The Breastfeed {Naturally} VISION Team
Gina Peterson, B.S., IBCLC
Gina Peterson, B.S., IBCLC, is the Lactation Instructor of Breastfeed {Naturally}'s Certified Breastfeeding Advocate training course.
Gina has been married for 20 years to her husband, Dominic, and has five children that were ecologically breastfed. She is a home educator, retired La Leche League Leader of twelve+ years and has been a volunteer lactation consultant for nine years. Gina serves as the Executive Director of the Catholic Nursing Mothers League, and is the author of Getting Started with Breastfeeding: For Catholic Mothers, which is available for purchase in our Book Shop. Gina has a B.S. in Mathematics and a B.S. in Basic Sciences from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. |
Christelle Hagen, BfNA, BfNE, BfNC, HCHD, ICI
Christelle is a BfN-Certified Professional Breastfeeding Counselor, a BfN-Certified Breastfeeding Advocate & Educator, certified birth doula, a perinatal loss doula, a natural fertility educator and counselor, and an Independent Certified Instructor of the Baby Signs Program. Christelle's career in women's health began in 1999 when she became a Natural Family Planning instructor and two years later, a childbirth educator. Christelle is the designer of the Fertility Matters charting system of Natural Family Planning.
In addition to being a breastfeeding counselor, Christelle is knowledgeable in ecological breastfeeding and guiding women through the return of fertility after childbirth. She has served as a volunteer breastfeeding peer counselor for many years and became BfN's very first Certified Professional Breastfeeding Counselor. Christelle is a leader for the Catholic Nursing Mother's League. Christelle's calling is to help build strong families by helping mothers and babies experience joyful breastfeeding relationships through the Ten Baby Steps of Effective, Joyful Breastfeeding. Christelle and her husband Christopher are the proud parents of seven living children and they have been attachment parenting since 2000 when their much-desired first baby was finally born! Christelle has successfully nursed six children into early childhood and has breastfed for over 16 years. She is currently nursing an infant. The family lives in the beautiful St. Croix Valley of Minnesota, USA. |
Lexy Backstrom, BfNA
Lexy Backstrom is a BfN-Certified Breastfeeding Advocate. She became passionate about breastfeeding after the birth of her first child in 2013 and discovered a second calling to share that passion with other mothers on their breastfeeding journey. Lexy plans on furthering her lactation education through BfN and eventually becoming an IBCLC. She sees BfN as a huge help for supporting breastfeeding mothers, especially in our western culture with its generational gap in breastfeeding experience and our tendency to live a significant distance from other family members who would support us.
Lexy and her husband, Cole, were married in 2012 and are parents to 3 young children, the youngest 2 of whom are still breastfeeding. She enjoys adventurous cooking and eating, exercising, and spending time outside with her family. The Founders of Breastfeed {Naturally} Amie Norris, IBCLC
Breastfeed {Naturally} was founded by Christelle Hagen and Amie Norris. Christelle launched BfN in 2014. Amie Norris, IBCLC, added substantially to the content, form, and structure of the Breastfeed {Naturally} program throughout the next two years. Amie has since retired from BfN.
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