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You already support families through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Lactation and feeding questions are often part of that work, too. This training is an opportunity to spend more time with the knowledge, questions, and complexities that come up around infant feeding.
The Integrative Lactation and Feeding Specialist Training Program™ is a 10-week intensive covering lactation and infant feeding, pumping and milk expression, feeding alternatives, cultural considerations, inclusive care, common challenges, case studies, and the business of offering lactation support.
The program is designed for birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge while developing practical skills they can bring into their existing work.
Meetings are held virtually every other Monday evening from 5–7pm Eastern.
Fall 2026 enrollment opens Fri, October 16 and closes Mon, November 9.
Class dates:
Join the Interest List to be the first to hear when registration opens for the next Integrative Lactation and Feeding Specialist Training Program cohort.
Pricing is offered in two tiers, including an inclusivity discount for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled birth workers.
CONNIE CASTANZO
Postpartum Doula
People having babies don't always receive the kind of holistic, integrative lactation and feeding support they need.
Too often, families leave the hospital with a 2- or 3-day-old baby, a list of feeding instructions, and a pediatrician who may not have the training or time to assess the lactating or feeding parent. The medical-industrial complex can leave a lot of families trying to figure out what comes next on their own, often turning to Dr. Google, guilt, shame, and confusion.
This is where you, the Integrative Feeding Specialist™, can play an important role.
Families need birth workers who can bring knowledge and practical support to those conversations while staying grounded in the goals of the family, rather than promoting one particular way of feeding.
That's the foundation of our approach.
It's more than just the milk. It's about the whole family, their circumstances, their choices, and what works for them.
"Tanya and Sarah, thank you again for a wonderful course! I learned so much more with you all, than in my previous Lactation program! I appreciate your most practical advice!!! This was awesome! So glad that we will have access to the vids for the next year because they are so helpful to refer back to!"
SHARONDA GARDNER
Postpartum Doula
Our 10-week lactation training for birth workers covers:
☐ you've watched families abandon feeding plans you know could work, but you've reached the edge of your current training and had to refer out.
☐ you know there's more to supporting families than rigid feeding protocols, especially when working with diverse families and circumstances.
☐ you're already answering feeding questions for free, whether it's a DM or a text at 11pm from someone who needs help.
☐ you see the potential for lactation support to become part of your work, but you don't yet feel confident in your knowledge, skills, or ability to charge for that support.
☐ you want to expand your offerings beyond doula or educator work with training that aligns with your values as a provider.
"It was a pleasure training under both Tanya and Sarah. They made the classes so accessible, fun and enjoyable. Thank you both."
ANDREA WARMINGTON
Doula
"These are the kind of situations that require a powerful, gentle assertiveness...evidence-based care and education. I am a birth and postpartum doula. Mixed with ILFS, I feel more complete in my services. Looking forward to the embodied learning that comes over time."
TAHIRAH VEDA
Doula and Integrative Lactation and Feeding Specialist participant
Meet your clients and the community right where they are from an actively inclusive and empowering place.
Authentically grow your practice while serving families with their lactation and feeding needs. Let us assist you as you build your practice and know your clear scope of work.
When you join our Program, you not only can add Integrative Lactation and Feeding Specialist to your skillset, you are eligible for 45 hours of CERPS + CMEs.
Select your payment plan at checkout.
LAURA DELASME
Doula
