Meet Laura Gruber
💜I practice Relationship-Based Care 💜
That one time SA Magazine wrote a nice thing…
https://www.sanantoniomag.com/san-antonios-breast-feeding-warrior/
Laura is a loving mother, business owner and breastfeeding advocate.
Laura's relationship with breastfeeding began as an 18 year old mother, when in 1996, she "failed" at breastfeeding her newborn son due to lack of support.
In 2008, however, a new chapter was written in her motherhood-book once she overcame breastfeeding challenges with her second baby. Despite her motivation to breastfeed her daughter, Laura needed the same specific support that seemed as difficult to find in San Antonio in 2008 as it was in 1996. This time, however, with maturity, persistence, and a promise to give back if the desires of her breastfeeding heart were granted, not only did she eventually latch her baby after months of not latching, she went back to school to become what she didn't have as a new parent—supportive breastfeeding care.
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It was in looking for her "village", that Laura came to understand that she could be a resource where few existed at the time. This realization is what led her to prepare for and become an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. Having been a mom who received WIC herself, she was able to begin her lactation life-mission as a WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor. After serving the community through WIC, two of San Antonio's largest hospital systems hired her on as a bedside lactation consultant.
It was in response to mothers in post-partum units affectionately asking "Can I take you home with me?" that Laura began thinking about being an outpatient resource via private-practice, where she’s been since 2012.
When Laura isn't actively mothering her incredible kiddos, one might find her snuggling her fur-people, or talking to her plants.
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Education
• International Board Certified Lactation Consultant-2010
• Studies toward Bachelor’s in Human Lactation-UIU-2010-2012
Experience:
• Private practice 2012-present
• Methodist and Baptist Hospital Systems 2010-12
• WIC Texas Lactation Internship-2008-10
Languages and cultural/religious competency surrounding postpartum season
• Spanish & English-read, write and speak fluently
• Understanding of religious and cultural nuances of breastfeeding and postpartum traditions in many cultures and religions
Projects & Interests
• WIC Texas Breastfeeding Vlog Series: https://youtu.be/BxUpuvilLmg
• Latina Breastfeeding Stories: https://youtu.be/3KKZYXGQ3Mk
• Equity work for the protection of womanhood, and the preservation of motherhood and mothering
Hobbies, passions & talents
• Writing & anything plant-related
• Offering tools for new moms to accept and embrace bonding w/their babies
• Art, drawing, painting
Laura's relationship with breastfeeding began as an 18 year old mother, when in 1996, she "failed" at breastfeeding her newborn son due to lack of support.
In 2008, however, a new chapter was written in her motherhood-book once she overcame breastfeeding challenges with her second baby. Despite her motivation to breastfeed her daughter, Laura needed the same specific support that seemed as difficult to find in San Antonio in 2008 as it was in 1996. This time, however, with maturity, persistence, and a promise to give back if the desires of her breastfeeding heart were granted, not only did she eventually latch her baby after months of not latching, she went back to school to become what she didn't have as a new parent—supportive breastfeeding care.
***
It was in looking for her "village", that Laura came to understand that she could be a resource where few existed at the time. This realization is what led her to prepare for and become an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. Having been a mom who received WIC herself, she was able to begin her lactation life-mission as a WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor. After serving the community through WIC, two of San Antonio's largest hospital systems hired her on as a bedside lactation consultant.
It was in response to mothers in post-partum units affectionately asking "Can I take you home with me?" that Laura began thinking about being an outpatient resource via private-practice, where she’s been since 2012.
When Laura isn't actively mothering her incredible kiddos, one might find her snuggling her fur-people, or talking to her plants.
💜
Education
• International Board Certified Lactation Consultant-2010
• Studies toward Bachelor’s in Human Lactation-UIU-2010-2012
Experience:
• Private practice 2012-present
• Methodist and Baptist Hospital Systems 2010-12
• WIC Texas Lactation Internship-2008-10
Languages and cultural/religious competency surrounding postpartum season
• Spanish & English-read, write and speak fluently
• Understanding of religious and cultural nuances of breastfeeding and postpartum traditions in many cultures and religions
Projects & Interests
• WIC Texas Breastfeeding Vlog Series: https://youtu.be/BxUpuvilLmg
• Latina Breastfeeding Stories: https://youtu.be/3KKZYXGQ3Mk
• Equity work for the protection of womanhood, and the preservation of motherhood and mothering
Hobbies, passions & talents
• Writing & anything plant-related
• Offering tools for new moms to accept and embrace bonding w/their babies
• Art, drawing, painting
Who Laura lives for:
MEDIA
Latina Breastfeeding Stories:
Kellogg Foundation's 2016 First Food Forum in Washington, D.C.
