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What is Lactation Support?

At Pine Integrated Health Centre, lactation and infant feeding support is provided by a collaborative team that includes both International Board-Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs) and Registered Nurses Providing Lactation Support.

They are breast feeding specialists who are professionally trained in techniques that help educate, guide and support mothers on ways to feed their baby. They work with families to provide education, hands-on guidance, and practical strategies to help navigate feeding in the early postpartum period and beyond.

Lactation support can help with a wide range of concerns, including latching difficulties, milk supply challenges, painful feeding, and concerns about infant weight gain or feeding progress.

No matter what stage you are at in your feeding journey, our team is here to provide compassionate, evidence-informed support tailored to your family’s needs. We focus on helping you feel confident, supported, and equipped with practical, real-world strategies for feeding success.

Lactation Consultants and Lactation Supports

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Services Offered

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You know your family best, including what method(s) of feeding are best for you. Pine Health supports families in their choices through the latest information and a caring environment free of judgement.

Latch Initiation

Latch & Lactation Initiation

  • Prenatal Support to Help a Smooth Transition to Breastfeeding and Chestfeeding
  • Checking Your Baby’s Latch When Feeding & Addressing Challenges

Infant food supplementation

Food Supplementation

  • Safe Formula Preparation & Methods For Delivering Mixed Feeds.
Introduction to Solid Food

Introduction of Solid Foods

  • Foods to complement breastfeeding or chestfeeding.
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Supporting Prenatal Clients

Some Common Prenatal Breastfeeding Topics We Cover

 

Breastfeeding when your mother couldn’t

Previous breast surgeries and breastfeeding

Breastfeeding with nipple piercings and tattoos

Breastfeeding and jaundice

Making breastfeeding work with flat, inverted or large nipples

Breastfeeding and HIV

2nd Trimester

 Breastfeeding concerns from previous babies

 Surrogacy / Adoption / Chestfeeding

 Expecting a premature baby or with fetal abnormalities

3rd Trimester

 Breastfeeding concerns from previous babies

 Preparing for birth

 Low milk supply concerns

 Avoiding nipple and breast pain

 What to expect in the first 3 days

 Surrogacy / Adoption / Chestfeeding

Supporting Postnatal Clients

 

Some Common Postpartum Breastfeeding Topics We Cover

Babies who spit up

Breastfeeding when mom gets sick / needs medication

Improving your pumping results

Getting through the biting phase

Increasing your milk supply – options when it dips

Human milk bank and becoming a donor

Distracted Nurslings – what’s up?

Nursing a toddler – the pros and cons

First 6 Weeks

 Nipple or Breast Pain

 Baby is fussy or refusing the breast

 Low milk supply concerns

 Improving position and latch

 Any other concerns you have

First 6 Weeks

 Nipple or Breast Pain

 Baby is fussy or refusing the breast

 Low milk supply concerns

 Improving position and latch

 Any other concerns you have

3-12 Months +

 Introducing other foods

 Planning for return to work

 Weaning

 Any other feeding concerns you have

Supporting Clients At Any Stage

Whether you need specific advice or just need to know you’re not alone, Pine Health can help.

Picking the right pump for you

 Hand expression – what is it? How to do it effectively

 Mastitis – how to avoid it and how to get through it

 Handling overabundant milk supply

 Nipple shields – how to know when they are useful and how to pick the right size

 Breastfeeding and medical tests/ medical imaging

 Nursing a baby with Trisomy 21

 Tongue Tie and Lip Ties what are they?

 Vitamin D supplements for baby – what are my options

 Breastfeeding when baby gets sick

 Skin to Skin contact – why is it the magic elixir?

 Finding donor human milk for your baby

 Position and Latch for comfort

 How to prevent low milk supply

 Breastfeeding with small breasts

 Breastfeeding with large breasts

 Breastfeeding while travelling, including overseas

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Meet Our Lactation Consulting & Support Team

Megan Schafers

International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Registered Nurse – Sherwood Park & Edmonton

  • Breastfeeding & Lactation Support
  • Positioning and latching
  • Nipple pain, damage, mastitis, plugged ducts
  • Assessment of possible lip or tongue-ties
  • Milk supply concern (from low to abundant)
  • Poor infant weight gain
  • Pumping/milk expression
  • Prenatal preparation

Megan is a Registered Nurse, an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and a Certified INNATE Postpartum Care Provider.

Megan had always dreamed of working with babies and their families, and she spent the first part of her career as a Registered Nurse working with children at the Stollery Children’s Hospital. She now focuses on breastfeeding support and working with families in the postpartum time. Her approach to lactation and breastfeeding respects the innate abilities and wisdom of each breastfeeding parent and baby.

Megan has experience supporting families in lactation and breastfeeding in a variety of settings including in home support, outpatient breastfeeding clinics, NICU and inpatient postpartum units.

Megan is also a part of the team at Uptown Dental, where she assists with lip and tongue tie assessment and provides immediate latching support after the frenectomy procedure.

Megan’s intention is to serve as one of the many necessary layers of support for the parents in our community.

We would love to help you find a Lactation Consultant or Lactation Support in Edmonton or Sherwood Park that is the best fit for you.

Please contact us with any questions or book your appointment online today.

587.855.5598

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