Meet Amanda Mackowski, IBCLC

International Board Certified Lactation Consultant

“Your pain, your problem” - My first pediatrician

It’s unacceptable for a trained medical professional to give you this advice, yet it’s something that’s all too common when it comes to the topic of breastfeeding.

I went through this myself and it’s my mission to make sure that you don’t have to.

When my daughter Victoria was born in 2015, I had a difficult pregnancy and a complicated birth. She was medically complex from the start. Thankfully, after this terrible advice, I didn’t give up. In the ensuing months, I found out that Victoria’s tongue and lip ties as well as her hypotonia (chronic low muscle tone), among other special needs, were contributing to the difficulties.

I studied for years to become an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) so that I could support new parents in Eastern North Carolina to nourish their babies with love.

If you have pain, there are solutions. It doesn’t have to be your problem. Clogged ducts, sore nipples, nursing holds. We can work through this together. Message me through my Contact page to start the process.