Katie The Traveling Lactation Consultant

Another year of podcasting!  Another year on the road with THOUSANDS of miles, meeting with providers and recording to share this information.  In this year Katie Oshita met with 10 release providers, 3 chiropractors, 1 Myofascial release therapist, 7 IBCLC's, 1 SLP and had 5 episodes herself. In this episode, Katie discusses some of the things she has learned as well as what she has noticed...

In this episode Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC and Mark Persaud, DDS discuss tongue tie both from a parent's and provider's perspective and how all of this led to Dr Persaud and his wife Amelia Persaud to create a multi-therapy office.  The strategy here was to allow parents one location, one place to centralize care.  More than that, this central design facilities provider communication a...

In this episode Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC reviews a few recent case studies for tongue tie support.  In one case the family reached out for support one month after a frenectomy that hadn't brought any changes.  The other family reached out when the baby had completely refused the breast, at 7 weeks old, after needing to supplement for weight gain.  Both families had seen many providers and...

Both Katie Oshita and Liz Turner are working with tongue tie families trying to find support and function.  Both Katie and Liz know the secret isn't in the release alone (Liz does a fabulous release tho, and it is an essential part of the process), it's about timing of release, teamwork and functional habilitation.  So how do all these things go together and how does it work for families...

Lactation typically is either a home visit where the IBCLC comes to the client, or an office visit where the client comes to the IBCLC.  Holly Johnson saw a problem in her area where too many families lived rurally and choosing one location for an office wouldn't serve each community.  So Holly came up with a unique idea of creating a mobile lactation clinic, meaning that Holly comes part of...

In this episode Katie Oshita and Sharon Vallone discuss how lactation and chiropractic are essential for the treatment and support of tongue tied babies.  Both professions support the whole person, going beyond symptoms and looking for the root cause of issues.  Both professions help families struggling independently, but when working together, lactation and chiropractic have the ability to tremen...

Tongue ties are on the rise, some evidence says 25-33% of babies have an oral restriction, and these families need help.  In Olympia, they have a talented Pediatric Dentist at Olympia Untied with Dr Andrea Mason.  In this episode, Katie Oshita and Dr Andrea Mason discuss the necessity of a team approach and how working together helps families thrive.  If you have been wondering about team building...

In this episode Katie Oshita discusses how much of medicine in the Allopathic system is a band-aid model and treats everyone the same.  If you go in for depression, they go to the same antidepressants regardless of who you are, they just go down a list.  This method ignores the fact that there are many different causes for any issue, such as depression- low vitamin D, low Omega 3's, MTHFR, an...

Katie Oshita and Diana Leon knew each other when they were both in the CA Bay Area, before Katie took to the RV life and Diana moved to Denver.  In the early days, Katie and her family were blessed to see Dr Diana each week for adjustments and to help their body feel its best.  In this episode, Katie and Diana talk about all think chiropractic for babies- both as a wellness practice as and a heali...

In this episode, Katie Oshita and Montika Collins discuss the importance of representation in health care, and what it means to be an activist.  Montika Collins is passionate about not only supporting women of color, but also training women of color in order to increase the support for families in Tulsa.  Montika also discusses food deserts, the importance of good nutrition and how using herbs can...

Timing of release isn't just a catch phrase, it's the MOST important part of deciding when to have a tongue tie release.  Katie Oshita and Dr Gary Myers discuss how he started doing releases (spoiler alert: he was pushed into this space by Jennifer Tow), how his practice grew (crunchy mom referrals at first then eventually got some Pediatrician referrals).  Dr Gary talks about what he us...

Recently Katie Oshita at the age of 44 years old had a functional frenuplasty with Dr Maggie Davis.  Katie had already done a lot of prep work  (listen back to episode 33 for some of her symptoms and pre release therapy) but was still surprised with some of the unexpected outcomes of her release.  Listen as Katie Oshita and Dr Maggie discuss Katie's release and much more about timing of relea...

Katie Oshita and McKale Fleming were both IBCLC's traveling the country in an RV.  McKale has an integrative health coaching lactation practice with bodywork and traveled all over the south bringing expert care to families in need.  Listen as they discuss the importance of bodywork and its many different methods, and how the team supports tongue tie families.  Podcast Guest: McKale is a board...

In this episode, Katie Oshita discusses the all important phrase of "timing of release" and what it means.  Why does it matter when the tongue tie release is done?  What is meant by pre-release and post-release therapy?  What is the difference between active wound care and oral exercises or oral habilitation?  And rhythmic movements?  Listen as Katie addresses these and deciding on her o...

In this podcast episode, Katie Oshita and Avery young discuss the blinding focus on tongue tie and oral function that is leaving many families in worse shape after support.  First by not know know to immediately stop breastfeeding pain, too many families are rushed to release by providers- Avery Young strives to change this by teaching other IBCLC's all about how to engage baby's feeding...

Telehealth is all the rage now since Covid, but there are practitioners who have been using telehealth for much longer.  Jennifer Tow, BFS, MA, IBCLC, LMT, CSOM has been seeing clients across the globe for more than a decade, using video visits as a way to bring expert care to families anywhere.  Jennifer is also the creator of the IBCLC Master Class, taught in a team with other providers.  Jennif...

Katie Oshita and Bryna Hayden discuss how Bryna got started working with infant reflexes, why understanding and working with reflexes is important and how every IBCLC should start learning more and observing babies reflexes.  Bryna has a deep science background, uses that to study neurobehavior and babies.  They discuss how a hyper focus on problems, such as tongue tie and oral function, is cloudi...

Philadelphia just got a great new pediatric dental practice, Philadelphia Pediatric Dentistry with Dr Maria Cordero-Ricardo.  As an experienced and patient teacher, Dr Maria spent the last 10 years in academia teaching and guiding dental students in all the ways of infant oral health and tongue tie.  Now that she is in private practice, Dr Maria is passionate about her office being a calm environm...

All mammals breathe air, all mammals give live birth.  All mammals breastfeed their young.  Humans are mammals, even tho we tend to forget it.  Breastfeeding should be easy (cats don't worry about breastfeeding).  Katie Oshita and Shaz Tayebi talk about how remembering that we are mammals can deeply change and impact our breastfeeding practices. Podcast guest: Shaz Tayebi, IBCLC, brings her m...

In this episode, the host Katie Oshita, BSN, RN, IBCLC discusses her tongue tie symptoms and how this is affecting her treatment plan.  Tongue tie symptoms are generally pretty similar in babies and breast/chest feeding parents, but when the tongue tie goes untreated for years, and even decades, there is a wider variety of symptoms that can happen.  Katie also discusses her treatment plan that wil...

Myofascial release therapy is wonderful and not frequently understood or widely available.  Katie and Kendra discuss how myofascial works on the body, what treatments are like and who can benefit from this form of bodywork.  Kendra has also been the bodyworker for Katie's children before and after their releases.  When Katie started her myofascial release therapy with Kendra she experienced a...

Joan Comrie is a SLP who has worked closely with IBCLC's to support tongue tie families. In a world where IBCLC's and SLP don't always see eye to eye on how to work with families struggling with infant feeding, Joan was able to work on a "dream team" with an IBCLC in a NICU for many years.  While SLPs are more focused on suck and swallow mechanics, and IBCLCs are more focu...

In this tongue tie world, IBCLC's and Pediatric chiropractors are BFF's!  IBCLC's have clients with tongue tie babies needing bodywork, having knowledge of the best pediatric chiropractors is essential, the opposite being important for chiropractors.  In this episode Dr Rosen and Katie Oshita discuss how to support tongue tie families throughout the process.  As we say, rehabilitati...

Dr Kotlow started recognizing and treating tongue tie decades before most other providers.  In fact he has been treating tongue tie since 1974!  Dr Kotlow is dedicated to helping patients have full oral function and not letting tongue tie limit their bodies.  Dt Kotlow and Katie discuss the changes in lasers, treatments, new tools and what families need. Podcast guest:  Lawrence Kotlow DDS : Pedia...

In this episode Katie and Dr Justin talk about how Chicago Tongue Tie Center started and why they see a need for a Tongue Tie Center.  Since Chicago Tongue Tie Center is new in early 2022 (though Dr Justin, Dr Bindi and Dr Derik have been preforming frenectomies for years) they discuss building a team, who should be on that team and how the team not only helps the families they serve but the profe...