 | Vicky York, IBCLC, CPD
vmyork@peoplepc.com
Services
*Lactation consulting services to help the new mom in her home from one nursing session to the next, by her side.
*Postpartum depression assistance and resources.
*Twins, preemies, adoption, single parent & LGBT parenting support.
*Newborn feeding/sleeping scheduling tips.
*Home management including cooking, light housework, errands.
*Newborn care while mother takes a break
*Breastfeeding classes and continuing education/mentoring for other birth professionals.
Mission
My goal as a postpartum doula is to show the new mother that her own mothering instincts work. I do this by giving her the emotional, practical and informational support that she needs to allow her to focus on her relationship with her newborn. I teach her to trust herself to experiment intuitively and discover for heself how to read her baby's cues and invent her own peronal solutions without excess external information. Until this is accomplished a postpartum assures she need not be all alone.
About Vicky
As an experienced doula and lactation consultant, Vicky is a veteran new mother care provider during all aspects of the postpartum period. She, as the first postpartum doula trainer in Oregon, has trained and mentored other doulas in Oregon and Washington and teaches continuing education classes in breastfeeding, postpartum depression and newborn care for other birth professionals. She specializes in perinatal mood disorders and understands the kind of practical, emotional and informational support a woman with PMD needs. She is familiar with the local resources so helpful to a new mother in this situation. Vicky has published articles in Mothering Magazine, Midwifery Today and DONA International.
Since 1992 Vicky has helped nearly 600 families providing a varied range of help with multiples, preemies, gay couples parenting, breastfeeding and household organizations to ease the transition for the growing family.
Qualifications
Vicky is a board certified lactation consultant, a member of the Oregon Washington Lactation Association and is certified as a postpartum doula with the Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association (CAPPA).
She established her foundation of knowledge about newborns as an LPN, in a hospital newborn nursery in the 70's. She continually updates her education and continues to learn from the newborns she is honored to work with.
Vicky is mother to two and grandmother to three.
Contact
To learn more about Vicky and her services call, write or e-mail her to request a packet of information that includes references.
503.320.5811
vmyork@peoplepc.com
Portland, Oregon
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Fee:
$50 for first hour. $25 per hour thereafter.
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