Lactation Consultants in Ottawa, Canada

She should contact Multiple Births Association if she hasn't already: http://multiplebirthscanada.org/index.php/parents/support/breastfeeding-support-network and/or La Leche League: http://www.lllc.ca/find-group

Susan Nolan is amazing!!! Super supportive and reassuring.

I used Gisele Gobeil and she was sooooo worth the money! Comes to your house for the consult, or you can go to her. I went from having a baby that wouldn't eat to an amazing eater a week later.

Nadine MacDougall is awesome... NICU nurse for over 20 years .. She helps with all baby questions!!

I used to Susan Nolan. She came out to the bay for the consult. Very positive, and extremely helpful! https://birthcarecanada.wordpress.com

Here's a list of private ones, there's one listed in Kanata, says she does home visits. http://ovlc.net/index.php/find-a-lactation-consultant-2/

City of Ottawa drop-ins: http://ottawa.ca/en/residents/public-health/pregnancy-and-parenting/breastfeeding-supports

I haven't used their services personally, but have you reached out to Milkface in Westboro? My friend has two little ones who had tongue ties and she said they were indispensable.

I know everybody says Milkface and I agree, but specifically I want to shout-out to the owner Britt Pegan. She's definitely very helpful but also does not beat around the bush. If you can do it, great. If you can't, you can't and there's nothing wrong with that. Baby comes first.

MIlkface was incredible at getting me linked up. And they were no BS - they saw my dude struggling and lent me a pump on the spot, and had me meet up with their LC the next day to check in. They then recommended an LC with an RN (registered nurse) certification as I could have nursing services covered by my private insurance instead of paying out $80 an hour personally. My son was tongue and lip tied - I didn't believe that stuff either so asked around, my midwife, my GP, and including my aunt as a dentist - said it is beneficial to get it looked into, not only for breastfeeding, but for potential dental issues (gaps) and speech issues down the road. I used Susan Nolan from here https://birthcarecanada.wordpress.com/about/lactation-consultations/

Milkface is a standard recommendation. The city has free drop ins but they're often busy so you're paying to not have to wait. Also be skeptical of tongue or lip ties. That's a bit of a fallback and an elective (not covered) surgery. There's a reason MDs dont diagnose these, the science is still shaky and young.

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I will third Milkface... my wife and I went there. We got a name of a consultant and we asked at first about private and she even recommended that we see her at Milkface first, it's cheaper and if we needed to go private, we would. My wife and I had a terrible time with our first... and I went to every appointment and every single clinic with her... we even went to Dr. Jack Newman's clinic in Toronto. We even had the tongue and or lip tie done, can't remember. It was such a sham, it grew back as most of them do, I believe. It was mostly covered by my wife's insurance but the issue we had was that our son had a small lower jaw from being head down in the womb and he sorted himself out at 3 months. Funny because Dr Kealey in the Glebe saw him and called it right away... she called the tongue tie growing back too...

I like Milkface as well, in particular Beth McMillan.

The best consultant our family saw was one, the only one that used the word "quit". After eight weeks of frustration, she said give it one more week then stop trying, the bond and the goodness you are trying to provide is being masked by the frustration. Pump, give her a bottle and enjoy your time with your baby. Having a professional, the first after 4 other consultants say stop was all we needed. The guilt and stress faded and within the last week all was good, we finally had a good latch and everyone was drinking happily for months.

Centretown community health centre has a great drop in - Tuesdays 1-3 I think. Joan (the nurse I saw) was Very supportive. http://www.centretownchc.org/en/programs/earlyyears.aspx

My wife met with someone from La Letche League - will get you the name (and will update this post with name). Our daughter was slightly tongue tied, which caused her to become "lazy" when at the nipple with her latch. If you have a GP or pediatrician, please go see them to see if that is the case (they are just as capable to determine if the latch is sufficient or not and if it's due to being tongue tied). The consultant that my wife had seen said that she was not and it was just a bad latch. However, doing the exercise that she recommended for 2 weeks didn't solve anything and our GP checked and the issue was the tongue tied. Since then, we have had no issues with her latching or her drinking. If she is tongue tied, I would recommend getting that addressed. Both our children were and we had to have them looked at. Better do it is sooner than when they are 3-4 months. Good look OP.

http://nurturedchild.ca/index.php/services/consultations/

I used Gisele Gobeil and she was absolutely fantastic!!!