OWLA Events

Join us on February 5th at 7 pm PST on Zoom for a live presentation from Dr. Jennifer Lincoln *if you are having trouble registering, Zoom recommends trying a different browser or incognito mode OWLA meetings are free to join and we provide CERPs for current members who attend live sessions, as approved by IBLCE. Bio: Dr. Jennifer Lincoln is a board-certified OB/GYN who is passionate about helping women understand their bodies and feel empowered to advocate for themselves. S

Join us December 7th at 7 pm on Zoom for a live presentation from Dr. Jessie Young! *if you are having trouble registering, Zoom recommends trying a different browser or incognito mode OWLA meetings are free to join and we provider CERPs for current members who attend live sessions, as approved by IBLCE Dr. Jessie Young is a Pediatric Chiropractor and IBCLC in Olympia Washington. She has combined her chiropractic and lactation training and 15 years of experience to provide

OWLA is pleased to announce our Michelle Bressler Scholarship Awardee Tere Stepper While it was a very difficult decision to pick just one applicant, we are thrilled to help support this remarkable student! Tere Stepper Bio: Tere Stepper was born in Peru and raised in a family dedicated to healthcare and service. Her father is a physician, and her mother is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Tere earned a bachelor’s degree in Midwifery in Peru, where she began her pr

Join us Oct 5th 7 pm PST via Zoom to learn from Avery Young! Recording now available through Nov 7th (the first few minutes of the presentation are cut off unfortunately) Bio: I’m a board-certified lactation consultant (IBCLC) and educator with over two decades of experience spanning clinical lactation care and science education. My work centers on the reflexive intersection of latching mechanics, oral motor function, and nervous system regulation—especially how these syste

Please join us June 1st 7 pm PST via Zoom to learn from Court Wright Holistic Family Sleep Coach, NCS, PPD. Recording of this presentation provided by the generosity of our speaker! Court is a Holistic Family Sleep Coach who supports families from pregnancy through childhood using evidence-based, responsive, and relationship-centered approaches to sleep. Their work helps parents understand normal sleep development, reduce stress around sleep, and create sustainable routine

Supporting Breastfeeding Multiples will take you through from finding out there is more than one baby through birth and establishing breastfeeding, and onwards to maintaining breastfeeding. We discuss premature delivery and establishing milk production via expressing, and then transitioning onto the breast, We also cover late preterm and early term births and how to support these families to establish breastfeeding. Lastly we discuss the logistics of breastfeeding more than o

Presentation Recording - available temporarily by the generousity of our speaker! Please join us by registering for our bi-monthly education meeting for Monday, February 2nd at 7 pm PST (please note, some participants have experienced trouble registering using the iPhone browser. Zoom recommends that if you are unable to access the link, to try accessing the registration link in an incognito or a private browsing window or to clear your browser cache and cookies.) Topic

Join us December 1, 2025 with Sejal Fichadia, B.Sc ., B. Sc., IBCLC for our final education meeting of 2025! This presentation has been...

Join us October 6th at 7 pm PST to hear from Annette Leary, RN, BSN, IBCLC Recording is available for a limited time! Craniosacral...

OWLA is delighted to offer one full scholarship each IBLCE exam/recertification cycle. The scholarship will cover the testing or...

Joshua McDowell, MS, CCC-SLP, NTMTC Pediatric feeding and swallowing issues are never found alone. Dysphagia is NEVER a primary...

Inducing lactation may seem like milk-making magic. How can the breasts make milk without the hormones of pregnancy followed by the...

Feb 3, 2025 Misunderstanding a baby’s behavior undermines parent confidence, interferes with the developing parent-child relationship,...

Dec 2, 2024 Companies which market products to families of young children change their tactics often, and as lactation care providers,...

Oct 7, 2024 Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), is a leading cause of infertility that affects up to 20% of birthing parents. This...

Susan Howard, RN, MSN, IBCLC Presentation: Breastfeeding families are often advised to provide medical supplementation via bottles...

Sandra Zadkovic Presentation Description: This presentation will explore the intersections of climate change and breastfeeding and map...

Erika Dudley, IBCLC, CBS Presentation Description: “Why did they tell me to do [insert outdated or out-of-context saying about...

MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2023 Topic Overview: This talk will provide an overview of the key findings from the 2023 Lancet Breastfeeding...