It’s all about the boob around here.
Our lactation consultants and nurse practitioners can diagnose and treat breastfeeding complications.
Our mission at MiLC is to help parents build successful breastfeeding relationships with their babies. We offer prompt appointments to manage breastfeeding issues and treat medical complications associated with lactation. We are Registered Nurses (RN) and or International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLC). An IBCLC is a health care professional who specializes in the clinical management of breastfeeding.
Bethany C. Sasaki, NP, CNM, IBCLC
Founder & Director
Bethany has been a Registered Nurse since 2000 with experience in pediatrics, emergency/trauma, women’s health and labor and delivery. In 2010 she opened a small lactation business to help fill the gap in care for mothers and babies in our community which quickly evolved into a group practice to meet demand. She returned to graduate school in 2012 and became a Nurse Midwife and Nurse Practitioner when she identified the need to add primary healthcare elements to her practice like prescribing medications, diagnosing and treating postpartum depression and treating infant tongue tie. In 2015 she opened the MiLC Clinic.
Bethany’s style is low-intervention, straight forward and thorough. She is especially interested in treatment of breast pain and breast infections. She has published research on breast infections and continue to gather data for future studies.
Natalie Ostrowski, MPH, RD, IBCLC
Natalie joined the MiLC clinic team as a lactation consultant and dietitian in 2022. She received her Masters of Public Health in Nutrition, Registered Dietitian credential, and IBCLC certification in 2021. Natalie has provided outpatient lactation support and perinatal nutrition counseling in the community health clinic setting and inpatient lactation support in acute care postpartum and NICU settings within several hospitals in the North Carolina triangle region. She is passionate about maternal and infant nutrition and aims to provide evidence-based, practical support to help families meet their goals.
In her free time she loves to experiment in the kitchen, grow vegetables, backpack, mountain bike and travel to new places.
Spring Edwards, RN, BSN, IBCLC
Spring has been a Registered Nurse Since 2005. Outside of Midtown Nurse Midwives Spring works in Labor and Delivery, Postpartum, Triage, Preceptor and Charge Nurse roles. She has been teaching the AHA’S Neonatal Resuscitation Program since 2017. Also in 2017 she completed additional training and certification to become an IBCLC. In 2019 Spring joined the Midtown Nurse Midwives team as a birth center RN and quickly excelled to cross train to the MiLC Clinic as an Lactation Consultant.
Spring is a mother of 4 who loves music, skiing, outdoor adventure and reading.
Taylor Schaefer, RN, IBCLC
Taylor started her nursing career in 2015, working briefly in Hospice before switching to work as a Labor and Delivery RN. In 2018 she became an IBCLC and was able to start a lactation education program at a rural hospital with an underserved community. As a mother of three who has seen the benefits of good lactation education and assistance first hand, Taylor has a passion for helping mothers and babies find the individual solution that works for them.
Living in the foothills of the Sierras, Taylor and her family enjoy hiking, running and soaking up the great outdoors!