• Amanda Watkins, PhD, RD, LDN, IBCLC

    Amanda is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant with more than 25 years of experience in maternal and pediatric health. Amanda has worked in both the public and private sector, and has specialized experience working with children with special health care needs and complex feeding difficulties (i.e., trisomy 21, cleft lip/palate, tongue-tie, food allergies/sensitivities, failure to thrive, and slow weight gain). Amanda enjoys combining her experience as a nutritionist and lactation consultant when working with breastfeeding families. Amanda is also a researcher and published author, as well as, an educator and practicing clinician. She resides in the Cary area with her husband (and 2 dogs) while her 3 children are away at college!

  • Deborah Booth Adler, WHNP-BC, IBCLC

    Deborah is a Registered Nurse, Women's Health Nurse Practitioner and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She has over 25 years of clinical experience in various health care settings. She enjoys making connections with families and has experience leading small groups, teaching classes and meeting one-on-one with both prenatal and postpartum families. A lifelong learner, she regularly participates in educational experiences to better enable her to serve our community. She has a special interest in complex breastfeeding issues, including low milk supply, oversupply, painful latch, anatomical differences, as well as lactation induction and prenatal education. She enjoys working with all families to help them reach their breastfeeding goals. Deborah lives with her husband in Chapel Hill.

What People Are Saying

 

Amanda, thank you so much for all your help and support as I navigated one of the most challenging experiences of my life…breastfeeding my beautiful new baby! You have given me and Reece such an incredible gift and we are so grateful to have been referred your way! THANK YOU for making such an impact!

— Sarah D.

Deborah! We are so appreciative of your guidance and support. I no longer dread and fear nursing little Daniel. The pain level has definitely decreased, and feedings have become so much more an opportunity to bond. Thank you!!

— Christina

 

Amanda, thank you for sharing all your expertise with us. Your non-dogmatic and practical approach made such a difference in our breastfeeding journey. When Hannah needed a specialized formula for medical reasons, you worked with her doctor to make sure our breastfeeding relationship was preserved while she got the nutrition she needed. Thank you for everything, our family is forever grateful.

— Josie M.

Thanks so much for your continued help and support; without it we’d probably have abandoned breastfeeding. I’m singing the praises of connecting with a lactation consultant to anyone who will listen

— Colleen D.