Green Mountain Midwifery & Lactation Consulting

Wholistic lactation consulting and postpartum midwifery care. In home, clinic, and virtual. Covered by MSP up til six weeks postpatum. Serving North Burnaby, New West and the Tricities

Meet the Team

Green Mountain Midwifery and Lactation Consulting is expanding our Team! Please join me in welcoming Candace Plohman RM IBCLC

RM IBCLC (clinic founder)

Carlie Sanford

I am a registered Midwife and Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) with over 13 years of experience working with new families.

I have a strong passion for assisting new parents on the very real struggles that feeding a new baby can involve, because I too had struggles feeding my own daughter as an infant (hello nipple pain!). Many folks are prepared for the pregnancy and birth, but are surprised by the challenges and nuances involved in feeding a new baby. I look forward to helping you on your journey!

I founded this practice in 2021 when midwives started to offer consultive care, and was one of the first few RM IBCLC's to start offering these MSP covered services in the lower mainland.

RM IBCLC

Candace Plohman

My name is Candace Plohman and I am an International Board Certified Lactation Consultation (IBCLC) and Registered Midwife. I have been a midwife for 17 years and I am excited to have expanded my specialization to the world of infant feeding!

After growing up in rural Manitoba, and completing a Bachelor’s degree in Biology, with a focus on human biology and reproductive biology, I moved to BC to pursue my Bachelor of Midwifery degree at UBC in 2002. I developed an interest in infant feeding early on in my education and was fortunate to do part of my training in southern Africa where I witnessed firsthand the ways in which early feeding support could impact infant and maternal health in a magnitude of ways. I was driven to protect those same practices when back in Canada. My passion was further magnified by the births of my own three babies and my own feeding experiences - I personally breastfed for 7 years straight, through 2 pregnancies, also tandem-feeding two toddlers! This did not come without some significant challenges however, and I recognize that feeding may not always go as planned. I hope to provide families with as much support as possible in reaching their own unique feeding goals and helping them to feel confident in whatever their feeding choices and needs may be.

It's lovely to meet you and I look forward to working along side your family on your infant feeding journey!

About

A little about our care...

Hello and Welcome!!

We are registered Midwives and Lactation Consultants (IBCLC) with a combined 30 years of experience working with new families. Because we are registered midwives, our lactation consulting services are covered by MSP up til 6 weeks postpartum. We work both virtually and in person either by home visit or in clinic.

We're here to help you create a feeding plan that works for you and your family. W strive to help all families to identify and meet their goals in a supportive and realistic way, that is inclusive of your own mental health and lifestyle. Things we commonly help with include:

slow or low weight gain for baby
low milk supply
nipple pain and latch issues
mental health resources and postpartum depression/anxiety
assessing infant tongue function and sucking skills
mastitis, yeast infection, milk blebs, blocked ducts
pump use and flange fitting
ergonomics, positions for feeding, paced bottle feeding
breast or chest refusal
Individualized feeding care plan for babies
Nipple Shield use or weaning off
Returning home from the NICU or extra support while in the NICU at RCH

We look forward to meeting you soon!
Sincerely,

Carlie and Candace

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Services

MSP covered Lactation Consulting Home and Virtual visits
virtual visits within 3 days and in home within 1 week on average, depending on location.

MSP covered midwifery postpartum single visits or full postpartum care
If you need postpartum care only, please contact Carlie for availability.

MSP covered prenatal breastfeeding or chestfeeding classes or consultation
Especially helpful for first time parents or those with a history of difficulties with lactation, typically 45-60 min by telehealth or in clinic in New Westminster

Services

Testimonials

Contact

Testimonials

“I really appreciated Carlie’s gentle approach and how she gave me manageable and realistic things to work on. On top of the in-person support, she gave me some online resources and videos that were relevant to my situation and I felt like that was also key to making improvements at home. We were successful in getting baby girl slowly off the nipple shield as well as some getting some help with side lying position to combat a fast let down. Thank you so much!!”

Olivia Ellingson

Meet the Team

A little about our care...

Services

MSP covered Lactation Consulting Home and Virtual visits virtual visits within 3 days and in home within 1 week on average, depending on location.

MSP covered midwifery postpartum single visits or full postpartum care If you need postpartum care only, please contact Carlie for availability.

MSP covered prenatal breastfeeding or chestfeeding classes or consultation Especially helpful for first time parents or those with a history of difficulties with lactation, typically 45-60 min by telehealth or in clinic in New Westminster

Testimonials

Contact

carliesanfordRM@gmail.com

MSP covered Lactation Consulting Home and Virtual visits
virtual visits within 3 days and in home within 1 week on average, depending on location.

MSP covered midwifery postpartum single visits or full postpartum care
If you need postpartum care only, please contact Carlie for availability.

MSP covered prenatal breastfeeding or chestfeeding classes or consultation
Especially helpful for first time parents or those with a history of difficulties with lactation, typically 45-60 min by telehealth or in clinic in New Westminster