Let's work through this together
Yvonne is an International Board Certified and Registered Lactation Consultant with 18 years experience helping breastfeeding families.
As an accredited La Leche League Leader
she facilitates group support meetings and offers breastfeeding triage support by phone. She is the current Area Professional Liaison
for three states offering medical and legal advice for
complex breastfeeding cases.
Yvonne works on staff at a Boston teaching hospital
providing lactation support for families in the
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), postpartum unit, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), and wherever lactation support is needed.
She receives an annual flu vaccine and
is CPR/AED trained and certified.
She has received both first and second doses
of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Yvonne is an active member of:
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RECENT EDUCATION:
4/21: Oral Habilitation of the Breastfeeding Dyad: A Masterclass for the IBCLC (a 3 day intensive master class exploring innovative techniques for the IBCLC helping families overcome complex feeding challenges)
1/21: How did I miss THAT? Breast assessment in non-white skin tones
(Nekisha Killings MPH IBCLC)
11/20: American Heart Association, BLS Provider (CPR & AED)
9/20: Requirements completed to become a Certified Tummy Time!™ Method Professional
2/20: Guest Lecturer, Tufts University Boston MA, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Graduate Nutrition course
1/20: The Return of Breastsleeping: Humankind's Most Successful Sleep and Feeding Arrangement (James McKenna PhD)
9/19: TummyTime!™ Method 2.0 Certification, 2-day intensive workshop, (Michelle Emanuel OTR/L, CIMI, CST, NBCR, RYT200)
6/19: Can Herbs Solve Breastfeeding Problems?, ILCA webinar, (Sara Chana Silverstein, BA, IBCLC, RH)
4/19: Oral Function: Comprehensive Care in the Pre-Crawling Infant, 2-day intensive workshop, (Michelle Emanuel OTR/L & Melissa Cole IBCLC)
3/19: Craniosacral Therapy I, Upledger Institute, 4-day intensive (Michael Morgan LMT, CST-D)
1/19: Guest Lecturer, Tufts University Boston MA, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Graduate Nutrition course
1/19: LLL of MA/RI/VT - Leader Workshop Day
10/18: Breastfeeding and Skin to Skin as the First Line Non-Pharmacologic Interventions For Opioid Exposed Newborns (Dan Hale MD)
10/18: Referrals and Recommendations: Ethical Considerations for Lactation Professionals (Maire MacLean IBCLC)
10/18: Mammary Dysbiosis: Approaching Mastitis with Probiotics, Vibration, and Turmeric (Marsha Walker RN,IBCLC)
10/18: Hypoglycemia and Glucose Gel Use in Breastfeeding Infants (Jeffrey Feldman MD)
10/18: Donor Breastmilk Use in the Hospital: A Case Study (Marianne Anderson MD and Judith Fayre BS, RN, IBCLC)
A little about IBCLCs...
IBCLCs are health care professionals who specialize in all areas of lactation - both simple and complex - and are required to
re-certify every 5 years to maintain the most up-to-date and evidence based clinical and ethical practice.
IBCLCs possess the only internationally recognized board certified lactation credential available.
They abide by a Standard of Practice and a Code of Ethics and work within a defined Scope of Practice.
An IBCLC really is the "Gold Standard" in lactation support!
IBCLCs are health care professionals who specialize in all areas of lactation - both simple and complex - and are required to
re-certify every 5 years to maintain the most up-to-date and evidence based clinical and ethical practice.
IBCLCs possess the only internationally recognized board certified lactation credential available.
They abide by a Standard of Practice and a Code of Ethics and work within a defined Scope of Practice.
An IBCLC really is the "Gold Standard" in lactation support!
photo courtesy of C. Wolfe