About IBCLCs
(International Board Certified Lactation Consultants)
IBCLC is the highest certification in lactation counseling, requiring courses in health science and lactation, extensive clinical experience, and a day-long certification exam. IBCLCs are required to continue their training throughout their careers.
About me,
Ruth Jameson PhD, IBCLC (she/her)
I’m an experienced breastfeeding mom of twins, a lactation consultant and a nutritional scientist.
I’ve been helping families nourish their babies since 2009. I believe human milk is the best for babies, but I know that many factors shape parents’ visions for their families. I work with each family where they are to create a care plan that can help them achieve their goals for feeding their baby.
Food fascinates me. It affects our emotions, longterm health, and connections to others. Before becoming a mom and learning about breastfeeding, I earned a PhD in human nutrition from University of Illinois at Chicago. My research focussed on how selenium gets put into proteins by our bodies. In my postdoctoral fellowship at Duke University, I studied the effects of some pesticides on brain development.
I breastfed all three of my children, including twins born prematurely. In my free time I love cooking, gardening, and hiking.
IBCLC number: L-20533
NPI: 1356975585
Orland Park Lactation Care is an Inclusive Practice
Orland Park Lactation Care is dedicated to supporting all families regardless of feeding method, nationality, religion, gender identity, ability or family structure. I support parents’ individual goals in giving their babies human milk, whether breastfeeding, chestfeeding, exclusive pumping, at-body supplementing, donor supplementing or combination feeding.