Herbs for Lactation, Babies and Perinatal Endocrine Health

 

Friday, April 11, 2025

9:00 am - 4:30pm

1260 45th St, Emeryville, CA

Hosted by East Bay Lactation Associates

Melissa Cole, MS, IBCLC

Melissa Cole is a board-certified lactation consultant, neonatal oral motor assessment professional, clinical herbalist, and wellness clinician. Melissa has been passionate about providing comprehensive, holistic lactation support and improving the level of clinical lactation skills for health professionals since 2002. She is honored to provide nurturing, quality care to families as they work towards their feeding goals. In addition to comprehensive lactation support, Melissa also works with families coping with unique feeding concerns impacted by prematurity, food allergies, lip/tongue tie concerns, oral motor dysfunction, complex feeding issues, low milk supply, and beyond. Melissa holds a bachelor of science degree in maternal child health and lactation consulting and her master’s work is in therapeutic, clinical herbalism.

Topics

  • Herbal care basics

  • Herbal support for lactation & milk production

  • Herbal support for perinatal mood & endocrine health

  • Herbs for infant digestion

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Professionals who supporting lactation and babies: doulas, midwives, nurse practitioners, naturopaths and lactation consultants.

An application has been submitted to the IBCLE for L-CERPS.

REGISTRATION

Fee: $199

Coffee and light refreshments will be served

Questions?

info@eastbaylactationassociates.com

TRansportation

Neighborhood street parking is free and plentiful

Two blocks from "J" busline from San Francisco

Two blocks from free EmeryGoRound shuttle from MacArthur BART Station

Two blocks from 72 San Pablo Avenue busline