Lactation Consultants & IBCLCs Near Me in Bell Gardens, CA

Helping family during postpartum is my second calling in life; massage therapy was first. I am naturally drawn to bring holistic care to family in this new journey, or a continuation of life and transitions.

Hello! My name is Dorene. I’m seeking a position as a night nanny or postpartum doula. My background is as a mother/baby/pediatric/lactation consultant and lower acuity NICU nurse for the last 20 years. I’m currently enrolled in a postpartum doula certification program and am very excited to use my education and experience in this new role. Services include: lactation support, light housekeeping, post surgical or vaginal recovery care, meal prep, late night/ overnight baby care, basic newborn care education and assistance with siblings. My goal is to leave your family feeling confident , well rested and on a positive breastfeeding journey while minimizing potential complications. I prefer night shifts but am flexible to your family’s needs. Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to the privilege of helping you grow your family. Dorene Sokolik RN, IBCLC, NRP, BLS

Certified Nurse Midwife & Nurse Practitioner specializing in traditional postpartum care. Our team is staffed with experienced lactation, postpartum, and newborn care experts melding old world wisdom with evidenced based care.

Hi, I’m Susy, founder of Baby N Doula Care. I’m a certified postpartum doula and lactation educator, with specialized training in newborn care and NICU support. With over 18 years of experience, I provide thoughtful, evidence-based care to help families feel confident, supported, and well-rested during the early weeks at home. My approach is calm, respectful, and tailored to each family’s unique needs, offering both practical guidance and emotional support throughout the postpartum journey.

I believe with every conviction that mothers hold innate wisdom to birth their babies. , I honor your intuition through holistic care and embodied practice—supporting you through pregnancy, birth, and the sacred postpartum transition. As your Sister in Christ, I offer faith-based birth support for those wanting so. We approach your labor as an act of worship—leaning on prayer and rejoicing to reveal God's strength and love for you. I am a community-first birthworker, passionate about making holistic wellness, coaching, and education accessible to women in my community. My work blends embodied childbirth education and hands-on support across pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. As a Birthing From Within–trained mentor, I offer education that goes far beyond information—our work honors the inner journey, emotional landscape, and transformation that birth invites. Alongside this, I provide holistic, nurturing care including herbal remedies, gentle bodywork, mindful movement, breathwork, and food as medicine—supporting the body’s natural physiology while tending to the nervous system and spirit. My Philosophy: Honoring the MotherBaby Dyad I intimately understand and uphold the crucial MotherBaby bond and believe in family-oriented care that follows natural instincts. This belief shapes every facet of my postpartum support and education: Attachment Parenting: I educate and support families in honoring bonding practices such as exclusive breastfeeding, safe bed-sharing/co-sleeping, elimination communication, and babywearing. Holistic Recovery: I offer nourishing, restorative care in the first 40 days, drawing from my training as a Postpartum Practitioner mentored by Pilar Chandler, Doctor of Ayurveda for Women’s Health. Lactation Philosophy: The Power of Human Milk I am deeply committed to the evidence supporting human milk as the optimal standard for infant nutrition. While I support all feeding choices with heart, my philosophy is rooted in the conviction that exclusive breastfeeding provides unparalleled protection and nourishment. This is not just "good"; scientific consensus confirms that breast is best for both maternal and infant health outcomes.

The Asian Doula Alliance (ADA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and advancing the education of Asian doulas. ADA was founded to respond to such urgent needs by introducing structured training, stringent certification, and a robust ethical framework. Our certification process involves rigorous screening, continuous education, and clear accountability standards, ensuring doulas uphold the highest professional and ethical conduct.

As a birth doula, I strongly believe that every woman should have the birth she envisions. I am committed to providing you with unconditional support and advocacy throughout this miraculous journey. I support all families in all environments from home births to cesareans thru nurture, empowerment, and education. My goal is to show all women and their families the beauty and ease as you transition to motherhood. I am blessed to help families greet labor with knowledge, trust, and love.

Hello! My name is Angie Bimat, and I am an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) with a long-standing passion for supporting babies and families. My background in oral ties and function, combined with advanced training in Craniosacral Therapy (CST), Craniosacral-fascial Therapy (CFT), and Integrative and Functional Nutrition, allows me to look beyond breastfeeding alone and consider the whole baby and the whole family. I truly believe that feeding should feel like a supported and connected experience, and I love helping families navigate the challenges that can sometimes make that journey difficult. My goal is to meet each family where they are, listen to their concerns, and provide compassionate, individualized support that helps them feel more confident and comfortable. Whether you are preparing to breastfeed, working through feeding challenges, or simply looking for reassurance and guidance, I am here to support you and your baby every step of the way.

I am certified by DONA International and have worked with many families using carrot benefits so I’m familiar with the process. Aside from being a birth and postpartum doula I am also a lactation and parent educator. I can provide guidance and help with breastfeeding, pumping, storing milk and if needed supplementing with formula. My approach is to meet each family needs, to offer the education and provide different options and let family decide what works best and go from there. There’s no right or wrong way to do things.

Camille began 17 years ago as a Holistic health and nutrition coach and then an Advanced Newborn Care Specialist. She later became a Postpartum Doula after realizing her clients bonded better with each other and with their baby as she nourished new mothers to speed their healing and while teaching them specialized newborn care skills. Camille advanced her training as a Certified Lactation Educator Counselor and Lactation Consultant through UCSD and then became an Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). Her work with 2000+ mothers with lactation and their newborns provides new mothers confident their recovery and feeding goals, as their body transitions into a new life force for their new baby. Camille launched Nourish Meal Delivery, an Ayurvedic pregnancy & postpartum meal delivery service with allergy-free & diabetic cooking. Camille is experienced in stabilizing all conditions postpartum, knowing the cause and results of certain properties in herbs and foods, their effects on breast milk composition & quality, increasing milk production, and balancing vata dosha in the body vital to detoxing and healing immediately after birthing and in the first 8 weeks. Training as a Hypnobabies Birth Doula after her clients opened up to her about situations they faced in pregnancy and during labor, she realized most could have been prevented had they & their partner known how to prevent common ailments or navigate the medical environment to advocate for themselves. Camille's thorough prenatal and postnatal education equips new parents to feel determined in their birth choices and parenting decisions, no matter the birthplace or parenting style. Camille helps foster maximum self-determination for expecting & new parents while transitioning to the journey of parenthood for their growing family. Receiving this essential support is something every family deserves.

Hello, I am Ashley: Certified Doula, Postpartum Doula and Lactation Consultant. My heart is for women to have the most empowered transition into motherhood possible!​ Maidens and Mothers was born out of both learning from my own experiences and taking a deep dive into the realm of maternal care. From conception to postpartum the changes our bodies and minds undergo are immense, not to mention the adjustments the entire family walks through together. I'll be there to support through it A L L (or as much as you want/need). I'm excited to partner with you to help you accomplish exactly what you want for your pregnancy, birth and postpartum experiences.

I am LICENSED POSTPARTUM DOULA / NCS working with all INSURANCES , I’m reliable, caring, mature , patient and trustworthy person Passionate and dedicated postpartum doula who offers support to families as they adjust to the arrival of their new baby. With many years of experience providing compassionate care to families I understand the unique challenges and joys that come with welcoming a new little one into your life. My mission is to ensure that you feel empowered, nurtured, and confident as you navigate the early days and weeks with your newborn. As a postpartum doula, I offer a wide range of services tailored to meet your individual needs

To me the most important thing about this work is the human touch. Having grown up attending births in my family, I am a supportive, intuitive experienced doula who centers the whole family. You are the parent, not the patient to me. I focus on helping you move your body in ways that will help bring the baby down, using my hands, heart, and breath work at the center of my care. I have experience with many community births at home and in birthing centers (Simi Valley Birth Center and the Brooklyn Birthing Center), as well was with many hospital births in Los Angeles, Ventura, New York City, and Seattle. I am passionate about giving normal, humanizing service and advocacy to disabled and high risk parents to center your voice, needs, and access from start to finish. In order to provide a stronger service within the disability community, I work with a partner or group.

As a lactation consultant at UCLA Health and Providence Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, I provide evidence-based, non-judgmental, and individualized support to mothers and families in the NICU and outpatient settings. I have over 17 years of experience as an IBCLC, certified by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®), and a background in women's and child health. My passion is to help parents discover the joy and fulfillment of parenthood through breastfeeding, especially in challenging situations such as prematurity, tongue tie, low milk production, and other complex feeding issues. I collaborate with pediatricians and other specialty providers in the area and participate in performance and quality improvement activities and outcomes projects. I also educate staff and the community on basic and advanced breastfeeding management. I strive to create a culture of empathy, curiosity, and vulnerability that enables us to do our best work.

Hi. My name is Linda Goodman, and I am a birth and postpartum doula, California certified massage therapist, and IBCLC Lactation Consultant. I’ve been helping babies and their parents for over 20 years. As a mom of 5, I know firsthand the challenges parenting and breastfeeding often bring. Currently taking Kaiser and Health Net as a doula.

I'm a Los Angeles birth/postpartum doula, Certified lactation counselor and a belly binding specialist. I believe that birth is sacred making it one of the most vulnerable times in our life, my duty is to protect that. I'm the birth coach guiding you, helping you understand the physiological process of birth, your birth rights and helping you through postpartum. Being a mom of two helps me understand deeper what someone may need during these times. My philosophy is "hold the mother so she can then hold her baby".

Welcome to my profile! I’m Stefanie, an IBCLC, postpartum doula, and student herbalist serving Los Angeles for 12 years and counting! My care is centered on sustainability - what’s sustainable for mom best serves the entire family. I pull from a broad range of skills and education to provide thorough care influenced by holistic care, my background in Psychology, Ayurvedic practices, and my own motherhood journey.

I’m Alyssa – a wife, mom of two, crafter, world traveler, lover of animals, and your Parent Coach and Certified Lactation Counselor. My passion is providing families with practical, evidence-based education and support in parenting and breast/chest feeding. I believe everyone should have access to the information that can help them along their journey.

Hey hey! I'm Dairian — an occupational therapist (OT) since 2013, IBCLC since 2021, and trained postpartum doula. I believe maternal and infant health are intricately linked, and my work reflects that. I specialize in lactation, infant feeding, and infant development, with a focus on concerns like tongue ties and bottle refusal. I also offer hands-on manual therapy, including craniosacral therapy and myofascial release, to support the whole feeding relationship.

Hello my name is Terri and I'm a South Bay native looking to help families in their lacation journey. Let's brainstorm and approach the best way to feed your baby.