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The Lactation Training Lab Podcast
by Christine Staricka, IBCLC
The Lactation Training Lab Podcast was created to inspire, inform, and engage current and aspiring lactation care providers. So glad you’re here! I’m Christine, an IBCLC and trained childbirth educator based in the US. I created the Lactation Training Lab after years of practicing clinical lactation care and providing professional lactation training to other health care providers to serve as a resource for learning and connecting over all things lactation-related. Whether you’re seasoned or studying, I hope this show will make you think and inspire you to act.
Episodes
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Who Gets to Define Care??
Episode 1: Who Gets to Define Good Care? With Christine Staricka, IBCLC, and Olena Dobczansky, RN, IBCLC Please Follow the Show, Leave Us a Review on Your Favorite Podcast Player, and Share It With A Friend! Supply and Demand is a weekly miniseries examining the promises, power, and business of...
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You’re Not Supposed to Figure This Out Alone - Introducing Evolve Lactation Circle
Evolve Lactation PodcastEpisode: You're Not Supposed to Figure This Out Alone (Introducing Evolve Lactation Circle) https://evolvelactationcircle-d4073296.circle.so/evolve In this solo episode, Christine introduces Evolve Lactation Circle, a new private working space built for lactation...
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"Tell Me What This Has Been Like for You" - A Conversation with Gretchen Becker Crabb
In this conversation with Gretchen Becker Crabb, I asked her what she believes is the opportunity we have when we first meet someone who is really struggling with breastfeeding. Gretchen, who is an OTR/L and CLC, shares in this episode about how she thinks of the dyad and the breastfeeding...
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Bobbie Makes Pre-WBW/NBM Drops to Steal Conversation/Undermine Lactation Care
Evolve Lactation Media is an independent platform for lactation knowledge — rigorous, accessible, and free of commercial influence. We publish, we teach, and we examine the forces that shape lactation care — for clinicians, public health professionals, and families. We connect breastfeeding to…
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The Relational Work of Supporting Safety in Lactation Care - An Interview with Fleur Bickford
When I asked my friend and colleague Fleur Bickford to come on the podcast, I should have known she would arrive with an outline and a comprehensive plan for teaching. Fleur’s expertise in trauma-informed care is deep on so many levels. Fleur Bickford is a Registered Nurse and International Board...
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Assembling Your Preparation Plan: From Candidate to Credentialed
I made a whole thing and I wanted to tell you about it. That’s the Episode in a nutshell. What you’re hearing is Section 12 of my 12-part series The Guide for The Emerging Lactation Consultant. To get the whole guide and companion workbook, click and subscribe here:...
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Lactoferrin for Longevity, Nothing for Babies: Following the Money in Lactation
Things We Talked About in the Episode The movie Christine & her husband were watching Evolve Lactation Guide for Emerging Lactation Consultants - https://evolvelactation.org Annie Frisbee's Email and Resources - https://paperlesslactation.com/about/ Understanding Insurance Policies in Healthcare…
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Preparing to Be an IBCLC©, Not Just Pass the Exam
*I am in no way affiliated with the IBCLC Commission or IBLCE (other than actively holding the IBCLC credential) and do not purport to speak on their behalf. You can find information about the IBCLC credential at www.ibclc-commission.org. It may be helpful to consider the process of becoming an...
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Podcast | The Hidden Power of Hand Expression in Breastfeeding Success
The Hidden Power of Hand Expression in Breastfeeding Success Olena Dobczansky and Christine Staricka are back sharing practical insights from how to normalize hand expression for both professionals and parents to the urgent need for clear language and community-based support that honor the…
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Podcast | What the IBCLC Actually Is and Why It Matters
What the IBCLC Actually Is and Why It Matters In this episode, Christine Staricka IBCLC discusses the significance of IBCLC Day and the unique role of IBCLCs in supporting breastfeeding. She emphasizes the professional achievement represented by the IBCLC credential, the extensive training...
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Podcast | Breaking Down the US Breastfeeding Landscape with Kelly Durbin
Kelly Durbin's book, Protecting Your Potential for Breastfeeding In this conversation, Christine and Kelly Durbin discuss the multifaceted challenges and opportunities surrounding breastfeeding. They emphasize the importance of data in understanding breastfeeding trends, the need for improved...
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Podcast | Health Literacy, the Postpartum, and Beyond
We have thoughts. From the recent NYT opinion piece on marriage equality and formula feeding to the difference between an AI chatbot answer and lactation care from a qualified healthcare practitioner, we need to talk about what is going on in the infant feeding world. Let’s get into it....
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Podcast | Milk Production & The Ethics of Breastfeeding Devices
As we prepare for 2026, we encourage you to let go of outdated practices and embrace new opportunities for growth and community support. https://ibclcinca.substack.com/about - Join Evolve Lactation Pros http://www.thefirst100hours.com - Book & Free Guide I thought I would start off the year with…
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Podcast | Wrapping 2025, The Year When the Pump Companies Were in Our DMs and Inboxes
In this 2025 wrap-up episode of the Evolve Lactation Podcast, hosts Christine Staricka and Olena Dobczansky reflect on the significant events and themes of 2025, emphasizing personal growth, the importance of foundational knowledge in lactation, and the ethical responsibilities of lactation...
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Podcast | Navigating the Complexities of Lactation Support: The Power of Active Listening and Self-Reflection
In this episode, I discuss the importance of building trust through active listening in lactation consulting, the role of personal experiences in professional practice, and the need to identify and address hidden biases that can affect clinical decisions. I also talk about my upcoming workshop...
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Podcast | Holistic Approaches to Breast and Nipple Pain
This conversation delves into the critical role of pain in lactation, emphasizing how it affects hormonal balance and milk production. Christine Staricka, IBCLC explains that pain is not just a symptom but a significant factor that can disrupt the breastfeeding process, impacting both the mother...
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Podcast | What Lactation Professionals Actually Need (That No One Else Is Providing)
In this episode, I share what I’ve been building for 2026 - Evolve Lactation Pros, a membership that address what lactation professionals actually need beyond clinical skills and business tactics. We talk about the gap in our training around processing our own experiences, the three pillars of...
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Podcast | Late Preterm Babies CAN Breastfeed!
In the latest episode of my Perinatal Professionals series, I explore the unique challenges faced by late preterm newborns, particularly in relation to breastfeeding and parental support. I review the characteristics of late preterm infants, the importance of understanding their developmental...
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Podcast | Inside Look: Coaching Call with Christine
In this coaching call, Evolve Lactation Community member Kristen Navia and I discuss the cyclical nature of doula and lactation work, strategies for utilizing downtime for business growth, and the importance of community support. Kristen shares her insights on preparing for the IBCLC exam, the...
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Beyond Societal Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding
Welcome to the Perinatal Professionals Series as presented on the Evolve Lactation Podcast! This series provides access to strategic, evidence-based lactation education for perinatal professionals who are ready to level up their breastfeeding support skills and knowledge. Follow, Rate, and Review...
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PsyOps, Breastfeeding, The Wild West, and Healthcare is Burning - with Special Guest Olena Dobczansky
Welcome to the Perinatal Professionals Series as presented on the Evolve Lactation Podcast! This series provides access to strategic, evidence-based lactation education for perinatal professionals who are ready to level up their breastfeeding support skills and knowledge. Follow, Rate, and Review...
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What Really Happens in the First 100 Hours of Lactation
Welcome to the Perinatal Professionals Series as presented on the Evolve Lactation Podcast! This series provides access to strategic, evidence-based lactation education for perinatal professionals who are ready to level up their breastfeeding support skills and knowledge. Follow, Rate, and Review...
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Unlocking Breastfeeding Success: Insights from the First 100 Hours
Welcome to the Perinatal Professionals Series as presented on the Evolve Lactation Podcast! This series provides access to strategic, evidence-based lactation education for perinatal professionals who are ready to level up their breastfeeding support skills and knowledge. Follow, Rate, and Review...
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Health Outcomes of Breastfeeding in The First 100 Hours
Welcome to the Perinatal Professionals Series as presented on the Evolve Lactation Podcast! This series provides access to strategic, evidence-based lactation education for perinatal professionals who are ready to level up their breastfeeding support skills and knowledge. Follow, Rate, and Review...
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A Rogerian Ontology of Breastfeeding with Special Guest Olena S. Dobczansky, MSN, RNC-MNN, IBCLC, C-ONQS, LCCE
If you’re thinking “I don’t know what a Rogerian ontology is,” fear not. I didn’t know either until my very special guest, Olena Dobczansky explained it all to me in this episode of the Evolve Lactation Podcast. Yes, that’s right: the podcast is back! I’m very excited to launch Season 4 with this...
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Happy Birthday to My First Book!
Join me for my next live video in the app This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ibclcinca.substack.com
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Peer Breastfeeding Support Groups Are Essential In Your Lactation Training
Hi friend, I’m Christine, an IBCLC in California. Here, on my Substack, I share what I’ve picked up over my 23+ years working and volunteering in lactation care & support. I write and record a podcast about my personal stories of motherhood, my professional insights from teaching and coaching...
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IBCLCs in Hospital and Private Practice
It started with a Reel on Instagram. Then it became a plan for a conversation about the differences and the shared mission of hospital-based IBCLCs and private practice IBCLCs. On this episode of the Evolve Lactation Podcast, I am joined by Nicole Longmire, MPH, IBCLC, PMH-C and LeeAnn Contreras,...
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(How to Spot) Fake Lactation Support
Closing the Gap: Ensuring Breastfeeding Support for All - this is the theme of World Breastfeeding Week this year. Evolve Lactation is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I recently wrote a book that captures the...
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The Power of the IBCLC in Multiple Practice Settings with Adrienne Guirguis, IBCLC, CSOM
Thank you for reading Evolve Lactation with Christine Staricka IBCLC. This post is public so feel free to share it. Happy IBCLC Appreciation Day! In celebration, I have a really special episode of the podcast for you. I am so excited to share with you my conversation with my dear friend and…
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A Family History of Milk Production Problems
If my sisters have struggled with milk production, will I have a problem? Join me in the Lactation Consultant's Inbox as I discuss a question about the link between milk production and genetics. We'll talk about why getting advice from a trusted, professional source is crucial because family and...
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Why Don't You Just Go Online?
Why hire a lactation consultant if you can just look up breastfeeding information online? Join me in the Lactation Consultant's Inbox as I discuss why people still need lactation consultants despite the abundance of information on the internet. We'll talk about the ways people access information...
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Rising Above The Drama of The First Days of Breastfeeding
Evolve Lactation with Christine Staricka IBCLC is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. As healthcare workers, we should not be creating drama in the first days of breastfeeding. When you’re a parent in the throes of...
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Restoring Faith in Breastfeeding: Overcoming Resistance from Your Fellow Healthcare Providers
I wrote a book about early lactation care, but not everyone is going to like it. Many health care providers are going to have a hard time with this approach, even though it’s entirely evidence-based. Join me on this episode of the Evolve Lactation Podcast where I read a chapter from my new book,...
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Shaking Up the Infant Feeding Conversation with Nicole Longmire, MPH, MEd, IBCLC, Host of the Milk Shakes Podcast
Thank you for reading Evolve Lactation with Christine Staricka IBCLC. This post is public so feel free to share it. Hold on to your hats - this is a long, amazing, wide-ranging conversation! I’ve been following the blooming IBCLC career of Nicole Longmire (@MotheringNurtured on IG) for several...
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The destructive power of the American journalistic playbook on breastfeeding
My day-to-day work revolves around supporting the current and the aspiring lactation care provider with the resources they need to continue learning, to practice evidence-informed lactation care, and to treat people with kindness and compassion in their contacts with them for the purposes of...
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It's hard to talk about formula
In this talk, I discuss the challenges of talking about formula as a lactation care provider and provides ideas to stay inspired and ready to discuss formula with clients. I share my own experiences with infant feeding so that you know my context and emphasize the importance of understanding…
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Being absurdly serious about lactation
Thank you for reading Evolve Lactation with Christine Staricka IBCLC. This post is public so feel free to share it. Why am I so serious about my work? How can we emphasize the importance of uncomplicating breastfeeding for individuals and on a population level? In this new episode of the Evolve...
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A holistic approach to building resilience in your lactation career
In this episode I discuss my holistic approach to building resilience in your lactation career, why it's important, and how Evolve Lactation can help. We review 5 strategies for thriving in your lactation career: - prioritizing your own physical and emotional health - writing and re-assessing…
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Your lactation clients want to be heard
Welcome to my IBCLC© Day 2023 Series! Each day I’ll share with you one piece of insight about our work. (If you’re too excited and you just want to read them all now, go here and download the whole list) Let me know in the comments if you agree, disagree, never thought about it this way, or...
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Lactation care of the late preterm baby is different
When we think about supporting exclusive breastfeeding in healthy term babies, we start from the default that exclusive breastfeeding works, that most people make all the milk that they need, that there are a set of practices that we do to make sure that happens, and there are the outcomes we…
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Finding Ways to Trick Lactation Care Providers
If you are getting into the field of lactation care, you need to be ready for the trickery. Be prepared. The marketing deception, the lies, the outright bribery - it’s all coming at you. They’re just waiting to capture your attention and divert you from the science. Marketing works; that’s why...
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It seems so simple
Something is missing in modern parenthood. Parents find a lot of messaging in their lives but not a lot of actual information about how to implement things. Social media is an easy structure on which to place blame, but truly all media holds some responsibility. Cherry-picked research articles...
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making more milk with less stuff
The proliferation of tools and devices designed to be used during lactation has occurred without an accompanying body of research to support it. Parents are receiving hundreds to thousands of marketing messages for these products during pregnancy and lactation, a time when they are especially...
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why we, ourselves, need post-lactation counseling
It was with our second cohort of teaching future lactation educators that my colleague and I realized that some of our students needed more than just knowledge and information. They were in tears as they absorbed the information about how human lactation works and best practices. Some were angry,...
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Arguing about long-term outcomes or demanding what we can use NOW
There isn’t anything you can say about breastfeeding in our culture that won’t be met with vitriol and accusations. It can be true, it can be your personal experience, it can be the literal results of a well-done scientific study that was not funded by industry or anyone with a financial or...
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This just gets better and better...
I finally figured it out. Over the past five years, I’ve been creating so many presentations and tracking so many ideas. I want to make these presentations accessible to more people, and I also want to keep creating new ways to share what I know and what I have learned. Learning from podcasts -...
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Nuance and The Truth in Lactation Support
I attended an in-person conference and came away with some big realizations about the state of our work and advocacy. There have been some big shifts in this field which have led us to a place where new parents are becoming more likely to be encouraged to feed human milk than they are to...
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Your Next Move featuring Special Guest Amy Porterfield, Online Course Creation & Marketing Expert
Just a taste of the wisdom Amy Porterfield, online course creation and marketing expert, shared with me in our conversation recently: “I can promise you that you are really good in one specific area, if not more, in your industry. There's more money to be made - and a bigger impact you can make -...
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Build A Great Lactation Consult in 3 Simple Steps with Fiona Lang-Sharpe
On this episode of The Lactation Training Lab Podcast, my friend and colleague Fiona Lang-Sharpe turns the tables to interview me on my own podast. Together we break down the 3 elements of a great lactation consult. You'll get to know us both a little better as you listen in on our conversation!...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Lactation Training Lab Podcast was created to inspire, inform, and engage current and aspiring lactation care providers. So glad you’re here! I’m Christine, an IBCLC and trained childbirth educator based in the US. I created the Lactation Training Lab after years of practicing clinical lactation care and providing professional lactation training to other health care providers to serve as a resource for learning and connecting over all things lactation-related. Whether you’re seasoned or studying, I hope this show will make you think and inspire you to act.
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Christine Staricka, IBCLC
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