Village Lactation - Lactation & Infant Feeding Services

07/10/2025

📢 The IMMW 2025 T-Shirt Fundraiser is LIVE!

We’re excited to launch our 7th annual Indigenous Milk Medicine Week (IMMW), celebrated August 8–14 during National Breastfeeding Month.

Order by July 18 to receive yours in time. Every purchase supports Indigenous-led education, celebration, and advocacy.�
👉 https://www.bonfire.com/support-indigenous-milk-medicine-week-2025/

Your support helps keep IMMW programming free, virtual, and accessible—including cultural offerings, storytelling, movement sessions, and community-led panels.

✨ 2025 Featured Artist: Soni Lopez-Chavez

The design reflects this year’s theme:�Unapologetically Indigenous: Love, Landback, and Liberation.�Follow Soni on Instagram:

✊ Wear yours with purpose.

06/17/2025

It was an absolute pleasure for Brittney & Bailey to be presenting at the 2025 Calgary Breastfeeding Matters Group conference alongside the very impressive Jannette Festival from the Northern Star Milk bank and
Merilee Brockway, PhD.

Dr. Brockway who presented some very interesting findings on their research project on “Assessing the feasibility, efficacy and acceptability of Donor Human Milk supplementation in full-term infants” and it was fascinating seeing preliminary results between rates of supplementation following vaginal delivery & c/s, and the pattern of supplementation when families have access to formula vs pasteurized donor human milk.

One of my favorite moments was reconnecting with my own doula who supported our labor and postpartum journey with our first daughter. She helped normalize cluster feeding and allowed my postpartum feeding and sleep expectations be ready for that first week. Thanks Erin!

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06/03/2025

Well done City of St. Albert

The City of St. Albert is now providing free menstrual products in all public washrooms at St. Albert Place.

Period poverty affects everyone including families and friends of menstruators, non-binary, and transgender folks.

This is a pilot project to support inclusion and period equity in our city; if you'd like to provide feedback about the project, please take a brief survey online at:

https://stalbert.ca/city/fcss/publications/poverty-awareness/period-equity/

05/04/2025

Sunday share of a few favorite things.

1. Homemade pottery, made by Bailey at the
2. B**b themed art, inspiration from online b**b art
3. Lego botany

 

04/29/2025

Join lactation professionals from around Alberta at the Calgary Breastfeeding Matters Group Conference
Milk Matters: Exploring the Science & Power of Human Milk

Register today at https://cbmg.ca/conference/register/

June 10th, 2025
Foothills Medical Centre Auditorium
1403 29 St NW, Calgary
8:15 am - 4:30 pm
CERPs applied for

Snacks, coffee and tea provided during breaks.

Please plan to bring or purchase lunch.

Bailey Adams MD, CCFP, BSc, NABBLM-C, IBCLC & Brittney Pederson BA, IBCLC
* “Low Milk Supply: Supporting Families to Find Sustainable Strategies”
* “Overboard! Hyperlactation: A Clinical Shark in the Water”
* “The Milk of Human Kindness: Lactation Induction and Interdisciplinary Care”

Jannette Festival RN, BN
* “The Evolution and Impact of Human Milk Banking: From Science to Practice”

Merilee (Meredith) Brockway PhD, RN, BN, IBCLC
* “Assessing the feasibility, efficacy and acceptability of Donor Human Milk supplementation in full-term infants.”

 

04/04/2025

Great reminder of this useful source of support for families.

If you have a baby under two months old, you can call the Healthy Beginnings Hotline anytime, day or night, for advice and support. Nurses and health experts are available 24/7 to answer all your questions about baby care and health.

Call 780-413-7990 if you live in the Edmonton area (including St. Albert, Morinville, and surrounding areas).

You are not alone — support is available. 💙

04/01/2025

Brittney Pederson and Dr. Adams are honored to be two of the invited guest speakers at the 2025 Calgary Breastfeeding Matters conference on June 10. We hope to see you there!

Save the date!

03/28/2025

Village Lactation is now re-open for new referrals to our office.

For timely access to care, please review this new referral form and ensure its proper completion when referring new families.

Referral process to Breastfeeding & Lactation Medicine Office
Appropriate for more complex breastfeeding concerns
Requires a referral for both parent & infant

Per CPSA, please do NOT refer to multiple Breastfeeding & Lactation Medicine specialists at one time. Edmonton Zone clinics include:
-Allin Clinic in Downtown Edmonton: 2 MDs - Dr. A. Berg & Dr. K. Robertson
-Indigenous Wellness Clinic in Downtown Edmonton: 1 MD - Dr. Jill Galipeau (for indigenous infant and/or parent)
-Misericordia Breastfeeding Clinic in West Edmonton: 1 MD - Dr. A. Berg
-Willow Family Medicine in South Edmonton: 2 MDs - Dr. K. MacGregor & Dr. T. Shuman

Ensure families understand wait times and this is a medical specialist’s office.

Families may still benefit from the support of a professional lactation consultant (list in our closure email) and/or trained peer support such as LLLC.ca

Thank you for your ongoing support for breastfeeding and lactating families.

01/31/2025

Online Indigenous Prenatal Class starting Feb 12th

Register via website (link in bio)

Join Aunties Noreen & Serenity each week for 5 weeks to discuss different topics related to pregnancy, birth & early post partum as experienced by Indigenous folks.

Join at anytime in the series, email us with any questions!
info@kihewawasiswakamik.com

REGISTRATION LINK:

https://www.kihewawasiswakamik.com/event-details-registration/online-indigenous-prenatal-series-free-2025-02-12-14-00

12/11/2024

Please be advised that due to high volume of referrals and excessive wait times, Village Lactation has made the challenging decision to temporarily close to referrals for Breastfeeding & Lactation Medicine care for the remainder of 2024. We hope to reopen to referrals in the first quarter of 2025 and will share an update on our website.

Pending Referrals - Families that have already been accepted by our office prior to Monday December 9th will continue to be triaged based on medical complexity of the dyad and scheduled as we are able accommodate.
If you haven’t my scheduled yet but you were contacted by our office that your referral was received, please rest assured you remain on our list.

08/30/2024

Sounds like a great program

Are you a first time parent? Join us weekly to meet new parents and talk and learn about common parenting topics from experts in our community. First group begins Sept 13, please register https://ow.ly/1C1750Ta2f8

04/01/2024

Thanks to this original artist for this great image and message worth sharing