way to bring expert care to families anywhere.  Jennifer is also the creator of the IBCLC Master Class, taught in a team with other providers.  Jennifers knowledge goes way beyond lactation, but understands and supports a state of wellness for parents and their babies.  Katie Oshita and Jennifer discuss how the current state of hyperawareness on oral function is actually harming families, causing them to lose the breastfeeding relationship in favor of oral function.  Listen in as this and much more is discussed.

Podcast guest:  Jennifer Tow, BFA, MA, IBCLC, LMT, CSOM has practiced holistic lactation and guided parents in raising their children holistically for over 25 years. A fascination with the physiology of wellness has led her on a 30-year journey exploring the influences on infant health that come to define long-term human well-being. Her interests are focused in the areas of epigenetics and the microbiome, gut-brain health, airway function and oral functional competency, exploring the profoundly far-reaching implications of this work for breastfeeding dyads.

While residing between the USA & France, Jennifer established an international client base and now sees most of her clients on-line, specializing in collaborating with her clients in resolving complex breastfeeding issues. With a Master's in Holistic Health Coaching, her reputation for guiding parents through these issues stems from her ability to integrate holistic modalities and an expanded skill-set, such as myofunctional therapy and craniosacral fascial therapy, into her practice.

She is a writer and lecturer, offering workshops internationally and via webinar on breastfeeding & epigenetics, gut health & healing, tongue-tie & airway development and holistic breastfeeding practices. After a decade in development, she now offers a year-long advanced course in Integrative and Holistic Lactation. She is a founding member of IATP (the International Affiliation of Tongue-tie Professionals) and is the Breastfeeding Section Leader of the AAPMD (American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry) and founder of the Holistic Lactation Institute. Jennifer is the mother of three children born at home in 1988, 1992 and 1998 and a granddaughter born at home in 2009. Contact: IBCLCMasterClass@gmail.com or online at holisticibclc.blogspot.com

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this podcast episode, Katie Oshita and Avery young discuss the blinding focus on tongue tie and oral function that is leaving many families in worse shape after support.  First by not know know to immediately stop breastfeeding pain, too many families are rushed to release by providers- Avery Young strives to change this by teaching other IBCLC's all about how to engage baby's feeding reflexes for a deeper, pain-free latch.  Then many families are still treated in this mono-focused way with other providers who support oral function, but know nothing about how to see and care for a dyad.  Avery Young has created a visual to try and bring awareness to the importance of prioritizing parental and infant wellness and breastfeeding relationship above oral function.  Listen as this and much more is discussed.

Podcast Guest:  Avery Young is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant licensed by the state of Georgia who is on a mission to help change the way we latch and feed infants. She has master's degrees in both Biology and Science Education and has been in private practice as a lactation consultant since 2014.

She spent the first half of her career teaching Biology to anyone who would listen, from middle school through college.  She began her practice as a lactation consultant in 2014, after the birth of her second child, with the goal of helping to empower families with the resources and confidence to make decisions that were right for their own families. 

Her own journey into motherhood and her quest to understand the needs of her own neurodiverse family led her to a deeper study of infant reflexes, neurology, and brain plasticity. It was during this study that Avery began to understand the significance of reflexes and she began to observe and learn from babies during the latching and feeding process. 

She began to notice that babies have a highly repetitive and predictable sequence of behaviors that occur during the latching process. She quickly realized that those sequences of behaviors - which she calls the Cascade of Feeding Reflexes - have a far bigger role than just helping an infant to latch. They also establish the foundation of movement. 

By helping infants engage their feeding reflexes she believes we can change the developmental trajectory of an infant for the rest of their life, and her mission is to help everyone understand what those reflexes are, and how we can use them to make feeding better. 

When she is not working, or researching answers to her own questions, Avery enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time in nature with her husband and three children, in their hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. 

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode, Katie Oshita discusses the all important phrase of "timing of release" and what it means.  Why does it matter when the tongue tie release is done?  What is meant by pre-release and post-release therapy?  What is the difference between active wound care and oral exercises or oral habilitation?  And rhythmic movements?  Listen as Katie addresses these and deciding on her own timing of release when getting a functional frenuplasty as an adult (at 44 years old).  If you have wondered what happens while "waiting" for a tongue tie release then this episode is for you.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Katie Oshita and McKale Fleming were both IBCLC's traveling the country in an RV.  McKale has an integrative health coaching lactation practice with bodywork and traveled all over the south bringing expert care to families in need.  Listen as they discuss the importance of bodywork and its many different methods, and how the team supports tongue tie families. 

Podcast Guest: McKale is a board-certified lactation consultant, massage therapist and integrative health coach. Transitioning from a traditional office to a traveling business, McKale & her family traveled all over Georgia and Florida helping families with clinical lactation and structural integration. Recently settling in Atlanta, McKale continues to support families in a unique way through bodywork, family wellness, and infant feeding. She is a Mom to two boys; their breastfeeding journey created a compassionate foundation for her lactation career.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Recently Katie Oshita at the age of 44 years old had a functional frenuplasty with Dr Maggie Davis.  Katie had already done a lot of prep work  (listen back to episode 33 for some of her symptoms and pre release therapy) but was still surprised with some of the unexpected outcomes of her release.  Listen as Katie Oshita and Dr Maggie discuss Katie's release and much more about timing of release and adult vs baby releases.

Podcast Guest: Dr Maggie Davis is a Pediatric dentist and also owns Florida Tongue Tie in Palm Harbor.  Her training and expertise are guided by her personal experience with her own son's tongue ties being missed.  Due to that, Dr Maggie has created the Florida Tongue Tie center in order for multi-discipline specialities to be able to collaborate for best possible outcomes for all TOTs kids.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Timing of release isn't just a catch phrase, it's the MOST important part of deciding when to have a tongue tie release.  Katie Oshita and Dr Gary Myers discuss how he started doing releases (spoiler alert: he was pushed into this space by Jennifer Tow), how his practice grew (crunchy mom referrals at first then eventually got some Pediatrician referrals).  Dr Gary talks about what he usually sees with clients, how different babies are from adults and how there isn't 1 right way for everyone.  Dr Gary also focuses on what he calls the 3 T's:
Tethers- anatomy- his job
Tension- bodywork space
Technique- Lactation space
Listen here for all the details from Katie and Dr Gary.

Podcast Guest: Dr. Gary Myers is a pediatric dentist in the Jacksonville, FL area. He graduated residency in 2001 from MCV in Richmond, VA.  He currently lives in Middleburg, FL with his wife, 5 kids, and 2 dogs.  He was introduced, recruited, and educated to the world of helping babies achieve proper latch and functional breastfeeding in 2012 by one of the most wonderful IBCLC’s around, Jennifer Tow.  This was back when the Tongue Tie Support Group on FB had less than 1000 members!  He is holistic minded and always looking for novel ways to improve the oral and overall health of his patients and their families.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode, Katie Oshita and Montika Collins discuss the importance of representation in health care, and what it means to be an activist.  Montika Collins is passionate about not only supporting women of color, but also training women of color in order to increase the support for families in Tulsa.  Montika also discusses food deserts, the importance of good nutrition and how using herbs can be healing.  Montika's goal is to become a midwife, but for now she is the only black IBCLC in Oklahoma, opening a birth center for women of color and works hard to create the world she wishes to see. 

Podcast Guest: Montika Collins, MA, BS, BSN, RN, CLC, IBCLCMontika serves as an Advanced Holistic Lactation Consultant at Innovations Lactation and Breastfeeding, an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), a Holistic Integrative nurse, Health and Wellness Coach, Body Worker, Medical Herbalist, and nursing faculty at Oral Roberts University. 

As an activist, she served Oklahoma’s breastfeeding coalition, COBA (Coalition of Oklahoma Breastfeeding Advocates) as chair & board member.  Her passion for the health and well-being of minority women and children led her to co-found the 501(c)3, nonprofit organization, Innovations Family Wellness INC.  She serves her community as the Co-President & CEO of Innovations Family Wellness INC.  

Montika graduated from Maryland University of Integrative Health with a Master of Arts (MA) in Health and Wellness Coaching and a concentration in Medical Herbalism. She also earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Biology and Chemistry from Northeastern State University.  Montika graduated Magna Cum Laude from Oral Roberts University with a Bachelor of Science (BSN) in Nursing.  She has over 300 hours in continuing education courses specific to the care of the mother/baby dyad. 

In addition to teaching nursing students, she also trains healthcare professionals on how to utilize and integrate alternative healthcare practices into their medical practices. She also holds group training and seminars for various perinatal providers. Montika serves local women, breastfeeding mothers, and their infants providing them with health & wellness coaching, herbal support, bodywork, and advanced holistic lactation & breastfeeding support.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Katie Oshita and Diana Leon knew each other when they were both in the CA Bay Area, before Katie took to the RV life and Diana moved to Denver.  In the early days, Katie and her family were blessed to see Dr Diana each week for adjustments and to help their body feel its best.  In this episode, Katie and Diana talk about all think chiropractic for babies- both as a wellness practice as and a healing option.  Since both providers work with a lot of tongue tied babies, they both see the same thing, but from different sides.  Listen in as they discuss how to help families thrive.

Podcast Guest: As a lifelong athlete, she always had an interest in the human body and sports performance, particularly after sustaining a significant knee injury while playing lacrosse. During that rehabilitation, she learned how chiropractic care could positively influence her body's ability to heal.

She attended Sonoma State University and received her undergraduate degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Exercise Science. She went on to graduate magna cum laude from Life Chiropractic College West with honors in Clinical Excellence.
After graduating from chiropractic school, her interest in perinatal and pediatric care soon developed into a true passion. Facilitating impactful and positive change through chiropractic care was a gift she never wanted to stop giving!

She had the amazing opportunity in her first 4 years of practice to work for a few of the leading perinatal and pediatric chiropractic experts in the California Bay Area before deciding to move to Denver where Dr Leon opened CalmBody Chiropractic Club.  She has advanced and extensive perinatal and pediatric training in addition to her chiropractic education in order to provide the expert advice and care you and your family deserve.

She now lives in Denver with her soon-to-be wife, Claire, where they enjoy the mountains, live music, and spending time with their family and friends. They hope to start their own family soon, where chiropractic care will be an essential part of that journey.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Tongue ties are on the rise, some evidence says 25-33% of babies have an oral restriction, and these families need help.  In Olympia, they have a talented Pediatric Dentist at Olympia Untied with Dr Andrea Mason.  In this episode, Katie Oshita and Dr Andrea Mason discuss the necessity of a team approach and how working together helps families thrive.  If you have been wondering about team building for tongue tie practices, listen today.

Podcast guest:  A native of Olympia, Dr. Andrea Mason was introduced to dentistry at an early age. Her father, Dr. Jack Cox, practiced dentistry for over 30 years in Lacey, where Dr. Mason helped as an assistant during summers growing up. Dr. Mason completed her undergraduate studies at Pacific Lutheran University, where she received a Bachelor of Science in biology and minored in chemistry and studio art. She received her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree with high honors from the University of Washington. While there, she founded and directed the University of Washington Pediatric Dental Society and served as a Teaching Assistant for the Department of Pediatric Dentistry. Her research has been published in the Journal of the American Dental Association and the Journal of Anesthesia Progress. While in school, she received numerous awards including the Most Distinguished Scholar Award from the Department of Pediatric Dentistry and the Ralph E. McDonald Scholar Award for her outstanding performance during residency.

After her time at the University of Washington, Dr. Mason went on to receive a Master of Science in dentistry and a Certificate in pediatric dentistry with a minor in psychology from Indiana University/Riley Children’s Hospital. She is a board-certified diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, and a member many organizations.

Dr. Mason and her husband, Hans, have two beautiful daughters, Violet and Piper. The office therapy dog, Sugar, and her brother, Sammy, also live with the family. Together their family enjoys snowboarding, camping, and spending time on the water. In her free time, Dr. Mason also loves art, especially working on ceramics at the potter’s wheel.  Dr. Mason enjoys all aspects of pediatric dentistry; her passion is laser lip and tongue-tie revisions for infants and children of all ages.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode Katie Oshita discusses how much of medicine in the Allopathic system is a band-aid model and treats everyone the same.  If you go in for depression, they go to the same antidepressants regardless of who you are, they just go down a list.  This method ignores the fact that there are many different causes for any issue, such as depression- low vitamin D, low Omega 3's, MTHFR, and so many more.  Katie discusses how Functional Medicine is not about the disease but the root cause, the cellular function that is impaired, and the individual person.  Katie also discusses how this relates to lactation- that instead of starting formula on a baby not gaining well at the breast, Katie discusses how finding the root cause, whether it's maternal hormone/supply related, baby tongue tie related or anything else is how to truly address issues and find wellness.  

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Lactation typically is either a home visit where the IBCLC comes to the client, or an office visit where the client comes to the IBCLC.  Holly Johnson saw a problem in her area where too many families lived rurally and choosing one location for an office wouldn't serve each community.  So Holly came up with a unique idea of creating a mobile lactation clinic, meaning that Holly comes part of the way, and clients come part of the way.  Listen to hear more about how a mobile clinic works for this military wife IBCLC and the communities she serves.

Podcast Guest: Holly Johnson is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) with a Bachelor of Science in Maternal Child Health and Human Lactation. Holly is currently working on her MPH at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Holly provides care remotely and with in her mobile lactation clinics to military families and communities in Southern Colorado. She has completed additional education in TOTs and oral habilitation. Holly Johnson and her mobile clinic, Lady Leche, will be relocating to Missouri summer 2023. 

Holly is married to Heath Johnson, who has been in the Army since 2008. They have 3 daughters together, Amelia, Eleanora, and Fiona. Holly has breastfed all her children until they self-wean. She experienced many breastfeeding-related problems throughout her journey, which led her to pursue a career in lactation. 

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Both Katie Oshita and Liz Turner are working with tongue tie families trying to find support and function.  Both Katie and Liz know the secret isn't in the release alone (Liz does a fabulous release tho, and it is an essential part of the process), it's about timing of release, teamwork and functional habilitation.  So how do all these things go together and how does it work for families that aren't getting support, who are learning about tongue tie from Facebook groups?  Listen to hear more about this process here.

Podcast Guest: Dr. Turner had been a general dentist for many years before discovering the link between oral restrictions, growth and development, and basically everything else in dentistry.  Never in dental school or in practice did anyone talk about the tongue and the profound impact it has on the body.  She is proud of her two babies ages 5 and 3 who have been her “why” in her journey of discovering oral restrictions, sleep, growth, and the impact that these three things have on the quality of life a human being can have.  As a general restorative dentist with an airway focus, Dr. Turner has the opportunity to treat all ages, and in doing so is able to see the impact of untreated oral restrictions from womb to tomb.  She specializes in cosmetic restorative dentistry with an airway focus always, as well as focusing on treatment of tethered oral tissues, interceptive orthodontic expansion, and preventive functional dentistry.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC reviews a few recent case studies for tongue tie support.  In one case the family reached out for support one month after a frenectomy that hadn't brought any changes.  The other family reached out when the baby had completely refused the breast, at 7 weeks old, after needing to supplement for weight gain.  Both families had seen many providers and not gotten a resolution of issues, or to an easy feeding result.  Both families were frustrated and didn't know what else to try.  Katie reviews her treatment plan and how working with other providers in tandem, mainly bodyworkers, can bring better results much faster than treating alone.

Katie also discusses what functional lactation and holistic care looks like in her practice.  How oral function is important but doesn't exist in a vacuum.  The dyad needs complete care, from milk supply to gut health, sleep solutions and mental health.  Treating the dyad is about much more than breastfeeding, it's supporting the parent and child through all of their struggles and helping them reach their goals.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC and Mark Persaud, DDS discuss tongue tie both from a parent's and provider's perspective and how all of this led to Dr Persaud and his wife Amelia Persaud to create a multi-therapy office.  The strategy here was to allow parents one location, one place to centralize care.  More than that, this central design facilities provider communication and true learning from each other.  Listen for more details about this groundbreaking tongue tie center of Atlanta.

Podcast Guest: Mark Persaud, DDS and his wife, Amelia OTR/L, IBCLC built their own specialty practice from the ground up almost three years ago, where they focus on tethered oral tissues (TOTs) and therapy under one roof.  The focus and passion behind his practice is to educate parents and walk them through the TOTs release process in a way that he felt was lacking when he went through these issues as a parent himself. Both of his children exhibited multiple signs and symptoms of TOTs as infants, and despite exhausting consultations with different medical professionals, he felt that there was a missing piece of the puzzle in improving their issues.  This sent him and his wife down the rabbit hole of airway focused dentistry and therapy.  Through several continuing education courses and a practice that focuses only on TOTs and therapy, Dr. Persaud has a unique exposure that allows him to look beyond the lens of just performing frenectomies, but also understanding holistically, the importance of pre and post therapy rehabilitation and wound management, which he feels truly makes all the difference in providing patients with consistent and predictable results.  

Dr. Persaud is from Queens, NY. He graduated from Meharry Medical College in 2017, and completed an AEGD through NYU-Lutheran in Atlanta, Georgia, where he and his family settled. Although he still loves New York (to visit), the hustle and traffic congestion of the big city life drives him bonkers. He is a homebody that enjoys time with his two kiddos and awesome wife.  Aside from being an airway focused dentist, he finds himself becoming more into health and wellness, and would love to grow his airway focused practice into adding functional medicine in the upcoming years.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Another year of podcasting!  Another year on the road with THOUSANDS of miles, meeting with providers and recording to share this information.  In this year Katie Oshita met with 10 release providers, 3 chiropractors, 1 Myofascial release therapist, 7 IBCLC's, 1 SLP and had 5 episodes herself.

In this episode, Katie discusses some of the things she has learned as well as what she has noticed watching releases, providers co-treating, and different attempts at tongue tie teams.  Listen to hear more about how to achieve competency not compensations for breastfeeding families.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Katie Oshita and Rachelle Markham discuss lactation and how it is now, plus how it should be.  Rachelle has taken the year long holistic residency program from Jennifer Tow, and discusses how this has transformed her practice, but also how understanding our body processes and how dysfunction happens has added whole new toolboxes for her practice.  Rachelle states this course has given her answers to questions she didn't even know to ask.  Listen here to learn more about Rachelle and wellness lactation.

Podcast Guest: Rachelle Markham, owns and operates Wellness Lactation, in San Diego, CA where she helps new parents and families navigate their infant feeding journey. Rachelle has been working with families for over 27 years. Twenty of those years have been as an IBCLC. She has a passion for learning and keeping up to date with all things human lactation.  This desire to “know-all-the-things” means she can frequently be found traveling to trainings or enrolled in multiple online classes. Last year she finished up a year long intensive program on Holistic Lactation, which allows her to help so many more families achieve their feeding goals. 

When she doesn't have a client in front of her you’ll almost always find Rachelle with a giant iced black tea in hand, wearing something black, tending to her chickens and large garden, or planning her next adventure!

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Listen in as Katie Oshita and Dr Niki Boloorchi discuss tongue tie, training, timing, teams and all the things in this fields.  Dr Niki is one of the rare providers who actually practices what she preaches, and understands timing of release, encouraging parents to work with lactation and bodywork before and after a release.  Dr Niki doesn't even offer a release day of consultation unless referred by a preferred provider and prearranged!  Listen as they discuss why this is important and how it effects the outcome of release.

Podcast Guest: Dr. Niki Boloorchi is a dentist and dental anesthesiologist who also has advanced training in treating tethered oral tissues (functional

Dr. Boloorchi holds a BA in International Development and earned her Doctorsre of dental surgery with honors from USC. She further specialized at the Loma Linda Dental Anesthesiology Residency Program and received special airway training in laser dentistry under Dr Zaghi (The Breathe Institute) and Dr. Richard Baxter.  

Currently, she proudly is an affiliate of the Breathe Institute in Northern California. She is the owner of Tooth + Tongue in Walnut Creek , Ca.  Her practice focuses on dentistry under sedation, airway, and tongue/lip tie releases with a comprehensive team approach. 

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Bodywork is defined as a manual therapy, healing touch used holistically to increase wellness in a person.  There are many wonderful kinds of bodywork- craniosacral therapy, chiropractic, osteopathic, myofascial and more.  Judy Rosevear-Pusey has been practicing myofascial release therapy for over 30 years and teaches throughout the country.  Katie and Judy discuss how bodywork helps newborns through adulthood, and how it helps with feeding. 

Podcast Guest: Judy Rosevar-Pusey has been an Occupational Therapist for 50 years and has treated all ages and diagnoses.  In 1989, she took her 1st Myofascial Release course from John F. Barnes, PT, learning more about the fascial system.  Judy has since taken many Myofascial courses and teaches the Pediatric Myofascial course all over the country.  In January 2017 Judy’s clinic began using a Balance Tutor as the first clinic in America with one.  It has been highly successful in improving physical skills in individuals diagnosed with stroke, Parkinson’s Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, and Sensory Processing Difficulties.  The balance Tutor helps improve balance and proprioceptive awareness of where our body is in space.  It also helps improve reaction time, reducing the possibility of serious injury when if we fall. 

Judy was born in Indiana, has 4 grown children, 4 grandchildren and a great granddaughter and they are an integral part of her life.  When not working you can find Judy enjoy time with her family and hiking, camping, biking and traveling.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Dr Jack Newman has been working with breastfeeding mothers for over 4 decades! His knowledge of breastfeeding medicine is expansive, and his passion for helping breastfeeding mothers never wavers.  In this episode Katie Oshita and Dr Newman discuss inducting lactation, at breast versus bottle supplementation and much more.  If you want to learn about lactation from one of the leaders in Breastfeeding Medicine ins the world, listen to this episode now.

Podcast Guest: Dr. Jack Newman graduated from the University of Toronto medical school in 1970 and completed his residency at Vancouver General Hospital. Following this, he trained in pediatrics in Quebec City and then at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto from 1977-1981. In 1981, Dr. Newman became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada, as well as Board Certified by the American Academy of Pediatrics

Dr. Newman was a staff paediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children emergency department from 1983 to 1992, and acted as Chief of Emergency Services for a short period. During his time at the Hospital for Sick Children, he founded the first hospital-based breastfeeding clinic in Canada in 1984. He has been a consultant for UNICEF for the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative, where he evaluated the first candidate hospitals in Gabon, the Ivory Coast, and Canada. In 2013, Dr. Newman was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Medal for service to the community.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC discusses the current status of birth in this country.  In the United States there is a vast disparity in healthcare between races, leading to an alarmingly high maternal morbidity and mortality rate for black women.  This will not change until it is talked about, until we all demand equal and safe healthcare for all.  Katie also discusses SIDS, safe sleep, and parental leave and the direct correlation with breastfeeding rates in the US and worldwide.  
 
Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC addresses some very common questions about breastfeeding and more.  Everything from "should breastfeeding hurt" and "how long should a feed take" to general education about the Snoo, starting solids, pumping, safe sleep and more.  If you have wondered about basic breastfeeding and how to answer some questions, or when to know that something isn't normal and refer (spoiler alert- common does not equal normal), this is a great episode for you.

Pelvic floor issues post-pregnancy and birth are all too common.  Whether it's related to more sedentary lifestyles, assisted births, or epigentics is not known, but it does not have to be accepted.  Jenn Lormand EP and Christina Walsh PT all about stopping the acceptance that a little leaking is normal, and empowering women to take control of their own bodies.  No weird devices, meds or surgery needed, they created a home PT program, proven to be effective by a 3 year study at the University of New Orleans.  In this recording Christina talks with Katie Oshita about what is normal (hint- ever leaking pee is NOT), how to prevent problems and how to advocate for yourself.  Listen in to hear more about how women can take control of their bodies and stop painful or embarrassing issues.  ***Coupon code KTLC50 for $50 off the home program- share with anyone in need of support***

Podcast Guest: A New Orleans mama of two living with pelvic floor issues, Christina is a Physical Therapist specializing in Integrative Manual Therapy and the co-creator of Tighten Your Tinkler. Christina and her cofounder Jenn Lormand have a combined 36 years of experience supporting postpartum women holistically through prolapse, diastasis recti, and more. Their proprietary protocol helps women solve pelvic floor problems WITHOUT kegels or internal vaginal devices from the comfort of their own homes. Christina's mission is to free more mamas from embarrassing pee leaks, chronic back/hip pain, and painful sex and, in doing so, help them to restore their dignity, functional strength, and trust in their own bodies.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

On the road again, well just for the day.  Listen as Katie Oshita meets with Dr Jimmy Chan in Vancouver BC to discuss his journey into tongue tie, ICAP and all things lactation and oral tethers.   When to release a tie is just as important as if to release the tie.  Tongue ties aren't just a problem in the US, but worldwide ankyloglossia is a growing issue and field.  Hear more with Katie Oshita and Dr Jimmy Chan.

Podcast Guest: Dr. Jimmy Chan is a graduate of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Dentistry.  Dr. Chan has an keen interest in the high-tech aspects of dentistry to improve and enhance the well-being of his patients. Dr. Chan holds Fellowship status in both the Academy of Laser Dentistry and the Institute of Advanced Laser Dentistry.

Dr. Chan is a co-founder and current board member of ICAP (International Consortium
of Oral Ankylofrenula Professionals) and a past board member of IATP (International
Affiliation of Tongue Tie Professionals). He is an active member of the Academy of
Breastfeeding Medicine, American Academy of Periodontology, Academy of Laser
Dentistry, Chinese Canadian Dental Society of British Columbia and Canadian Dental Association.

Dr. Chan has cared for patients in his family dental practice in Lynn Valley, North Vancouver for over 25 years. He collaborates extensively with lactation consultants, midwifes and manual therapists in his community to improve the lives of breastfeeding dyads. He gives back to his alma mater by volunteering annually for the UBC Alumni Association.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode, Katie Oshita discusses manual therapy and tongue tie babies with Dr Ashley Rich.  Understanding oral ties and the impact on the fascial system is important for all practitioners working with families struggling with feeding issues.  Understanding how a different therapist sees things allows us to learn from each other, for the benefit of the families we all support.   Dr Ashley has more understanding than most Pediatric chiropractors after taking the IBCLC Master Class- Manual Therapy track and discusses this course and how it changed her practice in this episode.

Podcast Guest: Dr. Ashley Rich is a Metro Detroit native and currently practices in suburban Detroit. She is certified in chiropractic pediatrics from the Academy of Family Practice and is passionate about aiding breastfeeding issues through a decade-long study, striving to enhance infant wellness and support parental journeys.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode Katie Oshita discusses the Holistic Lactation residency course she is taking, and our framework.  Acknowledging and understanding our framework is an essential first step to education and practice.  If we don't examine what we think of as normal, common, or basic for everyone, then we are ignoring what is part of our bias.  Our framework is created through our experiences and education, and it forms the lens we see the world through.  This episode challenges listeners to first look at their own frames, and then to really consider if those frames are correct, allowing them to see the whole picture and how those frames are effecting their practice.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Breastfeeding struggles are not a uniquely US issue, nor is tongue tie.  In this episode, Katie Oshita talks with Eva Fieback, an SLP/IBCLC in Berlin, Germany about the differences and similarities between support in the two countries.  Eva discusses how as an SLP it is in her scope of practice in Germany to teach oral exercises, however IBCLC's are not allowed to in Germany.  Government insurance also doesn't cover any visits with an IBCLC, yet SLP visits are covered.  Tongue tie assessment and treatment is just a difficult in Germany as it is in the US.  Listen here as Katie and Eva discuss the dynamics of private practices supporting new fmailies across the globe from each other.

Podcast Guest: Eva Fieback is a Logopädin, which means SLP since 2005. Eva specialized in the treatment of patients with dysphagia and neurological disorders, augmentative communication, working at a school for neurodiverse children, many of them with eating or swallowing disorders. Eva has been in a private practice for many years, and became an IBCLC in 2018.  For the last 6 -7 years I ve been working with hundreds of families with breastfeeding problems.

Eva visited the masterclass in Seattle 2020 (last in person pre-Covid) , took Zaghis course as an Tbi ambassador, Dan Hansons Course, a course with the AOMT in London and many many more to learn, how treatment of tongue tie and breastfeeding difficulties is done in other parts of the world.

Eva Fieback is a teacher for the EISL, European Institute for breastfeeding and lactation, for oral anatomy, swallowing disorders in children, tongue tie treatment and other issues.

Eva Fieback is a 56 year old, mother of four children, 2 of them are going to universities, two of them are still at home and lives in Berlin, Germany.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Katie Oshita and Allison Alexander discuss private practice in the US, support for new families, tongue tie timing and more.  Allison Alexander sees families struggling with complex feeding issues, develops customized care plans and supports families throughout the feeding journey.  Understanding the dyad is what makes lactation universally different than any other specialty who sees mom or baby individually.  Listen here for more about private practice in the US.


Podcast Guest:  Allison Alexander is an IBCLC with a background in pediatric nursing.  After struggling to breastfeed a neurodivergent baby, she pursued the IBCLC credential  in order to help families in a pediatric setting.  As passing boards, she studied holistic and comprehensive clinical lactation care strategies to support families who are having more complex feeding challenges.  She now co-owns a thriving private practice in Metro Detroit with virtual care offered worldwide.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

For both Katie Oshita and Rachelle Markham, being a neurodivergent business owner is part of life.  Learning about sensory banks, tools, timers, apps and how to make life easier for themselves has been a learning process.  Listen as they discuss some of what has, and what has not, helped them be more productive, and more regulated so that balance and success is part of their lives.

Podcast Guest: Rachelle Markham, owns and operates Wellness Lactation, in San Diego, CA where she helps new parents and families navigate their infant feeding journey. Rachelle has been working with families for over 27 years. Twenty of those years have been as an IBCLC. She has a passion for learning and keeping up to date with all things human lactation.  This desire to “know-all-the-things” means she can frequently be found traveling to trainings or enrolled in multiple online classes. Last year she finished up a year long intensive program on Holistic Lactation, which allows her to help so many more families achieve their feeding goals. 

When she doesn't have a client in front of her you’ll almost always find Rachelle with a giant iced black tea in hand, wearing something black, tending to her chickens and large garden, or planning her next adventure!

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Breastfeeding is universal, something that all humans, all mammals have done since the beginning of time.   Lactation as a profession is new and has different norms throughout the world.   Rosa Sorribas is an IBCLC in Barcelona, Spain who focuses not just on supporting new parents with lactation and infant feeding support.  Rosa focuses on training new IBCLC's, encouraging more students to learn about lactation to support more and more families.  In this episode Katie Oshita and Rosa Sorribas discuss teaching, lactation, tongue tie and world views on this and more.

Podcast Guest: Rosa Sorribas is an IBCLC in private practice in Barcelona since 2008. She is a Computer Engineer working on Internet and databases since 1986. In 2002, after her first daughter was born, she and her husband created CrianzaNatural.com, a Spanish portal and forum with information for an attachment parenting style of life. Since then, she's been involved in breastfeeding groups, such as La Leche League and Areola, which she still collaborates with. She offers breastfeeding and babywearing education in Spain, Portugal, Poland, and online. She's been working as doula in home and hospital births. Her website has been the source of dozens of support groups, many breastfeeding conselours and IBCLCs, and has helped hundreds of thousands of families around the world to get their maternity goals. For the last few years she's been very focused in nutrition after a cancer treatment left some issues on her health. She is now running a weekly podcast and video interview to relevant people addressing topics from conception to teens. In February she will launch a training course to become IBCLC, with the help of several new and experienced IBCLCs that she's been mentoring, in a site called ecrianza.com. She lives near the beach of Castelldefels with her two daughters who were homeschooled for 6 years, her lovely husband and her dog Timi.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode, Katie Oshita reviews her Top 5- most popular episodes, locations- countries and cities with most listeners, things she has learned and things she hears from both clients and other practitioners.  With 67 previous episodes and thousands of miles to meet and record with practitioners, Katie Oshita has a lot of information to share.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

Continuing on the world tour of breastfeeding support and oral ties, Katie Oshita meets with Diana Marcinkevičienė to discuss lactation, access to care, and oral tethers in both the US (PNW is Katie's location) and Lithuania where Diana practices.  Life is very different for parents and providers when comparing- from the long two-year maternity leave to the number of IBCLC's.  Both Katie and Diana reflect on similarities in their practices as well, as lactation and need for support is universal.  Listen here for more about breastfeeding in Lithuania.

Podcast Guest: Diana Marcinkevičienė is a mum of four children (three boys and one girl, aged from 10 to one year old). Since the first time she heard about IBCLC (back in 2012) - it was her dream to become one. In 2021 Diana passed the exam and now I work in a private practice (named Noriu žindyti, with the meaning of - I want to breastfeed).  Diana loves helping families with their breastfeeding struggles in Lithuania.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

More world traveling for lactation learning.  In this episode, Katie Oshita and Bobbi Daly  discuss lactation, oral ties, and living in a small country that produces 10% of the world's formula.  In Ireland most families see a GP for infant care, not a Pediatrician and breastfeeding rates are incredibly low.  The massive amount of formula made in a country with only 5 million people has made Ireland very much a bottle and formula country, causing lactation care to be rare and undervalued.  Listen as Bobbi discusses how these obstacles effect her practice and how Katie can relate to parts of these issues.

Podcast Guest: Bobbi Daly is an international board-certified lactation consultant in private practice for many years in Kerry and Galway. She has a wealth of experience, having been a hospital nurse, GP practice nurse, midwife, and neonatal nurse, as well as a mother of four. Bobbi has developed a holistic view of lactation care from many sides but particularly in the community. She has been involved in setting up informal and formal breastfeeding support groups. She liaises with other primary care professionals including GPs, public health nurses and osteopaths.  Find Bobbi at Nourish Boob in Galway, Ireland.

Bobbi is a strong believer in continuing education and using evidence-based knowledge in advancing her standard of professional care for women. She has cared for women antenatally and postnatally, dealing with a wide variety of issues. She has a special interest in managing complex cases and in oral dysfunction but is interested in all aspects of community lactation support and education.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com   

Katie Oshita sees tongue-tied babies and discusses oral function for infants. But what happens if not treated, or if full oral function is not achieved? Jenae Ciuffreda sees kids and adults with oral ties and other oral function dysfunction. In this episode, Katie and Jenae discuss expansion, nasal breathing, and airway health. If you have questions about kids and adults who weren't released as babies, this is a great episode to hear about some options for them.

Podcast Guest: Jenae Ciuffreda BS, RDH, CBBA, CSOM is a Certified Specialist in Orofascial Myology and a Certified Breathing Behavior Analyst/Therapist practicing in North San Diego County.  Jenae sees both children and adults with orofasial myofunctional disorders (tongue thrust, low tongue posture, weak lip seal, open mouth posture, mouth breathing).  Jenae is trained as an Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist and Breathing Behavior Analyst/Therapistunder the Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Myology (IAOM).  Jenae has attended over 15 certification courses in restorative breathing, orofacial myofunctional therapy, airway and facial growth and development, TMD, sleep, and tethered oral tissues (frenectomy) in order to provide the absolute best solutions and care for her patients.  Jenae develops customized programs for her patients to achieve maximum results.  Jenae is extremely passionate about helping her patients succeed and achieve results that are life changing.

Jenae was born and raised in Southern California.  She has her BS and RDH through Loma Linda University.  She graduated with honors and was awarded clinical practitioner of the dental hygiene program by her instructors and the dean of the school of dentistry.  Jenae resides in Escondido, CA with her husband and two children.  They love getting out in sunny San Diego and exploring all that it has to offer.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com   

In this episode, Katie Oshita and Gina Nigro discuss lactation support and tongue tie in both the US and Spain.  In both locations, there are a lot of differences in the care available, and many similarities.  Both parts of the world have many confusing options when trying to find a "breastfeeding expert".  Listen as Katie and Gina discuss ways to support clients, encourage community and educate providers about the importance of expert lactation support.

Podcast Guest: Gina Nigro is a bilingual (English/Spanish) lactation consultant (IBCLC) that has been assisting breastfeeding mothers for over 25 years, and now through telehealth all over the world.

Like many new mothers, when Gina had her first baby, she was overwhelmed by conflicting information: at the hospital, at the pediatrician, and from well-meaning friends and family.

Gina’s realization that she would have missed out on experiencing breastfeeding had it not been for the quality support she finally received, led her to want to “pay it forward” and help others. She first trained as a volunteer breastfeeding counselor in Houston, Texas, then as a birth doula in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and finally sat for the exam to become an IBCLC in Seville, Spain. She is currently living in Oropesa del Mar in Spain.

Gina believes that all mothers deserve quality emotional and educational support so they can have a fulfilling experience breastfeeding their babies. It shouldn’t be just a matter of good luck. She's dedicated to giving mothers effective guidance and caring support with real results. Her greatest satisfaction is the joy of seeing that look on both mothers’ and babies’ faces that says: Just what I always wanted.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

In this episode Katie Oshita discusses some of the healing and holistic modalities that she is learning through the Holistic Lactation residency course she is taking.  Comparing and contrasting allopathic/mainstream "normal" interventions such as antibiotics, swaddling, pacifiers, formula,  bottles and prescription medications with natural/holistic options such as homeopathy and cell salts, EFT, home remedies and herbs Katie discusses how these choices effect our wellness.  Stop living just surviving and seek out true wellness, to thrive.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

Every professional specializes overtime.  Sometimes it's an instant pull and choice, other times it's a slow process where you learn more and more about an area and become an expert about it.  For Amber Ginn, it was much more instantaneous.  As a teen mother, Amber Ginn is acutely aware of the challenges and special needs supporting a teen mother with feeding her baby.  In this episode, Katie and Amber discuss challenging parts of supporting these parents- from insurance/Medicaid hurdles to empowering teen parents to make their own feeding choices instead of being told what to do.  Listen here to learn more about supporting teen and young parents.

Podcast Guest:  Amber Ginn, IBCLC, IYCFS. Amber is based in the Triad of N and has been supporting families since 2019. Amber takes a whole-woman view of the mama she works with and supports them in meeting whatever their breastfeeding goals may be. Amber had my first child as a teen, and as such developed a keen interest in all things birth and breastfeeding. After a semester of nursing school out of high school, Amber decided the allopathic medical system was not a place she wanted to be. Amber studied to become a doula and breastfeeding counselor and moved to Puerto Rico for a year. During her time in Puerto Rico, she studied via pathway 3 to become an IBCLC. Amber worked full-time with a nonprofit providing breastfeeding support and worked with hundreds of amazing families. After returning to the states and settling back in the Triad, Amber started my private practice with the focus on holistic and ancestral health. Amber believe all mamas can meet their goals when provided with support and empowered with information. Amber offers in-home visits in the Triad and virtual visits to mamas across the US and accepts insurance as well. For teen mamas, Amber works on a sliding scale to make care as accessible as possible.  Mamas can reach me via my socials @nourishedrootslactation or via my website.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

Most families in the US do some form of combination feeding, using bottles and frequently breast pumps.  The sheer volume of new pumps, bottles, and other feeding supplies is enough to overwhelm most IBCLC's.  To stay current on new equipment means either many hours researching, or taking a course from someone who did all the research and work already.  Jeanette Mesite Frem is known in the world of lactation to be that person.  Jeanette has spent years specializing in all things pumping and bottle feeding, has nearly every breast pump and bottle, and can explain all the pros and cons of each!  Listen as Katie Oshita and Jeanette Mesite Frem discuss Jeanett'es deep dive into pumping, her soon-to-be-released study on flange fitting, and what the FITS acronym means in the lactation world.

Podcast guest: Jeanette Mesite Frem, MHS, IBCLC, RLC, CCE is an experienced childbirth educator, IBCLC-lactation consultant and retired birth doula. She started her career working with families while serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa in the early 90s. She loved that work so much she went on to receive a public health masters degree from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, focusing her studies on nutrition for maternal and child health. Her two children were breastfed for more than 2 years each and Jeanette has experience pumping at work for both children and has supported thousands of families with feeding and pumping over the last 20 years.

Jeanette provides prenatal childbirth and breastfeeding classes at her office in Northborough, Massachusetts, as well as providing virtual and office feeding consultations. She also enjoys leading workshops and speaking at conferences for lactation and perinatal health professionals and mentoring those who work with families. If you have questions, feel free to email jeanette@babiesincommon.com.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

Tongue tie is not a US phenomenon.  Tongue ties have been known about and treated for hundreds of years, but in the last decade the field has dramatically expanded.  Part of that is more recognition, part is epigenetic changes causing more tongue ties, more vaulted palates, more narrow jaws than ever before.

In this episdoe Katie Oshita and Dr Shereen Lim discuss tongue tie climates both in the US and in Australia where Dr Lim practices in Perth, in Western Australia.   Dr Lim promarily sees infants, though does work with tied humans of all ages.  Both Katie and Dr Lim are passionate aobut educating parents and providers alike for things can can both positively and negatively effect oral development such as pacifiers, solid foods and chewing, and nasal breathing.  Listen here for more about the collaborative team approach across the globe.

Podcast Guest: Dr Shereen Lim is a Perth based dentist with a post graduate diploma in dental sleep medicine from the University of Western Australia.  She has been involved in the team management of snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea since 2011.  Dr Lim is dedicated to promoting airway health from infancy as an alternative approach to minimize the development of these problems, and is author of the book “Breathe, Sleep, Thrive: Discover How Airway Health Can Unlock Your Child’s Greater Health, Learning and Potential.” Her work in private practice is restricted to tongue tie management from infancy to adulthood, early interceptive orthodontics and myofunctional therapy.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 24 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

OT and Lactation can have a very complementary relationship however, sadly it's frequently a complicated relationship instead.  In this episode Katie Oshita and Nat Udwin discuss how IBCLCs and OTs can not only support each other but support families for better results.  OT is all about skills to "do your job" which can mean work skills for an adult, but for a baby their job is eat, sleep, poop, exist comfortably.  In their OT practice, Nat sees a lot of fussy babies, with sleep, feeding breathing and regulation difficulties.  There can be delayed milestones, impaired reflex expression/integration, and asymmetry.  Nat sees many clients virtually, teaching parents how to use play and movement to help their child thrive.   Working together with an IBCLC and OT isn't always necessary but when there are issues needing more support, the results are astounding.

Podcast Guest: Nat (Natalie Udwin) is an infant development, airway and reflexive feeding specialist AKA pediatric OT.  On IG, most people know them as "Nat The Baby OT".  Nat's home base is in Atlanta, GA but they also work virtually with families all over the world.   Nat has a B.A. in Studio Art from Whitman College, an M.S. in OT from Milligan College and has been an OT for 12 years.  They have specialized in infant development for 7 years now.  Nat has a 4 year old son named Ari and enjoys anything in or on water, hiking, traveling, abstract painting and drawing and is definitely happiest outdoors.  

Sometime around 2015, Nat's eyes were opened to the world of reflex integration, which completely transformed their practice.  Finally, Nat was seeing skills were sticking and carrying over to other aspects of daily life that just weren't happening before for their patients.  It was the "foundational" approach to therapy that Nat had been trying to figure out for years.  After a couple of years of learning to integrate or inhibit retained reflexes, Nat began to ask WHY.  Why were all of these kids retaining these reflexes from infancy into childhood?  What was happening developmentally to change their trajectory?  Nat needed to know.  

So . . . Nat dove headfirst into infant development courses.  They quickly learned about the importance of human connection and emotional regulation in early infancy, as well as the developmental importance of strong breathing and oral motor skills to support a lifetime of healthy growth.  It was now all starting to make sense.  The next step was to start working with infants, and to put all of this new knowledge to the test.  Nat, alongside some incredible mentors and colleagues, has spent the past 7 years mastering their understanding of infant development to not only become an infant development specialist, but to create what is now the foundation of a holistic airway focused practice for children of all ages.  

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 24 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

In this episode Katie Oshita talks about how people aren’t healthy anymore- fertility rates are on the decline, pregnant patients are less healthy, children aren't healthy in their childhood anymore.  Airway and  movement dysfunction (snoo, swaddle, containers, then kids and adults sitting and not outside).  There are toxins all around us- mold, Lyme, plastics, chemicals, VOC's.  Our food is less nutritious due to less minerals in soil.  

So what can you do about it- go back in time and use things that work- home remedies, homeopathy, nature, holistic modalities such as EFT, red light, movement, acupuncture/pressure and much more.  Listen as Katie discusses not only the state of health in this country but what she sees in her own family and private practice.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 24 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine and holistic practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

Having a bodyworker with hands on during a release isn't popular, but it has profound results.  Dr Michael Geis, an Osteopath trained in Osteopathic Manual Manipulation and Cranial Techniques and has chosen to specialize in oral ties after dealing with his own ties and those of his kids.  During the residency in CT for the Holistic Lactation course, Katie Oshita was able to watch Dr Geis guide an adult release with Dr Kundel.  In this episode Katie and Dr Geis discuss but how a guided release can dramatically improve outcomes and how important buccal ties are.

Podcast Guest:  Dr. Geis is a traditional Osteopathic Physician specializing in Neuromuscular Medicine (NMM) and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM). He graduated as a member of the Psi Sigma Alpha National Osteopathic Honor Society with honors from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2011. During his time in medical school, Dr. Geis was awarded an academic teaching fellowship with an extra one year focus on Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine and was the recipient of the Stanley Schiowitz Award for Excellence in Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Geis completed his residency training and was the Chief Resident at one of the top programs in the country for NMM/OMM at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, NY.  Dr Geis practices at Integrative Family Medicine of CT in Stamford, CT.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 24 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

Year 3 for podcasting is done!  This year saw the end of constant traveling and instead a focus on international virtual travel.  The recordings were with 10 IBCLC's, 4 Release providers, 4 Bodyworkers, 6 solo recordings, and 2 other providers.  They spanned 6 countries-  Ireland, Lithuania, Spain, Australia, Germany and Canada.  Discussing and learning with providers across the globe helps to understand better lactation, tongue tie and the needs of families everywhere.   

Katie Oshita also discusses the end to the year-long Holistic Lactation Residency by Jennifer Tow.  Watching amazing providers in Connecticut- Dr Sharon Vallone, Dr Lenny Kundel and Dr Michael Geis- work together to support optimal function.  Learning new holistic modalities and how to view health and wellness differently.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 24 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

Being born is quite difficult and traumatic, even in the best of situations.  It's hard- on both the parent and newborn.  Chiropractic care helps get the dyad moving and feeling better, and this means breastfeeding better as well.  Katie Oshita and Dr Rachel Kuperus discuss what skilled bodywork looks like for a newborn (**hint- it's not 5-10 min visits**) and how this helps with tongue tie, torticollis and feeding challenges.  Supporting dyads through skilled bodywork and lactation leads to easier breastfeeding and calmer, happier families.

Podcast Guest: Dr. Rachael Kuperus graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 2009 with both a Bachelors of Science and a Doctor of Chiropractic degree.  She is Board certified by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners and the Kentucky Board of Chiropractic Examiners.  While all Chiropractors learn about pediatrics in Chiropractic school, Dr. Rachael was not satisfied with one class.  She pursued a Board Certification in Pediatrics after chiropractic school.  She spent 3 years studying pediatrics and maternal care while working at a non-profit to provide chiropractic to complicated pediatric and maternal chiropractic cases.  She holds a Diplomate in Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics (DICCP) through the International Chiropractic Association and Palmer College. Dr Rachael is a published author in the Journal of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics, and regularly lectures to other chiropractors on topics of pediatrics and maternal care.

In 2012, Dr. Rachael opened Kuperus Family Chiropractic with a mission to provide chiropractic care for all members of the family. She has adjusted babies a few hours old, those in their 90s, pregnant women and everyone in between. She has additional training in Webster and Bagnell techniques for pregnant patients.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 24 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

Bottles are actually not an innate skill.  Babies are born knowing how to breastfeed, and with many reflexes to support the process.  However bottle are not like the breast (no matter how much the packaging claims it's "just like the breast") and it is a skill that needs to be taught and learned, by both parents and babies.  Unfortunately most hospitals and Pediatricians hand out a bottle without any thought into the design, flow rate, or teaching the skill.  Susan Howard works with a lot of bottle refusal babies, and has many classes for providers to learn more as well.  Since new bottles are always coming out on the market staying current on new products is essential to supporting dyads with feeding.  Much of the common "strategies" for bottle refusal usually make things worse, such as "wait until baby is very hungry" or "constantly wiggle the bottle to keep baby feeding".  Learn more about bottle skills here.

Podcast Guest:  Susan Howard MSN, RN, IBCLC is a Registered Nurse, an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and a leader in women and infant health. She has been in maternal infant health for 27 years first as a labor and delivery nurse, a childbirth educator and as a breastfeeding educator. 

Susan took a brief hiatus from maternal child nursing to oversee clinical trials at Georgetown Medical Center and was on faculty at Georgetown School of Nursing. Susan obtained her certification as a lactation consultant in 2011. She owns a private practice in the Washington DC area. 

Susan has advanced training and a special interest in complex feeding issues, including tongue tie, low milk supply, and bottle-refusing babies. She teaches various feeding and parenting classes, and she hosts a popular feeding and parenting support groups.  

Professionally, she lectures on supporting the bottle-refusing baby. You can learn more about her bottle skills workshops for IBCLCs that focus on strategies to support the bottle refusing dyad.  

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 24 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

Breastfeeding, chest feeding, body feeding, bottle-feeding.  There are many ways to feed an infant (this list doesn't even include cup feeding, finger feeding and more!).  Gender diverse and queer families need unique support when expecting and as new parents.  Their lactation consultant needs to be knowledgeable about inducing lactation with herbs or medications, alternative feeding methods and many other feeding options to support their needs.  Jacob Engelsman has written a book not only to help queen families, but to help lactation consultants and other providers learn and support these families better.  Listen as Katie Oshita and Jacob Engelsman discuss supporting Queer families in many different ways.

Podcast Guest: Jacob Engelsman is an IBCLC specializing in lactation support for gender diverse families. He is the author of Lactation for the Rest of Us: A Guide for Queer and Trans Parents and Helpers as well as many talks and articles on how clinicians can better support LGBTQIA+ families.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 24 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

Type 1 diabetes in infancy and toddler years is rare, but when it happens most families are not just encouraged but forced to wean from breastfeeding.  Erin Hayden-Baldauf has personal and professional experience with breastfeeding a T1D baby, and has written a book about the challenges this brings.  All IBCLC's supporting families need to know about these signs, options and resources to support these dyads.

Podcast Guest: Erin Hayden-Baldauf is a dedicated educator and creative writer with a passion for crafting engaging, heartwarming stories. With a PhD in Education and a master’s degree in Creative Writing, she blends formal training with personal experience to create stories that resonate with her readers.

Erin received her IBCLC certification in 2013 and has served numerous families as a childbirth educator and doula. As a mother of four, including a child with Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac disease, Erin infuses her fiction and nonfiction with real-life insights into managing complex medical conditions. 

In 2024, Erin founded BraveryBooks to bring her writing across genres together, celebrating the everyday acts of strength and bravery that make life special.

When she's not writing, Erin enjoys spending time with her family, exploring new recipes, and sharing her love for literature.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 24 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

In this episode, Katie Oshita addresses many of the topics new parents need to know about.  From prenatal lactation to weaning, telehealth, and gut microbiome, lactation is a time of questions and concerns for most families.  Many aren't even sure what to ask or when to seek support.  If you have questions about skilled bodywork, galactagogues, or other new parent questions, this is the episode for you.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 24 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

Most of the time sleep and breastfeeding feel like opposing forces, but they don't have to be.  Joy MacTavish is an IBCLC and a holistic sleep consultant who supports families to balance both wants and needs of their growing family.  Joy also supports many Queer families  and addresses their unique needs.  Listen as Joy MacTavish and Katie Oshita discuss managing all of these in ways to help each family thrive.

Podcast Guest: Joy MacTavish, MA, IBCLC, RLC is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and certified Holistic Sleep Coach focusing on the intersections of infant feeding, sleep, and family well-being. Through her business, Sound Beginnings, she provides compassionate and evidence-based support to families in the greater Seattle area, and virtually everywhere else. She entered the perinatal field in 2007 as birth and postpartum doula, and childbirth and parenting educator. Joy holds a Master of Arts in Cultural Studies, graduate certificate in Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies, and two Bachelors degrees from the University of Washington. She enjoys combining her academic background, analytical skills, and passion for social justice into her personal and professional endeavors. Joy serves as an Advisory Committee Member and guest speaker for the GOLD Lactation Academy. When not working or learning, she can be found homeschooling, building LEGO with her children, or dreaming up her next big adventure.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 24 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

For many parents, exclusive breastfeeding is difficult and supplementation must happen.  Many do what is referred to as "triple feeding" to breastfeed, bottle feed and then pump. It's exhausting and not sustainable long term.  While many IBCLC's know about at breast supplementation, most are either too intimidated or not knowledgeable enough to teach families how to use it.  Johanna Sargent is not only a huge advocate of at breast supplementation but also teaches IBCLC's about this method.  Making breastfeeding easier and more sustainable is always the goal.  Listen as Katie Oshita and Johanna Sargent discuss this and more.

Podcast Guest: Johanna Sargeant is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, teacher and writer based in Zurich, Switzerland. She is passionate about utilising her background in education, biological science, psychology and language to empower parents with empathetic support and evidence-based information through her private practice, Milk and Motherhood. 

Originally from Australia, Johanna provides much-needed English-speaking support to many thousands of parents throughout Switzerland and across Europe, and has recently created the new education modules for the European Society of Paediatric Research and the European Society of Neonatology. She has taught at the University of Zurich, has spoken as a panellist for the WHO’s Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative congress in Geneva, has been an expert speaker and facilitator for Google, and has presented at a variety of international conferences. The complexities of her personal feeding experiences fuels her passion for providing knowledgeable, guilt-free infant feeding support globally. 

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 24 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

Breastfeeding is a universal biological right.  It is what humans have been doing from the beginning of time.  While it is biologically normal, that doesn't mean it's easy.  Some places in the world have more support than others.  Indonesia has very few IBCLC's, bodyworkers and release providers.  Listen as Ingrid Siahaan and Katie Oshita discuss the joys and struggles of supporting families navigating feeding issues without the necessary support system.
 
Podcast Guest: Dr. Ingrid Siahaan, IBCLC, has been supporting mothers and infants in their breastfeeding journeys since 2016. Motivated by personal experiences overcoming diverse breastfeeding challenges with her four children, she earned her IBCLC certification in 2018.

Her practice emphasizes holistic lactation care, addressing functional breastfeeding, oral dysfunction, and postpartum interventions to optimize breastfeeding outcomes. Based in Medan, she provides in-person and virtual consultations, empowering mothers across Indonesia with evidence-based, compassionate support.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 24 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

It's not often you meet someone who has gone from a very allopathic profession to extremely holistic.  Adina Popov lives in Romania and started her career as a Pharmacist.  After having her children she felt passionate about lactation, studied and became an IBCLC.  Still seeing so many dyads struggling with wellness prompted her to study traditional homeopathy.  Listen as Katie Oshita and Adina Popov discuss why and how this radical shift happened for Adina and how she uses her holistic training to support new parents.

Podcast Guest: Adina Popov provides comprehensive and individualized in-person and virtual consults from pregnancy until childhood in Romanian or English. She uses integrative care when assisting families with breastfeeding difficulties including oral dysfunction, craniofacial asymmetries and variations, tongue/lip/buccal ties, low supply, regulating supply, reflux, painful latch, latching difficulties, getting babies back-to-breast etc. Adina has specialized training in oral reflexes and primitive reflexes integration. Adina uses Bach Flowers and is studying to become a homeopath at the International Academy of Classical Homeopathy.

Podcast Host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 24 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

Ever wondered what happens at a lactation visit?  What does an IBCLC do with the parent and the baby?  What types of visits are there?  What is different for a returning to work visit or a visit with a tongue tied baby?  In this episode, Katie Oshita addresses these questions and more, going into detail to help you understand some of the many things that can happen in a lactation consult.

Podcast Host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 25 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

In this episode Katie Oshita and Karen Garcia discuss how bodywork and lactation work together.  As a practitioner of Osteopathic Manual Manipulation (OMM) and lactation, Dr Garcia is in a unique place to combine the two fields to help the dyad thrive.  From breast manipulation for mastitis to helping with body tension on tongue tied babies, Dr Garcia works with the whole dyad to achieve wellness.  Listen here for more details.

Podcast Guest: Dr. García is Board Certified in Pediatrics through the American Board of Pediatrics and American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics. She is also one of the first physicians Board-Certified by the North American Board of Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine. She maintains her Board-Certification as a Lactation Consultant by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners. She is an ongoing member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Osteopathic Association and Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. 

She opened García Consulting and Lactation Services in 2023 to provide specialized care for more complex lactation related issues. Dr. García has been practicing pediatrics and newborn care in the Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties since 2012. Dr. García is hoping to support all of our communities that struggle with breastfeeding, and those communities with limited access to breastfeeding resources. Dr. García is collaborating with Milk Like Mine/Bellies Like Mine through our local Baby Café to further reach our Black, Brown and LBGTIA+ communities in Calhoun County.

Podcast Host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 25 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

Frenectomies are much more common now, there are more providers learning and  doing releases.  Rarely though does anyone discuss or offer a guided release, many don't even know what it is or how it's different.  Dr Kundel has been doing guided releases with Dr Geis (Ep 79) for years, they have learned together how to feel and listen to each other to get the most profound result for clients.  Katie and Dr Kundel discuss how guided releases work, anatomy vs function, how to develop good oral function and Serrapeptase.  Listen here for all the details.

Podcast Guest: Dr. Lenny Kundel is a proud 1999 graduate of Tufts University School of Dentistry. He also earned a Masters of Science in Specialized Orthodontics Degree from the International Medical College at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

Following a year of residency at Montefiore Hospital and several associateships, he has established private practices in Stamford, Connecticut and New York City.  In addition to general gentle dentistry, Dr. Kundel is addressing the problems that have to do with:

Breastfeeding difficulties
Growth and development in children
Sleep-disordered breathing in children and adults
Jaw joint related disorders

He has been studying Oral – Systemic connection for over two decades. It has been his passion from day one. His path has taken him from being an orthodontic patient, and, as a result, to a TMJ patient, to a dentist that helps people with jaw pain. The understanding of connection between mouth and body is a foundation for Dr. Kundel’s practice.

It is this understanding that empowers Dr. Kundel to assist moms and infants with breastfeeding as well as help children with growth and development. Building bridges between medical and dental communities brings results for the patients that were not possible before.  To be of service is a meaningful, gratifying, and fulfilling experience that begins anew every single day. 

Podcast Host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 25 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

Breastfeeding is universal and lactation support is needed everywhere.  Katie Oshita and Kyrie Hickey discuss pumps, providers and paid time off in Australia and how those things differ with what's offered in the US.  Listen here for more.

Pocast Guest: Kyrie Hickey is an RN, RM and IBCLC from Brisbane, Australia. She has worked as a pediatric Burns-Surgical Nurse, hospital-based midwife and provided nursing care in a Tongue Tie Clinic.

Kyrie now provides Home Visit and Telehealth breastfeeding and bottle feeding support through her private practice, Rainbow Road Lactation. Her passion lies in honoring the uniqueness of each family that she cares for and providing care that is tailored to the values and needs of every family she works with. 

Her journey into becoming an IBCLC was deeply influenced by her own breastfeeding challenges, including significant nipple damage in the first few weeks due to an unidentified tongue tie in her son. It was through the guidance of an experienced IBCLC/OMT and Osteopath that she found clarity and solutions. Additionally, navigating postnatal depression and anxiety, torticollis, cow’s milk and soy protein allergies, enlarged adenoids and speech delay, further deepened her empathy and drive to support families who face challenges in their early parenting journeys. You can learn more about Kyrie and her services here, or on Instagram. 

Podcast Host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 25 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

Craniosacral therapy (CST) is something that few people understand.  CST comes from Osteopathy and is a gentle, rhythmic movement to support bones and the cerebrospinal fluid moving within us.  CST is gentle and focuses heavily on the head.  Meaghan Beames is not just a practitioner of CST, but a leader and teacher, who wants to help many more providers learn this gentle bodywork to support babies.  Katie Oshita and Meaghan Beames discuss how this gentle therapy helps with feeding difficulties, tongue tie, mastitis and more.

Podcast Guest: Meaghan Beames who is a Registered Massage Therapist, a Craniosacral Therapist and has been treating babies with CST since 2018. She owns a private clinic in downtown Toronto, with a team of 3 other Infant CST practitioners.

Meaghan is the founder of Beames CST Training Centre, where she teaches health professionals in the perinatal space to use craniosacral therapy on babies. Her mission is to ensure that there are highly qualified Infant Craniosacral Therapists in every city in North America and beyond, so families can avoid the common struggles that are easily addressable, like colic, reflux and feeding issues. She's a mom, a competitive cheerleader, an indoor rock climber, and she can't decide which is better, tea or coffee. 

Podcast Host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 25 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com  

What is this podcast all about?  Who should listen and why?  This podcast is all about lactation and working with other health care professionals to serve our clients as best as possible.

Constant learning is the best practice in any profession, from healthcare to education to construction.  Katie Oshita is an RN, IBCLC and traveling the country in an RV with her family, seeing clients virtually- anytime from anywhere.  As Katie travels, she will be driving by some of the best healthcare professionals in fields related to lactation.  This podcast is a way for all healthcare professionals to learn from each other. 

In lactation, babies with TOTs, tethered oral tissues, and their families need a team.  Chiropractors, Cranio-sacral therapists, ENT's, Pediatric dentists, SLP's, COM's, and more all work together to serve families with the best of their knowledge.  Let's use this platform to learn from each other and thrive.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Dr Jen is a certified pediatric chiropractor with a family practice in Sonoma country.  Her practice sees many TOTs babies, as well as pregnant clients, older children and people from the whole lifespan.  Dr Jen and Dr Matt Santos started Acorn Chiropractic Club in Petaluma with the intent of having a family focused holistic chiropractic club.  Learn about her journey into pediatric chiropractic care and how this helps with TOTs babies.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Dr Yazdi has preformed more than 10,000 infant frenectomies in the last 20 years.  He is a Pediatric dentist and a diplomate of the American Board of Laser surgery.  Dr Yazdi's knowledge, experience and dedication is apparent with everyone he meets.  Listen to learn more about frenectomies from a leader in the field.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

This is part 2 of episode 3

Dr Yazdi has preformed more than 10,000 infant frenectomies in the last 20 years.  He is a Pediatric dentist and a diplomate of the American Board of Laser surgery.  Dr Yazdi's knowledge, experience and dedication is apparent with everyone he meets.  Join to learn more about frenectomies from a leader in the field.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Melissa Cole, MS, IBCLC, RLC is passionate about providing comprehensive, holistic lactation support and improving the level of clinical lactation skills for health professional. She enjoys teaching, researching and writing about wellness and lactation-related topics. Her bachelor’s degree is in maternal/child health and lactation and her master’s degree is in therapeutic herbalism.

Listen and learn about her TOTs research and therapeutic herbalism.  Her practice is Luna Lactation in Portland, OR.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Dr Jesse Witkoff, DDS was a Pediatric Dentist with a thriving practice for 20 years before transitioning and opening Colorado Tongue Tie in Denver.  Now he focuses on tongue tie throughout the life span.  Join me as I visit his practice, hear about his personal journey with tongue tie and more about how he is helping his patients thrive everyday.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode Katie Oshita updates on her journey through the west coast and to where she is currently.  Then Katie discusses the most common times for breastfeeding struggle, especially with TOTs babies.  Katie reviews how preventative management can be helpful when parents or baby isn't ready for a change, but how to know and watch for what maybe coming up.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Tongue tie affects more than just breastfeeding.  Listen as Marge Foran, BA, RDH, COM of Montana Myofunctional  discusses how a tight lingual frenum affects speech, sleep, breathing and more across the age span. 

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Dr Jessie Young, DC, IBCLC is a wealth of knowledge for TOTs families!  Dr Jessie is a gentle chiropractor using exercises and graston techniques to offer compassionate care to newborns.  Her understanding of lactation and orofacial myofunctional therapy offers a unique perspective for families and providers.  Listen to hear how her treatments and outlook helps families all over the Olympia area at Young Spines.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Meet Jewel Mohr, of Mohr Lactation and Structure and Function Education.  We discuss how assessing and infants structure AND function is essential when working with any breastfeeding dyad.  Jewel has developed structure and function classes- for the IBCLC, other provider (such as Pediatricians, Doula's, etc) and even for parents.  Understanding structure and function of infant oral anatomy is the building block for working with breastfeeding dyads and should be step one for most providers.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Dr Katrina Mitchell is a breast surgeon and IBCLC with an emphasis in Perinatal Mental Health.  Listen as we discuss breast health, breast-feeding and all things breasts. 

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Here is an update on Katie's personal and professional traveling journey.  Having been to 10 states so far, met with numbers professionals and spent more days working outside than ever before, this update will cover the last few months and what's up and coming.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Dr Dale Tylor is an extremely knowledgeable, experienced and compassionate doctor serving the families of the Santa Barbara area with TOTs.  However Dr Tylor is doing much more than that.  As a member of the Board of ENT's, Dr Tylor is using her seat at the table to advocate for all women and children,  for adequate assessment and treatment of tongue and lip ties.  Dr Tylor is extremely knowledgeable and with her MPH in Ankyloglossia she has a unique understanding of the greater health impacts of an untreated tongue tie.  See Dr Tylor at Riviera ENT.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Team Tongue Tie is a practice completely focused on diagnosing and treating tongue, buccal and lip ties.  Dr Alisa Sacker, MD, IBCLC is passionate about helping people of all ages struggling with oral function get the best result possible.  Dr Sacker is a Pediatrician with neonatal training and started the tongue tie program at Kaiser in San Diego before starting her own practice.  In the office they provide 1:1 lactation support with IBCLC's to support all breastfeeding dyads with the best care possible.

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Sabrina Freidenfelds, MPH, IBCLC, PMH-C is the Executive Director of Then Comes Baby New Family Resource, a community-based nonprofit supporting new and expecting parents from pregnancy through early parenthood.  Sabrina is a seasoned leader with a love of organization development, with deep expertise in perinatal health and wellness, lactation consulting, and the integrative health best practices that collectively work to strengthen perinatal mental health and new parent resilience. 

Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com