Alicia M. Aviles-Corey, Advanced Practice IBCLC

Owner

I’m an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) located outside of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune (North Carolina). Although I am originally a native of South Dakota, I consider myself a “Carolina Girl” these days. My love for all things breastfeeding-related began in 2012 while I was still an Active Duty Marine Corps Staff Sergeant. I had just given birth to my first son and struggled daily with supply issues, breastfeeding pain, and post-partum anxiety.

Upon exiting the Marine Corps to be able to stay home with my son, I began schooling to start towards the pathway of becoming an IBCLC. While pregnant with my second son, I was hired on as a Breastfeeding Peer Counselor with the Onslow County WIC program. While this position was incredibly insightful and invaluable, it also served as an internship that met the requirements for my application to become an IBCLC. During this time, I gave birth to my second son at 33 weeks and suffered post-partum depression. After a 19-month internship and completion of my degree in Early Childhood Development (AA), I passed my IBCLC exam in 2016. I immediately opened my own practice and have been enjoying serving the community ever since. In 2020, I decided I wanted to be more involved in the birth and post-partum process than just offering breastfeeding support. I have taken the DONA Post-Partum Doula training course, Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator’s (LCCE) course and Clinical Medical Assistant’s course. I am trained in the therapeutic TummyTime! Method and am an IBCLC Master Class graduate (trained for oral rehabilitation and optimizing gut health).

My own personal experiences and areas of expertise include oral dysfunction and habilitation, gut health and allergies, pumping gear and flange sizing, bottle feeding, bottle refusal, formula feeding, exclusive pumping, low milk supply, slow weight gain, single/military parents, post-partum mood disorders, premature infants, tandem and extended nursing, weaning, and returning baby to breast after bottle/tube feeding, traumatic births and pretty much anything else you can think of that is infant feeding related. If there is a course for it, I have likely taken it(sometimes twice!). My goal is to meet my parents where they are at, improve their post-partum feeding experience and to help them manage and meet their own goals.

I reside in Jacksonville, North Carolina with my husband, stepdaughter, two sons and our two dogs. When not providing breastfeeding support I can be found studying something related to lactation, infant feeding, nutrution and gut health, attending mass at Infant of Prague Catholic Church, cooking, gardening, going to to the gym, training jiu jitsu, or hauling my kids to and from jiu jitsu, baseball and soccer.