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"Be messy
and complicated
and afraid
and show up anyways"
Nicole's WHY:
"My own significant struggles to feed my children and not having the support we needed...but grit got me through and we all succeeded for so many years! All 4 of my kids have a mix of ties and oral dysfunciton that led to mild-severe feeding difficulties at breast. From traumatic births and NICU stays, to oral ties, tube feedings, supplementing and hormonal low supply. You name it, we did it to succeed! I never want anyone to experience lack of support to meet your personal feeding and function goals! I have dedicated my life and career to staying on top of my skills to support families. I have build a collaborative team to work with to meet your goals no matter what they are!"
"Grow through what you go through."
Rachel is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, providing families with in-home, clinic based, and virtual lactation support. She became a certified lactation counselor in 2018 through the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice and has been doing home visits in private practice ever since. She completed her training at The Abeille Feeding Clinic and became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant in 2023.
Her fascination with breastfeeding began with the birth of her first child in 2015. After hearing so much conflicting advice, she set out to educate herself as much as she could. She leaned heavily on lactation professionals throughout both of her breastfeeding journeys and quickly noticed a growing passion. The more she learned, the more she wanted to share this knowledge and support other families through their infant feeding journeys. Rachel promises to provide families with a judgment-free, safe space to share their hopes, feelings, and concerns about breastfeeding/chestfeeding. She’s passionate about supporting and counseling her clients to reach *their own* personal infant feeding goals, whatever they may be. Rachel has completed TOTS (tethered oral tissues) training, and continue to pursue advanced knowledge as an IBCLC.
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“No one is you, and that is your power.”
- Dave Grohl
I'm Theresa, a Registered Dietitian and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. I have birthed and breastfed 2 beautiful babies and have been providing nutrition and lactation support to families for over 9 years. I am passionate about educating and supporting families, communities, and professionals about the importance of breastfeeding and nutrition and look forward to helping many families meet feeding goals. I am a lifelong learner and have completed 100s of hours of postgraduate training to enhance my knowledge to be better able to serve the clients I work with.
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"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
Maya Angelou
Gina received her doctorate in physical therapy from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2013. She has worked in a variety of pediatric settings including outpatient, school, and in home early intervention services which has given her a well-rounded style of treatment.
Her passion is working with infants and their families, and she is often in a family’s home days or weeks after delivery. She has a holistic approach of looking at the whole child and she understands how infant feeding, sleeping, and motor skills all closely interact with each other. She is trained in the Gillespie Approach for cranio-sacral fascial therapy and has taken 100s of hours of post-graduate education in areas of interest such as primitive reflex work, polyvagal theory, infant sleep, babywearing, and more.
My story:
I’m a wife and mother to my school aged son who was born prematurely and with a minor spinal cord impairment. For the first 3 years, my son needed a variety of therapies and treatments including lactation, physical, feeding, speech, occupational, and emotional counseling. Every single one of those professionals was critical to not only my son’s development, but to my development as a mother as well. Going through that experience has given me a full understanding of how the whole family and their environment needs to be considered in addition to treating the whole child. My passion is giving families the tools and education they need to be confident when raising their little ones
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Millie is a Speech Language Pathologist and Feeding Therapist. She offers both clinic and home visits for Speech and Language Therapy and Feeding Therapy in children 6 months and older.
Millie earned her Bachelors of Science and Communication Disorders in 2018 and a Masters of Science in Speech Language Pathology in 2020 from Missouri State University. After graduation, Millie worded in s pediatric speech and language clinic for nearly three years before joining the Abeille team. She is continuing with post-graduate training to specialize in pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders and orofacial myofunctional disorders. Millie is a certified SOS trained feeding therapist with a focus on successful transition to solid foods and addressing "picky eating".
Millie is completing our Lactation and Infant Feeding Therapy Fellowship and is working to expand her expertise as a feeding therapist into helping breastfeeding and bottle feeding families.
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My name is Kimmy Lopez! I’m a Milwaukee Wisconsin native, turned St. Louis permanent resident after meeting my husband while attending SLU!
I’m an Occupational Therapist and IBCLC. Over the last 10+ years, I’ve enjoyed working with people of all abilities spanning from infants to geriatrics in a variety of settings. I’m a mom to two sweet boys who constantly keep me on my toes. After having my first son, and navigating a breastfeeding journey full of twists and turns, my passion project turned into a career shift that I’ll never stop learning about and be forever grateful for.
I love supporting new and seasoned moms through prenatal preparation and the postpartum experience. I value a holistic and patient centered approach supporting families with hands on bodywork for baby, positioning and breastfeeding education, flange fitting and pumping support, bottle feeding and combo feeding/supplementation education, infant milestone guidance and so much more. My goal…is to support you, and your individual feeding goals!
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As a mother of three boys, my own experiences navigating their nursing, speech, and motor development needs led me down the path of bodywork, structure, and function.
It led me to becoming trained in Craniosacral Fascial Therapy (CFT) through the Gillespie Approach in 2023. Shortly after, I studied at The Body Therapy Center and School of Massage in Swansea, IL, where I became a Licensed Massage Therapist in both Missouri and Illinois and earned certification in Myofascial Release (MFR). I am currently attending a 700-hour course there to become a Registered Craniosacral Therapist in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST).
I bring a unique and intuitive style to each bodywork session, drawing from all of my trainings and certifications. I have a deep passion for helping others by supporting them in full body function and well-being, giving them the opportunity to thrive in daily life.
Hey there, it’s so nice to meet you! My name is Morgan, and I’m a Florida native, a proud mom of two, a military spouse, an avid reader, and a lover of the outdoors. I’ve always had a passion for learning, traveling, and connecting with others.
I earned my B.S. in Health Education and Public Health from the University of Florida. My personal journey into lactation support began after the birth of my daughter in Germany, where I was fortunate to have the guidance of a wonderful IBCLC. Her encouragement inspired me to pursue this path myself. In 2017, I became a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) and went on to develop and open two lactation clinics while completing the mentor hours and continuing education required to advance further. In 2020, during the pandemic, I sat for and passed the IBCLC exam to officially become an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. Most recently, in 2022, I expanded my work to include becoming a Certified Postpartum Doula.
Continuing education is one of my favorite ways to grow and strengthen my practice so I can better support families. Some of my most meaningful trainings have included GOLD Lactation’s annual symposiums, the Tongue Tie Symposium, IBCLC Masterclass, Low Milk Supply, and Guiding Bottle Breakthroughs: Bottle Refusal, among others.
At the heart of everything I do is a passion for supporting families through the early days of birth, feeding, and beyond—with compassion, evidence-based care and encouragement.
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Jenna is mom of three who is married to her high school sweetheart. She is a graduate of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville where she obtained her Bachelors degree in Elementary Education. She taught kindergarten for four years before leaving the teaching field to stay home with her children.
Jenna is passionate about education and support surrounding oral functioning after experiencing a lack of support in her own feeding journey with one of her children. She is thrilled to be part of the Abeille Speech and Feeding team who makes it a priority that parents are a crucial piece of every child’s feeding journey and they receive the resources and education necessary to support their child in the best way possible.
"Speak to children as if they are the wisest, kindest, most beautiful and magical humans on earth, for what they believe is what they will become"