Ronel Dreyer, Lactation Consultant
Specialized breastfeeding help, compassionate postpartum care
call: 778 549 6081
email: childofafrica@hotmail.com
Wherever I go, I run into amazing women who have opened their hearts to let me help them and their babies. We've struggled, laughed and cried together - the essence of a life worth living! The time has come for me, to help and work with my own family as my 13th grandbaby is born. We as a family sure embody the values that I have hold dear in my practice: giving oneself as a woman to motherhood and reaping the long-lasting rewards of holistically healthy families and generations that stand on the shoulders of mothers who nurture.
Areas of Practice

Compromised babies especially need breast milk.
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Assessment of mother and baby,incl signs/symptoms of lip and tongue ties in babies
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Help with basic and advanced latching techniques
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Assisting not-latching babies to latch with a history of success for most situations
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Suggesting interim feeding plans if baby is not able to latch or feed well
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Transitioning baby back to the breast from other feeding methods/nipple shields
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Help for best pumping and hand expression results
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Maximizing milk supply
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Maximizing milk transfer to baby during the feed
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Assisting with sore nipples, engorgement, mastitis, thrush, oversupply
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Advice and breastfeeding help post breast augmentation and - reduction
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Feeding techniques and feeding plans for neurologically or anatomically challenged babies
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Promoting exclusive breastfeeding / breast milk for Down syndrome babies
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optimizing premature and near term infant latch/feeding, kangaroo care
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Gentle advocacy for breastfeeding / breast milk for sick or compromised babies
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Assisting with turning around slow weight gain in infants
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Helping infants who lost higher percentages of weight in the first couple days post birth
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Special situations: surgeries, mom or baby, baby in NICU, multiples
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Help prepare moms who anticipate a C-Section, to produce milk quicker post birth
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Second opinion on feeding plan suggestions by other health care providers
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Advice and assistance with nursing strikes (breast refusal in older babies)
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Communication with other health care providers
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Writing reports for your pediatrician, family physician or midwife upon request