About Me

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Carisa Myers

BSN, MSN, IBCLC, RN

The Milk Effect was created in 2021 after having trouble with breastfeeding and limited assistance from the hospital LC when my son was born in 2020 right before the pandemic started. Here I was thinking, “I worked with moms for years at work to help them latch their baby and I took an introduction course to breastfeeding, I got this.” That was not the case when I got home with my little one. I saw a need for a lactation consultant who specializes in pumping and low milk supply after experiencing secondary low milk supply and my son having jaundice at birth. There is also a need for a lactation consultant who is also a nurse. Being a nurse can provide an added benefit for lactation services. The Milk Effect also has a herbal and essential oil product line that may help with different areas of lactating and health.

A little bit about the person behind The Milk Effect:

I am a wife and mother to a handsome almost 4-year-old son and an angel baby. I am a Neonatal Critical Care Registered Nurse/Pediatric Critical Care Registered Nurse with a Master’s Degree in Nursing Education and International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). I am currently obtaining my Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate. I have been a nurse since 2015. I first began in Medical-Surgical then transferred to the NICU in 2018 where I was cross-trained in the NICU and PICU. I had my son in 2020 a week or two before the world shut down from COVID-19 and became an IBCLC in 2021 after taking the additional courses while home on maternity leave.

Specialty Areas

  • Pumping

  • Low Milk Supply

  • NICU

Continuing Lactation Education Courses Completed for Pumping Speciality:

  • Lactation Education Resources: Breast Pumps

  • Babies in Common: Pumping & Feeding Gear for IBCLCs (changing in 2024); The Business Side of Supporting Pumping Parents

  • Nichelle Clarks’s Pushing (p): Pump Parts & Flanges

  • Flange Sizing 101

Continuing Lactation Education Courses Completed for Herbal Speciality

  • Lactation Education Resources: Use of Herbals & Galactagogues

  • Luna Lactation: Beyond Fenugreek: An Individualized Approach to Galactagogues and Herbal Support in Lactation and Infant Care for Health Professionals

  • Miscellaneous: Herbalism: Tonic Herbs for Women’s Health, Aromatherapy: Essential Oils for Health, Herbalism: Herbs & Pregnancy, Herbalism: Herbs & Postpartum, Clinical Aromatherapy for Health

Disclosure

Carisa Myers is the founder and owner of The Milk Effect LLC.

I receive income from a variety of sources including independent contracting with Wearable Breast Pump Support Group on Facebook, affiliate partnerships with companies listed below, products sold on Etsy, and from my full time job as a NICU/PICU Critical Care Nurse. I do not work directly for, nor have any formal agreements of exclusivity with any breast pump manufacturer or related companies.

Statement of Personal Ethics

Carisa Myers, BSN, MSN, IBCLC, RN

I commit to endorsing the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes established by the World Health Organization (WHO). I pledge to refrain from accepting any financial contributions or gifts from entities whose objectives oppose direct breastfeeding or do not comply with the principles outlined in the International Code.

I acknowledge direct breastfeeding as the optimal and natural method of nourishing infants. I advocate for the judicious use of breastfeeding aids to address challenges for the briefest necessary duration or when faced with unavoidable separation between mother and infant. My primary aim is to safeguard and promote the breastfeeding bond, facilitate the restoration and enhancement of direct breastfeeding, and support mothers in achieving their breastfeeding objectives. I assure that my perspective on breastfeeding will not impede a mother's chosen feeding method, whether by preference or necessity.

I am dedicated to providing information on breast pumps and related equipment based on scientific research and evidence, devoid of personal biases. My objective is not to promote the marketing of breast pumps but rather to offer accurate and scientific education regarding their application, safety, and assistance in fostering the mother-baby breastfeeding connection.

I employ language and terminology consistent with the guidelines of WHO, UNICEF, and internationally recognized peer-reviewed research on childbirth and breastfeeding.

Breast Pump Purchases/Gifts

Below is a list of breast pumps owned by The Milk Effect and their purchase/gift status:

  • Ameda Mya: PURCHASE

  • Ameda Mya Joy: GIFT

  • Ardo Alyssa: GIFT

  • Baby Buddha: PURCHASE

  • Babyation: GIFTED & SENT BACK

  • BellaBaby: PURCHASE

  • BellaBaby Wearable: PURCHASE & NO LONGER HAVE

  • BellaBaby Pocket: PURCHASE

  • Breeze (Rumble Tuff): GIFT

  • Cimilre 5+: GIFT

  • Cimilre 6: GIFT

  • Cimilre P1: GIFT

  • Dr. Browns: PURCHASE

  • Elvie Stride: PURCHASE & NO LONGER HAVE

  • Evenflow: GIFT

  • Freemie Rose: GIFT & GIVEAWAY

  • Genie Advanced: PURCHASE & GIFTED TO A MOM

  • Lansinoh: GIFT

  • Luna Motif: GIFT

  • Medela PISA: INSURANCE DURING JOURNEY AND NO LONGER HAVE

  • Motif Duo: PURCHASE

  • Motif Twist: PURCHASE

  • Motif Aura: GIFT

  • Spectra 1: INSURANCE DURING JOURNEY & NO LONGER HAVE

  • Spectra 2: GIFT

  • Spectra Synergy Gold: PURCHASE & NO LONGER HAVE

  • Super Genie: PURCHASE

  • Unimom Minuette: GIFT

  • Unimom Opera: GIFT

  • Willow 3.0: PURCHASED DURING OWN JOURNEY & PURCHASED AND NO LONGER HAVE

  • Willow Go: PURCHASE & NO LONGER HAVE

  • Zomee 2: GIFT