THE COURSE THAT FILLS THE GAP NO ONE TOLD YOU WAS THERE
Positioning and attachment are taught everywhere — often badly.
What’s not being taught?
How milk is actually made, and what sabotages supply before it even gets going.
This course teaches what nearly every birth worker isn't:
The core physiological foundations of lactation — mostly missing from standard training.
"Why Has No One Taught Us This?"
That’s the most common reaction I hear.
I’ve walked into midwifery classrooms, peer counsellor trainings, and conferences for 15+ years to teach this material — and every time, professionals are amazed they’ve never been taught how milk supply actually works.
The result?
We keep sending mothers home with advice about “getting a better latch,” while no one’s explained that making a milk supply has a time limit.
Miss that window, and even a perfect latch won’t help.
Master Your Lactation Support
Why this matters:
Sore nipples and low milk supply are the top two reasons women stop breastfeeding before they choose to.
Both are symptoms of missed physiology.
And both are avoidable — if we understand what switches on milk-making in the first place.
This course is for birth professionals who want to:
✔ Understand lactation before problems arise
✔ Teach what actually protects supply in the early days
✔ Recognise when physiology has been disrupted — and how to help
✔ Move beyond basic tips to real biological foundations
✔ Stop seeing families fall through the cracks — and feel powerless
What You’ll Learn
This course lays the essential groundwork EVERY feeding supporter needs.
✔ How the breast develops — and why size doesn’t predict supply
✔ The 3 stages of lactation: hormonal initiation, activation, and maintenance
✔ How to explain prolactin and oxytocin in simple, practical terms
✔ What secretory activation is — and why it’s often delayed
✔ The signs of disrupted physiology (and how to act early)
✔ What colostrum and mature milk actually do
✔ How birth interventions impact milk supply — and what to do about it
✔ How to guide feeding plans when baby is sleepy, separated, or struggling
✔ Why and how milk supply can be saved — but only if we move early
✔ The role of skin-to-skin, hand expression, and the right time to start pumping — backed by research
✔ Why milk volumes vary and what to look for in “normal”
Course Outline
Module 1 – The Physiology of Lactation
Module 2 – The Milk-Making Hormones
Module 3 – What’s in Breast Milk (and Why It Changes)
Module 4 – Supporting Supply in the Early Days
Module 5 – The Maintenance Phase
Put The Theory Into Practice
Why This Course Is Different:
Covers what others skip - Most trainings focus on attachment techniques, benefits of breastfeeding, and feeding patterns.
- This course goes much deeper — into the science of how milk supply is actually built, protected, and sustained.
- If certain women have a 60% higher chance of stopping breastfeeding by 4 weeks due to low supply — and you don’t know why, when, or how to intervene — this course is for you.
Because let’s be honest: if milk supply isn’t established, no amount of latch tips will keep breastfeeding going.
I Want To Know More To Help My CleintsShort, clear lessons
13 expert-led video modules with transcripts and printable notes — built for busy professionals.
Real scenarios, not just theory
Clinical case studies and a reflective workbook help you apply your learning in practice.
Monthly live mentoring
Bring your questions to our live Q&A sessions and keep learning in community.
Earn 7 hours of CPD with a downloadable certificate — and walk away with knowledge you’ll use every day.
Jo Rae - Midwife
Love the course. It's one of many I have done, but so far the best, I have to say!
I have taken so much more in. I love the way you explain things; easy and simple.
I love your work, thanks.
Fiona - Student Midwife
Thank you so much Katie. I am a final year student midwife and I completed my infant feeding exam yesterday and felt that the modules really enhanced my knowledge surrounding lactation and supporting breastfeeding. It has been invaluable to me.
Fiona - Doula
Thank you so much for this course, I have learnt so so much and feel empowered and energised to support women with breast feeding. Keep it coming.
Louise
I absolutely thoroughly enjoyed this course Katie. Thank you so much. The way you explain everything makes it very easy to understand, and I loved all the modules, and learned a lot. I can't wait for your next course.
You’ll Walk Away With the Ability To:
Spot babies at risk of feeding ineffectively in the first hours and days
Identify mothers likely to have delayed or low milk supply — before it’s too late
Create simple, evidence-based feeding plans that protect milk volume and calm panic
Explain the “why” behind your advice — so parents trust you and feel confident
Support families during critical windows (first 3 hours, 3 days, 3 weeks)
Understand when to use hand expression, pumping, or both — and how to teach it effectively
Communicate clearly about what’s normal, what’s not — and what to do next
Bridge the gap from theory to practice — through clinical scenarios and live monthly mentoring with me
I'm Ready To Learn
Nicola - Midwife, Doula
Just wanted to say another thank you for offering this zoom time each month, it's so helpful and so enjoyable, I hate to miss it. It really is so valuable , this support and connection is so needed for those working with mothers and babies during breastfeeding challenges.
So thank you, thank you, thank you!
Julia - Doula
OMG - this has been a joy! I will go back over an over again. Breastfeeding support was never my thing but this course got me very excited. I'm sure I will go back again and again and see you in the Q&As!
I have already recommend it to my fellow Doulas and also clients. Keep on doing what you're doing!!!
Andrea - Health Visitor
I have really enjoyed this course. I have enjoyed it so much that it ate well into my PJ time! That is the highest compliment. :-) I learned a lot, I reflected (and continue to) on my own practice and how to use this learning to enhance approaches in my care. It was so good listening to the amazing science behind breastfeeding but also so important to have the woman (and baby) at the absolute centre. Every health professional should do this course to increase knowledge, self awareness and priorities towards those under our care.
Justine - Midwife
Thank you so much.
I have only positive things to say about your fabulous presenting and the outstanding content.
Loved the reflections activities.
I am so grateful for your wisdom.
