Prenatal Lactation Workshop: Get off to a Good Start!

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Prenatal Lactation Workshop: Get off to a Good Start! Join us for this informative and empowering class to support you on your breastfeeding journey. Build a foundation and gain essential knowledge and skills for a successful start to your breastfeeding journey. Learn proper latch techniques, understand milk production, newborn feeding patterns and hunger cues, and troubleshoot common challenges.Learn how to advocate for yourself in a hospital setting and empower yourself with practical tips and resources to make breastfeeding a positive experience for both you and your baby. This class will be taught by Shamina Rao, Board Certified Lactation Consultant, prenatal yoga teacher and doula. Partners welcome, and encouraged to join! About Shamina: Shamina (she/her) is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant with over 12 years of experience as a full-spectrum doula, lactation counselor, and prenatal yoga teacher. She has supported hundreds of families on their prenatal, birth, and postpartum journeys. Her work is grounded in empathy, nonjudgmental guidance, and evidence-based care. With both personal and clinical experience in infant feeding, Shamina understands its emotional and physical aspects and creates a nurturing space where families feel heard, and empowered to reach their feeding goals. Whether families are navigating latch concerns, milk-supply questions, pumping routines, bottle-feeding, or simply seeking reassurance, Shamina provides individualized guidance tailored to their needs. She offers in-home and office consultations in Brooklyn, telehealth visits in all areas, and runs a weekly lactation support group in Park Slope. Shamina has volunteered at Jamaica Hospital and Bellevue Hospital caring for underserved communities and is passionate about working with organizations that fight for equal access to quality healthcare for all. She grew up in India, the Far East, and East Africa, but Brooklyn has been home for the last 35 years. She is a mother of two, her greatest teachers. https://www.shaminarao.com/lactation ----- Registration Details: Sunday, November 15th 1:00-3:00pm Cost: $150 (includes a partner) ----- Workshops and Series must be paid in full at time of reservation and are non-refundable. There are no extensions, make ups, or class credits offered for missed sessions within a series. Brooklyn Flow credit is available for cancellations with at least 24 hours’ notice.

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