Lactation Preparation Workshop

More than just a typical breastfeeding class, this is an in-person, hands-on, evidence-based lactation preparation workshop that helps you actually prepare for those first few minutes, days, weeks, and months of body feeding your baby!

Upcoming lactation workshop dates coming soon!

So often, people prepare for childbirth by reading books, watching birth videos, taking an entire childbirth class, and creating a birth plan, but they don’t realize that preparing to feed their baby is just as important!

But it’s not as easy as just learning what a “good latch” looks like. It’s also about understanding how the human body makes milk, what normal breastfed baby behavior looks like, and setting up realistic goals and expectations (you want me to sit and nurse for HOW MANY HOURS everyday?!!). It’s about being able to identify some of the most common hurdles that trip folks up and about building a coping mindset that will allow you to safely and effectively jump right over those hurdles with determination and skill when you need to.

At the same time, your instructors are real human beings who have had their own struggles, their own successes, and who bring a trauma-informed approach to supporting your unique feeding journey. This makes this workshop an amazing opportunity not just for first time parents who are starting from scratch, and experienced families seeking a solid refresher, but also for those who desire a completely different feeding experience from one you had before.

Join us as we dive head first into everything you need to know in order to feel confident getting your feeding journey off on the right foot — and to keep it that way!

A note on inclusivity: Our goal as educators is to facilitate a learning space that is safe, supportive, and informative for all people preparing to give birth. This class is an LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and Disabled affirming Space!

Upcoming lactation workshop dates coming soon!

Samantha and Bethany, owners of Silver Falls Family Support, started working together as Lactation Counselors almost 7 years ago. They are experienced doulas and educators who have a serious love for all things lactation. Together, we bring a wide-ranged perspective to feeding babies, because we have done it all!

Meet your Instructors

A woman with long light brown hair, blue eyes, and tattoos on her left arm, smiling and resting her chin on her left hand, wearing a beige and pink plaid button-up shirt.

Samantha Wilson

Birth, Postpartum, & Full Spectrum Doula, Childbirth Educator, Lactation Counselor

Bethany Griffin-Shetler

Birth & Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator, Lactation Counselor, Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator

  • creating realistic expectations around breast/chest/body feeding

  • building a coping mindset for the feeding journey

  • why human milk is so special

  • how your body actually makes milk and how to know if you are making enough and what to do if you’re not

  • normal breastfed baby behaviors and how to know if they are hungry and when they’re full

  • latching and positioning

  • skin-to-skin, the “Golden Hour”, and the next 72 hours of life

  • pumping, hand expression, paced bottle feeding, milk storage tips

  • navigating common hurdles and how to avoid them to begin with

  • communication skills and self-advocacy

  • nurturing and honoring your own personal story

  • and more!

What we’ll cover

We aim to create services and offerings that are financially accessible. Please read about our economic justice pricing and reach out if you need to talk to us about payment options.

A note from us to you about partner support

You might have an awesome, loving partner(s) who is/are fully invested in all things child rearing as equally as you are. Or you might be parenting on your own, navigating this pregnancy on your own, hoping to calm your own fears and embrace your own power as the strong birthing person that you are!

We stand with all parents and all families.

Bring your partner(s), bring your mom and dad, your grandma, a friend, a neighbor, or just yourself.

Be your own best support person. Or let us be your support person.

You belong here.

  • “We took a birthing class with Bethany for my first birth and now we have done a lactation workshop for our second little one and we would take another with any future children we have. Very informative, interactive and motivating as soon to be newborn parents. We left our time together feeling much more confident and equipped. Such a welcoming, positive vibe! Definitely recommend to new and seasoned parents.”

    — B.C., 2nd time mom

  • “Made it fun and very helpful.”

    -T.H., First time dad

  • “From childbirth prep to breastfeeding basics to newborn essentials, Bethany was my go-to instructor.”

    — S.W., First time mom