Lactation & Infant Feeding with Misty Gant
Led by Bija’s founder and certified lactation counselor, Misty, this is a deep dive session on all things lactation. You’ll learn things you can do prenatally to prepare for breastfeeding. Hear what to expect in the first hours and days. Learn all about breastmilk’s composition and how to support your supply. Misty walks you through how to get a deep latch, improve suck, recognize hunger cues and how to identify a tongue or lip tie. We’ll review pumping, feeding schedules and weaning. You’ll also learn how to identify breast ailments and how to treat them.
What’s included:
+ Link to watch course (1 hour, 24 minutes)
MEET MISTY
Misty is a certified birth and postpartum doula, certified lactation counselor. She is also trained in Spinning Babies and as a newborn care specialist. She also is an integrative wellness practitioner with a particular interest in herbal medicine.
Her own experience in navigating her own fertility along with supporting numerous births, and witnessing the lack of care within those medical settings, spurred her on to build a space where women are held, lifted up and empowered to cross the threshold into motherhood on their own terms.
Misty splits her time between Auckland, NZ and Brooklyn, NY. She is the founder of Bija.