OUR Team

Ashley is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), Registered Nurse specialized in Neonatal Intensive Care and the founder of Lemon Lactation Consulting.  Ashley has been a nurse since 2012 and has worked in various nursing areas but her passion has always been helping newborns and their families.

 As a NICU nurse and IBCLC, Ashley is familiar in working with complex infants that require feeding tubes, specialty feeding devices, supplemental respiratory support, feeding intolerances, reflux, etc. Ashley recognizes that each infant and feeding parent dyad is unique and care is always individualized to meet the needs of the dyad.

Ashley is also a wife and mom to her two beautiful daughters.  Breastfeeding her daughters inspired her to become an IBCLC as she knows that breastfeeding does not always come easy and finding breastfeeding support can be challenging.  Read more about Ashley's feeding journeys below. 

My first daughter was born via C-section after a failed induction and spent her first days of life in the NICU. Being separated was extremely difficult but I stayed in a hotel close by to come and feed her. Luckily she was an awesome breastfeeder right off the hop, latched perfectly right away.  I had a great supply and she was exclusively breastfed until she self weaned at 20 months.

 I was also able to donate a lot of milk to BC Women's Milk bank which was so amazing! I loved every second of breastfeeding my first and I knew I wanted to help others so I became an IBCLC.

Then I had my second daughter...and I saw the other painful side of breastfeeding.  Tongue tie, severe colic (screamed 18 hours a day for 4 months straight), silent reflux, milk & soy protein intolerance, poor weight gain, low supply and the list goes on. I had to work really hard to keep her breastfeeding and with a lot of effort and perseverance she was able to exclusively breastfeed, I built back my supply and even went on to donate milk again.  

While difficult at the time, I am grateful that I had two very different breastfeeding experiences as this has made me more empathic and has shaped the way I practice lactation support.