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Kathleen Huggins, Lactation Consultant

K athleen Huggins, R.N., M.S., has been a certified lactation consultant for over 15 years. She directs a breastfeeding clinic and telephone “warm line” service in San Luis Obispo, California, and spends a great number of her waking hours counseling mothers on the art of breastfeeding. She’s the author of The Nursing Mother’s Companion (a major reference for ParentTime’s Breastfeeding Basics area) and The Nursing Mother’s Guide to Weaning (coming soon online), both published by Harvard Common Press.

Huggins has also nursed and weaned two children, and her experience has led her to make breastfeeding an avocation as well as a vocation. “When I was breastfeeding my daughter, I had a very rough start,” she says. “I remember trying to call people and never really feeling like there was anyone who could say concretely, ‘Do this, do this, and then call me back.’ There wasn’t anyone who I felt was dedicated to making the situation work. I feel like I’m that person for others.”

Huggins will be answering e-mail every week and appearing regularly in “real-time” events on ParentTime.

Click here to ask Kathleen Huggins a question.

 

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