Katie The Traveling Lactation Consultant
Welcome to the podcast. I am your host, Katie Oshita, BSN, RN, IBCLC and infant feeding specialist. Quench your thirst for knowledge and travel with me across the nation to discover, learn, collaborate and better serve clients from all over the globe. Let’s ride and thrive together.
Podcasting since 2021 • 86 episodes
Katie The Traveling Lactation Consultant
Latest Episodes
Ep 86 Breastfeeding, Sleep and Supporting Queer Families w/Joy MacTavish
Most of the time sleep and breastfeeding feel like opposing forces, but they don't have to be. Joy MacTavish is an IBCLC and a holistic sleep consultant who supports families to balance both wants and needs of their growing family. ...
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Episode 86
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Ep 85 What New Parents Need to Know
In this episode, Katie Oshita addresses many of the topics new parents need to know about. From prenatal lactation to weaning, telehealth, and gut microbiome, lactation is a time of questions and concerns for most families. Many are...
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Episode 85
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Ep 84 - Breastfeeding T1D Babies w/ Erin Hayden-Baldauf
Type 1 diabetes in infancy and toddler years is rare, but when it happens most families are not just encouraged but forced to wean from breastfeeding. Erin Hayden-Baldauf has personal and professional experience with breastfeeding a T1D b...
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Episode 84
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Ep 83 Lactation for the Rest of Us w/Jacob Engelsman
Breastfeeding, chest feeding, body feeding, bottle-feeding. There are many ways to feed an infant (this list doesn't even include cup feeding, finger feeding and more!). Gender diverse and queer families need unique support when exp...
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Season 4
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Episode 83
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Ep 82 Bottle Skills with Susan Howard
Bottles are actually not an innate skill. Babies are born knowing how to breastfeed, and with many reflexes to support the process. However bottle are not like the breast (no matter how much the packaging claims it's "just like the ...
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Episode 82
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