Your Birth Team

Shannon Staloch LM, CPM, IBCLC

Shannon is a Certified Professional Midwife, Licensed Midwife, and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. From Senegal to San Francisco, Shannon has provided midwifery care to a spectacular array of women in all settings  from clinics to kitchens.  Shannon’s three children were all born at home with midwives in attendance. She received her midwifery degree from the National Midwifery Institute and her license from the California Medical Board in 2008. She passed her lactation boards in 2010.

In order to serve her families and deepen her understanding of alternative health Shannon has taken classes and trainings from the Weston A. Price Foundation, Holistic Pediatric Association, Suzanne Colson at Biological Nurturing, and Aviva Romm’s Herbal Medicine for Women.

Most of her training comes from raising her three kids, birthing them, cooking for them, and enjoying them!

Jennifer Neira Heystek - Staff Lactation Consultant/Assist Midwife

Jennifer Neira Heystek is a Licensed Midwife, Certified Professional Midwife, and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She has attended hundreds of births at home, in birth centers, and in hospitals. She received her midwifery license from the Medical Board of California in 2010. She specializes in providing continuous, individualized care throughout the early postpartum period. In addition, she has extensive experience with recognizing and addressing tongue and lip ties, food sensitivities and allergies, and supporting maternal mental health. Jennifer volunteers as the leader of La Leche League in Castro Valley and San Leandro and hosts a weekly breastfeeding support group that welcomes all Bay Area families. Jennifer is deeply passionate about providing families with clinically competent, compassionate, culturally sensitive care.