Episode 211: Alyssa Schnell – Milking It (Inducing Lactation, Relactation, and Co-Lactation)

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Alyssa Schnell has been an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) since 2009. She works in private practice serving clients both locally and worldwide. She is the author of Breastfeeding Without Birthing: A Breastfeeding Guide for Mothers Through Adoption, Surrogacy, and Other Special Circumstances and a professional supplement to the book, The Breastfeeding Without Birthing Professional Pack online training. She is also the creator of DomHub, an extensive online resource for domperidone. Alyssa has authored articles for The Journal of Human Lactation, La Leche League’s Leader Today and Breastfeeding Today magazines, and Adoptive Families magazine and developer of The Three Step Framework for Inducing Lactation. She is an international speaker on the topics of inducing lactation, relactation, co-lactation, and other related topics. Alyssa is the proud mother of three breastfed children, two by birth and one by adoption. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Alyssa offers a wide variety of free and paid resources for parents, including a free online support group, free mini consultations, and consultation packages to support parents every step of the way. Her evidence-based online resource for domperidone, DomHub, is a much need guide to the safe and effective use of domperidone for lactation and is appropriate for parents or professionals. She works with parents from all over the world who are interested in inducing lactation, relactating, and co-lactating. Her practice is inclusive and accepts some insurance.

Listen as Alyssa shares with Ellen and Jenn:

• Birthing and breastfeeding two children and then adopting and wanting to bring the nutritional and bonding experience to her adopted baby.
• Knowing it was possible from her volunteer work with La Leche League and voracious research on inducing lactation.
• Her experience was 20 years ago, but the basics are the same, with some advancements since that time.
• She works to customize the steps with her clients; lifestyles, circumstances, and goals can significantly affect the plan.
• Answering the question, “Can a person assigned male at birth induce lactation?” (Yes!)
• Dealing with tricky timing issues, such as in adoption.
• Vocab review, what is re-lactation versus co-lactation.
• Supporting parents by surrogacy who wish to induce lactation.
• Medication access challenges and side effects (especially when not taken appropriately).

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