MEET KAYTEE CRAWFORD (she/her)

KAYTEE CRAWFORD (IBCLC, CPE, CST, DBB, LC) SUPPORTS FAMILIES IN PREGNANCY, BIRTH, AND POSTPARTUM AS AN INTERNATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED LACTATION CONSULTANT, CERTIFIED BIRTH AND POSTPARTUM DOULA, CERTIFIED PERINATAL EDUCATOR, CERTIFIED CRANIOSACRAL THERAPIST, DYNAMIC BODY BALANCING FACILITATOR, CERTIFIED BREASTFEEDING SPECIALIST, AND BABYWEARING EDUCATOR. SHE USES HER TRAINING, COMBINED WITH A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE PARENTING FOUR BOYS, TO CREATE INCLUSIVE + PERSONALIZED CARE AS WELL AS FUN, INSIGHTFUL SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT.

KAYTEE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT SHARING HER EXPERIENCES IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION AS A BLACK + QUEER WOMAN AS WELL AS A PERSON WHO HAS BIRTHED IN LARGER BODY (MID-FAT) IN ORDER TO CREATE SAFER, TRAUMA-FREE EXPERIENCES FOR OTHERS.

KAYTEE LIVES IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA WITH HER HUSBAND AND FOUR SONS. SHE OWNS AND OPERATES TWIN CITIES LACTATION, HER PRIVATE PRACTICE BIRTHWORK BUSINESS WHERE SHE SERVES CLIENTS IN INTEGRATIVE LACTATION SUPPORT, INFANT CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY AND AS A BIRTH + POSTPARTUM DOULA. SHE ALSO DOES PUBLIC SPEAKING AND TEACHING EVENTS INCLUDING TEACHING VARIOUS COURSES THROUGH HER OWN BUSINESS AND BIRTHING ADVOCACY.

IN HER FREE TIME YOU CAN FIND HER WITH AN ICED COFFEE, WATCHING FRIENDS, AND RESTING HER VOCAL CHORDS FOR A NIGHT OF KAROKE. KAYTEE ACCEPTS PAYMENT IN ALL FORMS INCLUDING OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES, GIN + TONICS, AND STICKER SCENES (GOOGLE IT - SORRY NOT SORRY).

Completed Certifications, Trainings, and Accomplishments

    • Babywearing Twin Cities: Babywearing Educator

    • Commonsense Childbirth Institute: Birth Doula Training

    • Spinning Babies Workshop/Training

    • Commonsense Childbirth Institute: Birth Doula Certification

    • Welcome Baby Care: Postpartum Training

    • Everyday Miracles: Community doula

    • Community Outreach Perinatal Educator

    • Grandma’s Hands Pregnancy and Postpartum Herbs & Nutrition in the Southern Tradition Online Course

    • Center for Babywearing Studies: Babwearing Educator Training

    • BLS/CPR Certified (exp. Summer 2023)

    • Your Body Can Birth: Founder and Facilitator

    • Body Ready Method Training and Certification

    • Heartwood Institute: Craniosacral Therapy I, II, III, IV

    • Fertility Doula Training and Certification

    • NRP Certification

    • Gilligan’s Guide Course

    • Childbirth International: Certified Lactation Counselor

    • Gold Learning: Tongue-Tie Symposium

    • Gold Learning: Skills and Tools for Improving Low Milk Supply

    • International Board Certified Lactation Examiners IBLCE: IBCLC Student

    • Featured in Minnesota Women’s Press; October 2022

    • Started Black Families Childbirth Series: 10 Week Childbirth Class with HCMC (Ended December 2024)

    • PAIL Advocate Training and Certification

    • Black Coalition for Sage Motherhood ACTT Facilitator Training

    • Dynamic Body Balancing I, II, III, IV, V (Craniosacral and Myofascial Release); Dynamic Body Balancing Facilitator

    • International Board Certified Lactation Consultant Exam

    • International Board Certified Lactation Consultant Certification

    • The Lactation Network Contracted IBCLC

    • Rhonda Spears White Award for Advocating, Educating, Supporting Breastfeeding in Our Community

    • BLS/CPR Certified (exp. Summer 2025)

    • March of Dimes panelist; It Starts with Mom Educational Series

    • Ohsu School of Dentistry: Untying Ankyloglossia Course

    • IBCLC Masterclass: Oral Rehabilitation of the Breastfeeding Dyad

    • Luna Lactation: Herbal Support in Lactation and Infant Care for the Health Professional

    • Birthing Advocacy Doula Training Lactation Educator Course; Co-creator and Facilitator/Teacher

    • Family Spirit Home Visitor Training and CertificationGuiding Bottle Breakthroughs Course Training and Completion

    • Lactation Hub Low Milk Supply Course

    • MyoMentor 12 Week Myofunctional Therapy Course and Certificate of Completion

    • Myo Munchee Bebe Protocols Training and Certification