Summer J Friedmann, IBCLC

“After experiencing poor care from an IBCLC with my first son, I immediately knew I wanted to change my career path from music to becoming an IBCLC. I thought…someday I want to be one of the good ones. I started out in 2004 as a Certified Childbirth Educator in The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth. After 14 years of teaching over 300 couples, (and having 300+ babies) I retired that chapter of my life. Simultaneously I became active in La Leche League and their support groups, later becoming an Accredited La Leche League Leader (c. 2006 - 2025). Leading support groups with families and their babies was such a joy. Answering phone calls and emails from moms who needed help filled my days, in between mothering my own young boys. Those hours helping mothers over my first 5 years as a LLL Leader were the clinical hours I needed to qualify to sit for the board exam for IBCLC. Each year gave me 500 hours and I needed 2500 clinical hours at the time. In 2010 I sat for my boards and became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. I spent 10 years in the Kansas City hospital setting as the primary IBCLC for a level III NICU, Labor/Delivery and Postpartum Units. In 2019, I said goodbye to the hospital chapter of my life and began working full-time in my private practice where I remain. This was also when my YouTube channel was born. I have a great desire to extend my community outreach and my YouTube videos allow me to share free quality up-to-date information, in relevant way, for the fast-paced social-media-world families are now navigating.”