47. Lactation and Mental Health: It's More Than The Transfer of Calories
Misconceptions25 Juli 2025

47. Lactation and Mental Health: It's More Than The Transfer of Calories

Katie Prezas is an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant and owner of Empowering Lactation. She helps families navigate infant feeding including breast/chestfeeding, pumping, bottles, returning to work/daycare, weaning, and everything in between. With an additional certification in Perinatal Mental Health, she focuses on developing feeding plans for parents that are manageable for their family and situation; she also has significant expertise in tethered oral tissues, including tongue-tie and lip-tie.

Katie offers home visits in Chicagoland, telehealth, and sees clients at the Birth Center of Chicago. She is the President of the Northern Illinois Lactation Consultant Association, former Vice Chair of the Illinois Chapter of PSI, former head of Climb Team Chicago, and a Girl Scout Leader for both of her daughters and their classmates.

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