Shona Cassels - Lactation Consultant

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Shona Cassels - Lactation Consultant

IBCLC (Lactation Consultant)
FEEDING-SLEEP-PARENTING
Practical, gentle, holistic. Let me help you find your happy feed!

I have over 15 years of supporting breastfeeding families, including over 10 years as an IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant) here on the Gold Coast. I can assist with sore/cracked ni***es, painful breastfeeding, difficulty latching on (positioning and attaching); mastitis, blocked ducts and/or breast pain; colic/reflux; tongue ties and lip ties; low milk supply or oversupply; breast refusal or fussiness; breastfeeding after breast reduction or augmentation (implants); relactation or inducing lactation; concerns about growth/weight gain; sleep issues; expressing/pumping; returning to work/study while breastfeeding; and weaning! I provide accurate and evidence-based information about breastfeeding, sleep and parenting, together with skilled, experienced, nurturing and practical support. No matter what challenges you are experiencing, together we can make a plan to help you reach your breastfeeding and parenting goals.

03/02/2026

⭐️Mum+Baby Group - Tues 10th February⭐️

INTRODUCING SOLIDS

When to start, how to start, what foods to offer and how to tell if your baby is ready. A practical and down-to-earth guide to this exciting milestone!

Our Mum+Baby Group is every Tuesday morning.
💛 All mums and babies are welcome. 💛

☀️ Tuesdays 10.30am at Medical on Robina
💸 $30 per session
📞 Call 07 5690 1290 to book

01/02/2026

Our lactation consultant (IBCLC) Shona is Scottish, so she can’t help it if she says things like they are 😂 - but she’s also a skilled, thoughtful and compassionate practitioner who really knows mums and babies. 😍

If you have any questions about anything to do with feeding your baby then book an appointment with Shona at our Mum+Baby Clinic.

Check the links in our bio or call 5690 1290 to book.
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29/01/2026

⭐️Mum+Baby Group - Tues 3rd February⭐️

SLEEP REGRESSIONS!

Are you worried about sleep regressions? Or maybe concerned about anything to do with your baby’s sleep? This is the session for you!

Our Mum+Baby Group is every Tuesday morning.
💛 All mums and babies are welcome. 💛

☀️ Tuesdays 10.30am at Medical on Robina
💸 $30 per session
📞 Call 07 5690 1290 to book

23/01/2026

Our Mum+Baby Group is every Tuesday morning

💛All mums and babies are welcome.💛

🪆Connect with other mums.

🧗🏾‍♀️ Feel supported and empowered on your parenting journey.

🙅🏻‍♀️ No judgment, no gimmicks.

🫶🏽 Relaxed, welcoming and non-judgemental.

☀️ Tuesdays 10.30am at Medical on Robina
💸 $30 per session
📞 Call 07 5690 1290 to book

12/01/2026

“Restless & Upset Babies” is our topic at Mum+Baby Group on Tuesday 13th January, so book your spot and let’s figure out what’s going on for your little one, how you can help your baby and where to get extra support.

Our Mum+Baby Group is every Tuesday morning.
💛 All mums and babies are welcome. 💛

☀️ Tuesdays 10.30am at Medical on Robina
💸 $30 per session
📞 Call 07 5690 1290 to book

*We also do one-to-one consults for these situations - call 0468 345 174or DM to find out more.

11/01/2026

At our Mum+Baby Clinic we see many families with babies who are irritable or uncomfortable, cry a lot, draw up their legs and back-arch, vomit or spit up milk, and are generally restless.

There can be lots of reasons of this and you don’t just have to “put up with” this or “wait for it to pass”.

We can help you.

“Restless & Upset Babies” is our topic at Mum+Baby Group on Tuesday 13th January. Book your spot and let’s figure out what’s going on for your little one, how you can help your baby and where to get extra support.

Our Mum+Baby Group is every Tuesday morning.
💛 All mums and babies are welcome. 💛

☀️ Tuesdays 10.30am at Medical on Robina
💸 $30 per session
📞 Call 07 5690 1290 to book

05/01/2026

Our Mum+Baby Group is every Tuesday morning.
💛 All mums and babies are welcome. 💛

☀️ Tuesdays 10.30am at Medical on Robina
💸 $30 per session
📞 Call 07 5690 1290 to book

16/12/2025

Thanks to everyone who came to Mum+Baby Group today. Our group will be back in January 2026. We wish you all a safe and happy festive time with your littlies.🎄🎁🎅
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25/11/2025

We had a great Mum+Baby Group session with Andrea from .physio today, learning all about tummy time for babies. Thanks Andrea for coming and sharing your knowledge and expertise! 🫶
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11/11/2025

⭐️We’ve got a great line-up of topics at Mum+Baby Group to take us to the end of the year, including some fabulous guest speakers and all things you need to know if you’re heading back to work in 2026.

Hope to see you soon!

Our Mum+Baby Group is every Tuesday morning.
💛 All mums and babies are welcome. 💛

☀️ Tuesdays 10.30am at Medical on Robina
💸 $30 per session
📞 Call 07 5690 1290 to book

17/10/2025

There’s so much pressure on women who breastfeed to have the “perfect” diet so that their breastmilk is “perfect”. Luckily, nature gave protections to the milk-making process to make sure our breast milk always contains exactly what our baby needs, no matter what we eat* (*see below for exceptions)

THE FACTS

⚡️It takes a mum about 2,800 kJ per day to make breast milk. Some of this energy comes from pregnancy fat stores and around 2,100 kJ needs to come from extra food intake each day. Choose the most nutrient-dense foods that you can.

💦We make an average of 800ml of breast milk daily. Breast milk is 87% water, so make sure you stay well hydrated - especially when you’re exercising and when the weather is warm. (But note that drinking to excess will not help you make more milk.)

💪🏼We can’t control the protein levels in our breast milk with our diet. The protein levels do however naturally decrease as lactation progresses. Based on the average of 800ml of breast milk per day, we need to eat an additional 25g of protein per day when we are breastfeeding, so include this in your daily food intake.

🐠We cannot change the percentages of fat in our breast milk. Fat levels are only influenced by how full our breasts are at any given time – the emptier the breast, the higher the fat content. We can however influence the types of fats in our breast milk by what we eat – so if we eat more unsaturated fats and omega-3 fatty acids, more of them will be in our breast milk.

🌈There will always be the right levels of vitamins and minerals provided your diet is reasonably balanced - eat a rainbow!

[If you are concerned that your diet is deficient in any way, please consult a dietitian or other qualified health care professional.]

(*NOTE: If you are vegan or have had bariatric surgery, it is important to check your vitamin and mineral levels, especially B12, through pregnancy and breastfeeding. Being deficient in B12 can lead to deficiencies in your breast milk, which can have serious consequences for the growth and development of a baby.)

16/10/2025

Mum+Baby Group - Tues 21st October
INTRODUCING SOLIDS

When to start, how to start, what foods to offer, and how to tell if your baby is ready. A practical and down-to/earth guide to this exciting milestone.

Our Mum+Baby Group is every Tuesday morning.
💛 All mums and babies are welcome. 💛

☀️ Tuesdays 10.30am at Medical on Robina
💸 $30 per session
📞 Call 07 5690 1290 to book

Address

299 Scottsdale Drive, Robina
Gold Coast, QLD
4226

Telephone

+61468345174

Website

http://www.shonacasselsibclc.com.au/, https://bmc.link/shonaibclc

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My Story

I am an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and a member of the Lactation Consultants of Australia and New Zealand (LCANZ). I provide private breastfeeding consultations on the Gold Coast and northern New South Wales (home visit or clinic at Ashmore).

My interest in breastfeeding originally came from my experiences of breastfeeding my own children, and then through supporting local mums and babies as a volunteer breastfeeding counsellor. I feel passionately that parents and parents-to-be deserve the best evidence-based information about breastfeeding, together with skilled, nurturing and practical breastfeeding support.

Hundreds of local families have already benefited from my services - give me a call if you’d like to book a appointment.