Most parents in America are doing combination infant feeding- some direct breastfeeding, some pumped milk.  Insurance covers breast pumps yet there isn't any consistency between pumps and flanges that come with pumps are grossly oversized for almost all parents.  Listen here as Katie Oshita and Nichelle Clark discuss pumping in America.

Podcast Guest: Nichelle Clark is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), Infant Feeding Counselor (IFC), Holistic Sleep Coach (HSC), wife, and mom of two residing in Chesapeake, Virginia. She is the owner of a lactation private practice, SonShine & Rainbows Lactation & Sleep, which was inspired by her son and honors her fertility journey with him. Born and raised in Upper Marlboro, MD, Nichelle is a United States Navy Veteran and hold a bachelors degree in Political Science. When she’s not spending time with family, she admins multiple online support groups for People of Color, providing breastfeeding support and lactation education to her community. As a prior exclusive pumping mom herself, Nichelle is a champion for breastfeeding parents to write their own rules and breastfeed their way.

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 [email protected] or www.cuddlesandmilk.com  

It's amazing how fast time goes.  This podcast started as Katie Oshita began her traveling journey in an RV summer 2021.  Katie traveled to 40 states, 3 Canadian provinces and met with many wonderful providers along the way.  Then in 2023 Katie sold the RV and settled down in western WA.  With this podcast Katie is still able to travel, tho most is virtually now, and meet with skilled providers all over the world.  Listen here as Katie recaps the last 4 years, 100 episodes and podcasts guests.

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 [email protected] or www.cuddlesandmilk.com  

Spoiler alert‼️ It's NOT normal to pee when you sneeze, or when you jump or when you exercise!  Not even after having babies.  So many people are told that this is normal and just something they will have to live with.  Thankfully there are knowledgeable PT's out there focusing on exactly this issue and more.  Pelvic floor physical therapy is a specialized field, not something that should be preformed by any physical therapist.  In this episode Katie Oshita and Rachel Doza discuss what pelvic floor PT really is all about, including covering the new diagnosis of Genitourinary Syndrome of Lactation (GSL) and how this effects postpartum parents.

Podcast Guest: Dr. Rachel Doza decided to open her own physical therapy practice to provide higher quality care than high patient-volume clinics. Her pelvic floor physical therapy practice is focused on quality over quantity, and the patient results speak for themselves!

Rachel has been in the physical therapy field for over a decade and has extensive education beyond her doctorate degree in pelvic health, dry needling, orthopedics, and is a certified Pre & Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist.

Stemming from her military background, she is a fierce advocate for women's rights and loves helping women regain control over their bodies.

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 [email protected] or www.cuddlesandmilk.com  

Historically, having a baby was not a solitary endeavor. The partner was involved of course, but the parent's family, friends and whole community would come together to support not just the gestating parent but the whole family during this transition.  As a midwife and IBCLC in Australia, Kellie Eason sees the consequences of lack of support for families.  In this episode Katie Oshita and Kellie Eason discuss strategies of supporting families and finding ways to decrease isolation for parents.    

Podcast Guest: Kellie Eason, IBCLC, brings more than 20 years of dedicated experience to her role as a trusted support for families.  Her background as a nurse, midwife and international Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) in Melbourne, Australia, has equipped her with a comprehensive understanding of family needs during the early parenting journey.

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 [email protected] or www.cuddlesandmilk.com  

Breastfeeding is universal, however the options for support are not.  In the US an Osteopath has very different training than in Australia, where all Osteopaths are trained in Osteopathic Manual manipulation (OMM) unlike in the US where it's difficult to find an Osteopath with any manual training at all.  In Australia there's also no prescribing from an Osteopath.  Kirsten Hannan is not only an IBCLC but also an Osteopath supporting families in the AU with her immense knowledge.  Listen as Kirsten Hannah and Katie Oshita discuss biological norms, root cause support and tongue tie in the US and AU.

Podcast Guest: Kirsten Hannan is an Australian trained and registered Osteopath with 20 years of clinical practice experience, with a particular interest in pregnancy and postpartum care and working with babies and children of all ages. She has experience in treating babies for a variety of issues, including latching and feeding difficulties, birth trauma, neck tension, flat head syndrome and digestive issues. Kirsten uses a variety of osteopathic treatment methods, including cranial osteopathy. Her passion for education and helping children to develop in the best possible way led her to further her knowledge of breastfeeding and she qualified as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) in 2017. She enjoys integrating the very best of bodywork and evidence-based lactation care and support to help mums and their babies.

Kirsten is a speaker, an author and reviewer for the International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, a member of Osteopathy Australia and registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE).

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 [email protected] or www.cuddlesandmilk.com  

Pregnancy and postpartum nutrition are not just helpful but essential to milk supply.  Thyroid issues, PCOs, insulin resistance, gut microbiome dysfunction all cause problems in milk supply and nutritional status.  Learn how working with an IBCLC RD can help to uncover those issues and get parental health, nutrition and milk supply on the right track.

Podcast Guest: Allegra Gast is a functional registered dietitian and international board certified lactation consultant passionate about helping families navigate both their postpartum health and their breastfeeding journeys. Allegra offers virtual nutrition and breastfeeding consults for families all around the world. She started her business, Aloha Nutrition, when she lived in Hawaii but currently resides in Texas with her husband, and 4 children including twins. 

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 [email protected] or www.cuddlesandmilk.com 

Learning about oral ties and airway dysfunction hasn't only helped Katie's clients and practice.  Along the way Katie and her family have benefited from this knowledge.  Since learning more about lip and buccal ties, Katie and her Kidds all had these released.  Listen for details on why and the results.

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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] or www.cuddlesandmilk.com