Meet Barbara Robertson, IBCLC, MA, the Director/Owner of The Breastfeeding Center of Ann Arbor.
About Barbara Robertson, MA, IBCLC
Owner of The Breastfeeding Center of Ann Arbor
Barbara’s Professional Experience:
- Mother of two breastfed children
- More than 12 years experience working with mothers and babies, helping them resolve breastfeeding issues
- Current International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC)
- Over 20 years teaching experience with all ages, newborn to adult
- MA in Education
- BA in Education, Communication, and Children’s Literature
- Member in good standing:
- International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA)
- Michigan Association of Lactation Consultants (MALC)
- Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA)
- La Leche League International (LLLI)
Barbara has been involved in education for over 20 years. She received a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education in 1988 and her Masters in Education in 1995. Barbara left teaching elementary students in 1995 to raise her two children, Colin and Emily. Her children spurred her to become involved in La Leche League and, in 1998, she became a La Leche Leader. She enjoyed this work so much that she decided to sit for the International Lactation Consultant Exam and became a board certified lactation consultant. Barbara is the Director of The Breastfeeding Center of Ann Arbor, on site at the Center for the Childbearing Year. She teaches breastfeeding classes for parents, runs support groups, trains professionals, and is in private practice as a lactation consultant. She loves working with mothers and babies, helping them with breastfeeding problems in whatever way she can.