Hello, I'm stacie!
California's Central Valley is a fertile ground for agriculture, and also for babies! Located along the line that separates Kern and Tulare Counties, I work with families during the childbearing year. I come to the world of birth as a woman and as a mother; as a student and as a teacher. I have four unique boys, with four unique birth stories. My travels through motherhood have helped guide me toward my professional work as a doula, childbirth educator, and breastfeeding counselor.
I strive to lead a very simple life. Over-scheduling is something I work hard to avoid, not only for myself but also for my family. Typically, you can find us at home -- mugs full of hot chocolate or lemonade -- sitting on the back porch playing Yahtzee, or reading books in bed. My husband has a flexible schedule and he understands babies come when babies come -- this allows me to be available to my clients around the clock, with very short notice, in a minimally distracting way for my family.
After 11 years living in Chico, CA and working as a doula, childbirth educator, and breastfeeding counselor, my family and I have relocated between Tulare, Visalia, and Bakersfield. I am eager to offer services to moms and babies in this area, and I look forward to working with families as they travel though the exciting year that surrounds birth.
I strive to lead a very simple life. Over-scheduling is something I work hard to avoid, not only for myself but also for my family. Typically, you can find us at home -- mugs full of hot chocolate or lemonade -- sitting on the back porch playing Yahtzee, or reading books in bed. My husband has a flexible schedule and he understands babies come when babies come -- this allows me to be available to my clients around the clock, with very short notice, in a minimally distracting way for my family.
After 11 years living in Chico, CA and working as a doula, childbirth educator, and breastfeeding counselor, my family and I have relocated between Tulare, Visalia, and Bakersfield. I am eager to offer services to moms and babies in this area, and I look forward to working with families as they travel though the exciting year that surrounds birth.
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Experience
2002-present Breastfeeding Peer Counselor (6000+ direct breastfeeding counseling hours) 2004-present Birth Doula (professional labor support person; attendance at 150+births) 2007-2012 Childbirth Educator, Paradise Midwifery Services/Feather River Hospital (1000+ hours) 2010-2012 Comprehensive Perinatal Services Worker, Feather River Hospital Midwifery Services 2009-2011 Columnist, Lamaze's Journal of Perinatal Education |
Presentations
2005 Older Nurslings: The Caring Continuum, LLL Conference, Sacramento, CA 2008 Why We are Doulas, Enloe Hospital Doula Training, Chico, CA 2008 How Doulas Help with Breastfeeding, DONA Doula Training, Chico, CA 2009 Teaching Latch and Early Breastfeeding Skills, Area Doula Training, Chico, CA 2010 Baby-Led Latch: Let the Baby Do It, DONA Doula Training, Chico, CA 2011 Biological Nursing, DONA Doula Training, Chico, CA 2012 I am Your Father: Getting Dads On-Board with Birth & Babies, Paradise, CA 2014 Creative Ways to get to First Latch, Visalia Birth Network, Visalia, CA 2014 Adventures in Tie-Land: Navigating Tongue & Lip Tie, LANC, Paradise, CA 2014 Breastfeeding with Strings Attached, Kaweah Delta Hospital, Visalia, CA 2015 Exploring Careers in the Birth World, Visalia Birth Network, Visalia, CA 2015 The Ties that Bind: Moms' Experiences with TOTs, LANC, Chico, CA 2015 Tongue Tie Troubles: Babies, Children, Teens, Adults, Delano, CA |
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continuing Education 2018
The Return of Breastsleeping: Humankind’s Oldest and Most Successful Sleep and Feeding Arrangement, by Dr. James McKenna, PH.D, GOLD Perinatal Improving Our Approach: Better Conversations About Breastfeeding, National Institute for Children's Health Quality Mom2Mom Global and Breastfeeding in Combat Boots: Breastfeeding Support for Active Military Personnel and Families, Amy Barron Smolinski, MA, ALC, CLC, Felisha Brooks-Floyd, BS, CLC, IBCLC Divorce + Breastfeeding: Legal and Practical Considerations, Nicole Quallen, LLLI 2017
Building a Continuum of Care to Support Exclusive Breastfeeding in New York State, Ruth Lawrence, MD, et al Moving from Pain to Power, with Passion and Pleasure?, by Debra Pascali-Bonaro, B.ED., LCC, PDT/BDT (DONA), GOLD Birth in the Era of Climate Change: Lessons learned in the Epicenter of Disasters, by Robin Lim, CPM, GOLD Midwifery It Takes a Village: Promoting Breastfeeding at the Community Level, Ruth Lawrence, MD, et al Breastfeeding in the Community: Leveraging Funds & Partnerships for Sustainability, NACCHO Breastfeeding in the Community: Moving From National Initiatives to Local Programs, NACCHO Mobilizing Public Health for Immigrant Rights, Public Health Awakened Breastfeeding as a Public Health Issue: Do we Have the Right Approach, Amy Brown, PhD. Engaging Consumers to Reduce Unnecessary C-Sections (and How You Can Help), The California Health Care Foundation Infant and young child feeding in emergencies: Background, best practice, and what you can do, Dr. Karleen Gribble Family Engagement in Home Visiting, HV-ImpACT How Public Health Agencies Can Protect and Support Immigrant Communities, Public Health Awakened DC Breastfeeding Coalition: Defining Cultural Competency, Mudiwah Kadeshe, MSN, RN, CCE, IBCLC Sharing the Impact of Home Visiting through Storytelling and Data Visualization, HV-ImpACT Motivational Interviewing and Patient Engagement, Rebecca Lang, EdD, RDH, MCHES Ensuring Equity-Centered Provisions in Upcoming Infrastructure Proposals: A Strategy Discussion, ARCHE Protecting Your Immigrant Patients’ Access to Health Care, NILC Many Different Shades of Yellow, Michael Narvey, MD, FRCPC, FAAP Ensuring Equity-Centered Provisions in Upcoming Infrastructure Proposals: A Strategy Discussion Webinar, Public Health Awakened Maternal Early Warning Signs: Preeclampsia, Council on Patient Safety in Women’s Health Care Reproductive Justice and Black Women's Maternal Health, Black Mamas Matter Alliance Black Breastfeeding Week (BBW) Celebration Webinar, NAPPLSC Promising Strategies for Improving Breastfeeding Rates, MIECHV Making it Work: Supporting Nursing Moms at Work, Cathy Carothers, BLA, IBCLC, FILCA Fitting Breast Shields: Determining the Correct Shield Size, Medela Education What Does research Tell Us About "Normal" Breastfeeding?, Medela Eduction Lactational Abscess: How Deep Can It Go?, Medela Education Public Health Awakened Strategy Brainstorm: Advancing Public Health for Immigrant Rights in Conservative Localities, Public Health Awakened Moving Beyond Depression, Robert Ammerman, Ph.D., Scientific Director, Every Child Succeeds ,Professor of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Better Birth Experience with Acupressure Comfort Measures for Asynclitic and Occiput Posterior Babies, Nick Olow, MS, L.Ac. Founder and CEO of Better Birth 360 Clients, Collegues, or Critics? Negotiating Gaps Between Evidence and Community Standards, Saraswathi Vedam, RM, FACNM, MSN, Sci D(hc), GOLD Midwifery Zero Separation of Mother and Newborn: The Science Behind the Concept, Dr. Nils Bergman, MB, ChB, MPH, MD, GOLD Neonatal Moving the Bar for Maternal Depression: Systems Strategies That Work, Darius Tandon and Linda Beeber, HV-ImpACT Stop the Violence...Exploring Domestic Violence, Lisa Mayo, RDH, BSDH, Colgate Oral Health Network 2016
Lactation Consultant Training Program-Core Phase II (45 hours), Lactation Education Resources Kindness, Compassion and Respect in Maternity Care, Sheena Byrom, RM, MA, OBE, GOLD Midifery Conference Diversity and Equity in Action: Integrating Our Core Values into All We Do, Cynthia Good Mojab, MS, IBCLC, RLC The Trifecta Approach on Breastfeeding, Maya Bunik, MD, MSPH, GOLD Lactation Conference Tethered Oral Tissues: What's a Therapist to do? Autumn R. Henning, MS, CCC-SLP, Innara Health Looking Both Ways: Taking Wisdom from the Past Into the Future, Barbara Wilson-Clay, IBCLC, GOLD Lactation Optimizing Support for Breastfeeding as Part of Obstetric Practice, Alison M. Stuebe, MD, MSc, FACOG, FABM Burn-out, Compassion Fatigue, and Self-Care for the Perinatal Team, Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Gold Midwifery Psychological First Aid, George Everly, Jr. PhD, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University Milk and Gut Microbes: Early Feeding and Outcomes, Nicholas D. Embleton, MD, GOLD Lactation Conference Effective Use of Labor Induction to Support Intended Vaginal Birth, Council on Patient Safety in Women's Healthcare Science & Significance of Human Milk/Breastfeeding in Neonatal Intensive Care, Kathleen Marinelli, GOLD Lactation Breastfeeding in the Community: Implementation that Works, National Association of County & City Health Officials The Significance of Childbirth to the Birthing Person, Penny Simkin, PT, BA, GOLD Perinatal Why Childbirth Education is Still Important, InJoy Birth and Parenting Education Evidence Based Care: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and How to Help Families Find It, Rebecca Dekker, PhD, RN, APRN The Art of Therapeutic Breast Massage in Supporting Breastfeeding, Maya Bolman, BA, BSN, IBCLC Breastfeeding in the Community: Engaging the Hard-to-Reach, National Association of County & City Health Officials 2015
Supporting Breastfeeding in the Presence of Tongue/Lip Tie, Dee Kassing, Webinar Tongue Tie and Low Milk Supply, with Dr. Ghaheri and Lisa Marasco, LANC, Chico, CA Milk: An Infant Feeding Conference, MommyCon, Los Angeles, CA Lactation Consultant Training Program-Core Phase I (45 hours), Lactation Education Resources A Deeper Look at Maternal Depression and the More than the Blues Toolkit, MIECHV TACC, Webinar Latching, Sucking, and Symmetry: Supporting the Breastfed Infant, BreastfeedLA, Long Beach Mothers Speak Out: Top 5 Traits of a Great Lactation Consultant, Diana West, IBCLC, GOLD Lactation Helping Babies Suck Better, with Catherine Watson Genna, Inland Empire Breastfeeding Coalition, San Bernardino The #1 Complication of Pregnancy and Postpartum, Birdie Gunyon Meyer, GOLD Perinatal Conference National Action Plan to Increase Safe Infant Sleep, National Action Partnership to Promote Safe Sleep, Webinar Finding Facts Behind Breastfeeding Beliefs, Denise Hancock, Lamaze International, Webinar Structure & Function: The Balancing Act, Evaluating Infants for an Interruption of Balance, Jaye Simpson, Webinar Herbal and Pharmaceutical Galactogogues Use in Breastfeeding, Dr. Frank Nice, GOLD Perinatal Conference The Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Key Concepts for Educators, Dr. Sarah Buckley, Lamaze Intern'l Webinar The Link Between Human Papillomavirus Infection and Head and Neck Cancers, Ira Lamster DDS older
2004 Born to Breastfeed, La Leche League Conference, Santa Clara, CA 2004 DONA International Doula Training, Rohnert Park, CA 2005 Essential Pieces, La Leche League Conference, Sacramento, CA 2006 Lamaze Childbirth Educator Seminar, Sacramento, CA 2007 Setting the Stage for Breastfeeding Success, LANC, Chico, CA 2008 Lactation Research and Clinical Practice, LANC, Chico, CA 2009 A Day with Catherine Watson Genna & Diane Wiessinger, LANC, Chico, CA 2010 Breastfeeding & Infant Care, Dr. James McKenna & Dr. Nancy Wight, LANC, Chico, CA 2012 Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Breastfeeding Training, Feather River Hospital, Paradise, CA 2014 Instructional Methods in Health Professions Education, University of Michigan 2014 Latch on to Breastfeeding: a Day with Catherine Watson Genna, Tulare, CA 2014 New ACOG Guidelines on Prevention of the Primary Cesarean Delivery, Penny Simkin, Webinar 2014 Assessing for Tongue Tie, Catherine Watson Genna, Webinar 2014 The Effects of Tongue Tie on Breastfeeding, Dr. Bobby Ghaheri, Bakersfield, CA |
